Aesthetics doesn’t exist outside political economy—they mutually inform one another. The production, meaning, and reception of art are all shaped by economic and political contexts, while aesthetics can, in turn, challenge or uphold those systems.

Aesthetics doesn’t exist outside political economy—they mutually inform one another. The production, meaning, and reception of art are all shaped by economic and political contexts, while aesthetics can, in turn, challenge or uphold those systems.