Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Art, Music & Photography, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9780241633779
Published: October 2025
Imprint: Particular Books
Page Extent: 320
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

Poor Artists

The White Pube, Gabrielle de la Puente, Zarina Muhammad

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD FOR RADICAL PUBLISHING

'Irreverent, provocative and funny' Dazed

'This book might change the way you look at art, or change the way you feel it' Daisy Hildyard

'A full-throated defence of the inherent value of making, experiencing and talking about art' Frieze

'Let me stay there, let me paint. Let me go to bed when the sun comes up. I don't want life to sharpen me.'

Why make art? Faced with a capitalist system that has turned art into artwork and creative expression into cut-throat competition, why do so many artists try anyway?

In this eye-opening journey through the bizarre world of...

About the Author

The White Pube

The White Pube

The White Pube is the collaborative identity of UK-based critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad. They have been turning heads since 2015 when the pair began publishing provocative art reviews and essays online from their art school studios and have earned themselves an international cult following due to their innovative writing style, their honesty and irreverence, and their willingness to challenge the pale, male, stale art establishment. Poor Artists is their first book.

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Gabrielle de la Puente

Gabrielle de la Puente

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Zarina Muhammad

Zarina Muhammad

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