Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions
of its viewier. To do so, the art employs various strategies to convey
a political message. This book provides readers with the tools to
decode and appreciate political art, a crucial and understudied
direction in post-war art. From the postwar works of Pablo Picasso and
Alexander Deineka to thie Border Film Project and web-based works of
Beatriz da Costa, Art and Politics: a Small History of Art for Social
Change after 1945 considers how artists visual or otherwise have
engaged with major political and grassroots movements, particularly
after 1960. With its broad definition of the political, this book
features chapters on postcolonialism, feminism, the anti-war movement,
environmentalism, gay rights and anti-globiliaztion. It charts how
individual artworks reverberated with enormous idealogical shifts.
While emphasising the West, Art and Politics takes global developments
into account as well - looking at art production practiced by
postcolonial African, Latin American and Middle Eastern artists. Its
case-study approach to the subject provides the reader with an
overview of a most complex subject. This book will also challenge its
readers to consider often devalued and marginalised political artworks
as properly part of the history of modern and contemporary art.
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ISBN
9780857734105
Publisert
2021
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1. utgave
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Vendor
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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