Art and Politics A Small History of Art for Social Change Since 1945

Name: Art and Politics A Small History of Art for Social Change Since 1945
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ISBN: 9781848851108

ISBN-10: 1848851103

ISBN-13: 9781848851108

Edition: 2013

Authors: Claudia Mesch

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Contemporary art is incresingly 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 webbased 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…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 8/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.52" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



State-Sponsored Art During the Cold War



Post-Colonial Identity and the Civil-Rights Movement



The Anti-War and Peace Movements



Feminisms



Gay Identity/Queer Art



Environmental Art



Anti-Globalization


Epilogue: protestAR: #OCCUPYWALLSTREET and #arOCCUPYWALLSTREET


Notes


Further Reading


Index