Art and politics : a small history of art for social change since 1945 / Claudia Mesch.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.Description: xiii, 240 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781848851108 (pbk.)
  • 1848851103 (pbk.)
  • 9781848851092 (hbk.)
  • 184885109X (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Small history of art for social change since 1945
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Art and Politics.LOC classification:
  • N 72 .P6 M47 2013
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available online.
Contents:
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.
Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewer. 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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection N 72 .P6 M47 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98647810

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.

Also available online.

Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewer. 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.

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.

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