Jonathan Harris

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The Utopian Globalists (eBook, PDF)

Artists of Worldwide Revolution, 1919 - 2009

Beschreibung

An innovative history and critical account mapping the ways artistsand their works have engaged with, and offered commentary on,modern spectacle in both capitalist and socialist modernism overthe past ninety years. * Focuses on artists whose work expresses the concept ofrevolutionary social transformation * Provides a strong historical narrative that adds structure andclarity * Features a cogent and innovative critique of contemporary artand institutions * Covers 100 years of art from Vladimir Tatlin'sconstructivist 'Monument to the Third International',to Picasso's late 1940s commitment to Communism, to theUnilever Series sponsored Large Artworks installed atLondon's Tate Modern since 2000. * Includes the only substantial account in print of John Lennonand Yoko Ono's 1969 Montreal 'Bed-in' * Offers an accessible description and interpretation ofDebord's 'society of the spectacle' theory

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Barrierefreiheit

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Autor

Jonathan Harris is Professor in Global Art and Design Studies at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK. His work has consistently explored questions of state power, culture, art, ideology and social order, particularly in Europe and America over the past century. His The New Art History: A Critical Introduction (2001) remains a classic text, and he has published 17 books as editor, author and co-author, including Globalization and Contemporary Art (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118316801
• Artikelnr.: 41431431

Rezensionen

"Though theoretically sophisticated, this volume is accessible and engaging. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1 September 2013)