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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : I.B. Tauris, 2013.Description: 240 p. : ill. 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781848851108
  • 1848851103
  • 9781848851092
  • 9781848851108
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 709.04 M.C.A
LOC classification:
  • N72.P6 M47 2013
Online resources:
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
Summary: 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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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

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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