This collection examines key aesthetic avant-garde art movements of
the twentieth century and their relationships with revolutionary
politics. The contributors distinguish aesthetic avant-gardes
-whose artists aim to transform society and the ways of sensing the
world through political means-from the artistic avant-gardes, which
focus on transforming representation. Following the work of
philosophers such as Friedrich Schiller and Jacques Ranciere, the
contributors argue that the aesthetic is inherently political and
that aesthetic avant-garde art is essential for political
revolution. In addition to analyzing Russian constructivsm,
surrealism, and Situationist International, the contributors
examine Italian futurism's model of integrating art with politics
and life, the murals of revolutionary Mexico and Nicaragua, 1960s
American art, and the Slovenian art collective NSK's construction
of a fictional political state in the 1990s. Aesthetic Revolutions
and Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Movements traces the common
foundations and goals shared by these disparate arts communities
and shows how their art worked towards effecting political and
social change. Contributors. John E. Bowlt, Sascha Bru, David
Craven, Ales Erjavec, Tyrus Miller, Raymond Spiteri, Misko
Suvakovic
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