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Protest Art: Jessica Lack Protest Art
Jessica Lack
R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An essential guide to how the power of art has been harnessed to effect political change across the modern world, from the struggle for universal suffrage to Black Lives Matter. Here is a well-researched, concise guide to protest art, exploring what happens when artists join forces with radical political movements to foster change. The works and movements discussed emerged at times of great upheaval, war, colonialism, independence and changes of government, and reveal how art and politics have been intertwined throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. Jessica Lack adopts an inclusive and international approach, presenting examples from nations and societies around the globe, including: Sylvia Pankhurst’s paintings depicting the harsh realities faced by women manual workers in early 1900s Britain; the nationwide civil rights mural movement in the USA in the 1960s, which documented and galvanized the campaign for the rights of Black Americans; Nandalal Bose’s portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, which became the iconic symbol of the Indian non-violence movement in the 1930s; and the Chilean direct action work that contributed to the collapse of General Pinochet’s government. An introductory essay outlines the different ways art has been used to effect political transformation. Following this, the book is split across five topics, each dealing with a specific aspect of how art has precipitated change: by highlighting social realities, as agit-prop, as a unifying force, as a means of direct action, and by proposing new forms of action. Each topic begins with one decisive artistic act and examines its context, revealing how it influenced other artists and changed the wider political and artistic world.

Global Art (Paperback): Jessica Lack Global Art (Paperback)
Jessica Lack
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Jessica Lack introduces fifty pioneering modern and contemporary art movements born out of political engagement, decolonization, marginalization or conflict. These movements have aimed to revitalize society by challenging the status quo. While not as well known as Pop Art, Dada and Futurism, these associations of artists - such as the Saqqakhaneh artists of Iran, the Stridentists of Mexico, Jikken Kobo of Japan or America's AfriCobra - have empowered and given voice to their members. Global Art brings unfamiliar material to life by exploring the unique historical context for each art movement, key cultural events and interconnections, and the key protagonists in the movement's evolution.

Why Are We 'Artists'? - 100 World Art Manifestos (Paperback): Jessica Lack Why Are We 'Artists'? - 100 World Art Manifestos (Paperback)
Jessica Lack 1
R345 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Art is not a luxury. Art is a basic social need to which everyone has a right'. This extraordinary collection of 100 artists' manifestos from across the globe over the last 100 years brings together activists, post-colonialists, surrealists, socialists, nihilists and a host of other voices. From the Negritude movement in Africa and Martinique to Brazil's Mud/Meat Sewer Manifesto, from Iraqi modernism to Australia's Cyberfeminist Manifesto, they are by turns personal, political, utopian, angry, sublime and revolutionary. Some have not been published in English before; some were written in climates of censorship and brutality; some contain visions of a future still on the horizon. What unites them is the belief that art can change the world.

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