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

"Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. 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 ar...

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Main Author: Mesch, Claudia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
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300 |a xiii, 240 pages :  |b illustrations, photographs ;  |c 22 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. State-sponsored art during the Cold War -- 2. Post-colonial identity and the Civil-Rights movement -- 3. The anti-war and peace movements -- 4. Feminisms -- 5. Gay identity/queer art -- 6. Environmental art -- 7. Anti-globalization -- Epilogue : protestAR : #OCCUPYWALLSTREET and #arOCCUPYWALLSTREET -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index. 
520 |a "Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. 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. From the postwar works of Pablo Picasso and Alexander Deineka to thie Border Film Project and web-based works of Beatriz da Costa, Art and Politics: a Small History of Art for Social Change after 1945 considers how artists visual or otherwise have engaged with major political and grassroots movements, particularly after 1960." --Publisher's website.  
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