Art rebellion : the aesthetics of social transformation /

Art has always been central to moments of great social change. From the avantgarde to the ages of revolution, the act of rebellious creation has been crucial to bringing people and ideas together. However, in an increasingly fractured world characterized by upheaval and crisis, what role can art pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miles, Malcolm, 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2023].
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Avant-Gardes
  • 1. Signed In Red. The First Avant-Garde
  • 2. Blue Voids. The Modernist Avant-Garde And The Permanence Of Art
  • Part Two: Theories and Critiques
  • 3. Society as a Work of Art?
  • 4. States of Exception
  • 5. Saying The Unsayable
  • Part Three: Critical Practices
  • 6. After The Statues
  • 7. Exhibiting Dissent
  • 8. Revolution is Sublime
  • 9. Beauty is Convulsive -Bibliography
  • Index.