The Utopian Globalists : Artists of Worldwide Revolution, 1919-2009.

An innovative history and critical account mapping the ways artists and their works have engaged with, and offered commentary on, modern spectacle in both capitalist and socialist modernism over the past ninety years. Focuses on artists whose work expresses the concept of revolutionary social transf...

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Main Author: Harris, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An innovative history and critical account mapping the ways artists and their works have engaged with, and offered commentary on, modern spectacle in both capitalist and socialist modernism over the past ninety years. Focuses on artists whose work expresses the concept of revolutionary social transformation Provides a strong historical narrative that adds structure and clarityFeatures a cogent and innovative critique of contemporary art and institutionsCovers 100 years of art from Vladimir Tatlin's constructivist 'Monument to the Third International', to P.
Physical Description:1 online resource (429 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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