Art, Activism, and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage

There is a common perception in the arts today that overtly activist art-often seen to sacrifice an aesthetic pleasure for a subversive one-is no longer in fashion. In bringing together sixteen of the most important essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of Afterimage-one of the m...

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Other Authors: Ann, Cvetkovich (Contributor), Brian, Goldfarb (Contributor), Charles, Wright (Contributor), Chiquita, Lee (Contributor), Coco, Fusco (Contributor), Darrell, Moore (Contributor), David, Trend (Contributor), Grant, Kester (Contributor), Ioannis, Mookas (Contributor), Kester, Grant H. (Editor), Lorraine, O'Grady (Contributor), Mable, Haddock (Contributor), Martha, RosIer (Contributor), Maurice, Berger (Contributor), Michael, Renov (Contributor), Patricia, Thomson (Contributor), Patricia, Zimmermann (Contributor), Richard, Bolton (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press [1998]
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Summary:There is a common perception in the arts today that overtly activist art-often seen to sacrifice an aesthetic pleasure for a subversive one-is no longer in fashion. In bringing together sixteen of the most important essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of Afterimage-one of the most influential journals in the media and visual arts fields for more than twenty-five years-Grant H. Kester demonstrates that activist art, far from being antithetical to the true meaning of the aesthetic, can be its most legitimate expression.Forging a style of criticism where aesthetic, critical, theoretical, and activist concerns converge, Afterimage has shaped American debates around the politics of visual production and arts education while offering a voice to politically involved artists and scholars. Art, Activism, and Oppositionality insists not only on the continuing relevance of an activist stance to contemporary art practice and criticism, but also on the significance of an engaged art practice that is aligned with social or political activism. With essays that span fifteen years-roughly from Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential win to the 1994 Republican victories in Congress, a period marked by waning public support for the arts and growing antagonism toward activist art-Art, Activism, and Oppositionality confronts issues ranging from arts patronage, pedagogy, and the very definitions of art and activism to struggles involving AIDS, reproductive rights, sexuality, and racial identity.Contributors. Maurice Berger, Richard Bolton, Ann Cvetkovich, Coco Fusco, Brian Goldfarb, Mable Haddock, Grant H. Kester, Ioannis Mookas, Chiquita Mullins Lee, Darrell Moore, Lorraine O'Grady, Michael Renov, Martha Rosler, Patricia Thomson, David Trend, Charles A. Wright Jr., Patricia R. Zimmerman
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages) 40 b&w photographs
ISBN:9780822396109
DOI:10.1515/9780822396109

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