Militant aesthetics : art activism in the twenty-first century /

• Main Author: Lang, Martin (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2024.
• Series: Radical aesthetics, radical art.
• Subjects: Τέχνες, Μοντέρνες > 21ος αιώνας > Πολιτικές απόψεις.; Πολιτική στην τέχνη > 21ος αιώνας.; Ακτιβισμός > 21ος αιώνας.

"In 2008 an Iraqi artist was waterboarded as performance art. In 2010 artists upturned police cars in Russia. But what exactly do we mean by militant art and aesthetics? Bringing together the philosophy of art and politics, Martin Lang provides a comprehensive examination of militant art activi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Art Activism after 9/11
• 2. Refuse/Resist: Militancy, Ethics and Aesthetics
• 3. Militancy and the Avant-garde
• 4. Tactical Confrontations: Art Activism after the Global Banking Crisis
• 5. The Absurd and the Dysfunctional
• 6. Demonstration