'Life and art have become significantly more political in the new millenium, especially in the aftermath of worldwide financial crisis. Art & Agenda explores the current interrelationship between art, activism, and politics. It presents new visual concepts and commentaries that are being used to represent and communicate emotionally charged topics, thereby bringing them onto local political and social agendas in a way far more powerful than words alone.
The book looks at how art is not only reflecting and setting agendas, but also how it is influencing political reaction. Consequently, Art & Agenda is not only a perceptive documentation of current urban interventions, installations, performances, sculptures, and paintings, but also points to future forms of political discourse.
In addition to presenting the diverse work of more than 100 artists, the book features comprehensive and insightful texts by curators Pedro Alonzo, Alain Bieber, and Silke Krohn as well as by Gregor Jansen, the director of the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.' - from the back cover
The book looks at how art is not only reflecting and setting agendas, but also how it is influencing political reaction. Consequently, Art & Agenda is not only a perceptive documentation of current urban interventions, installations, performances, sculptures, and paintings, but also points to future forms of political discourse.
In addition to presenting the diverse work of more than 100 artists, the book features comprehensive and insightful texts by curators Pedro Alonzo, Alain Bieber, and Silke Krohn as well as by Gregor Jansen, the director of the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.' - from the back cover
Access level
Onsite
artist
AI Weiwei, 艾未未, 
Paul CHAN, 陳佩之, 
Gao Brothers, 高氏兄弟, 
HAN Bing, 韓冰, 
Mona HATOUM, 
JIANG Pengyi, 蔣鵬奕, 
JoSeub, 조습, 
KIM Hwang, 
LI Wei, 李暐, 
YANG Yi, 楊怡, 
publisher
Location code
REF.KLR2
Language
English
Keywords
political art,  activist art
Publication/Creation date
2011
No of pages
288
ISBN / ISSN
9783899553420
No of copies
1
Content type
anthology
Chapter headings
Preface
The Commercial Aspect
I Revolt, Therefore I Am
The Human Element
From the Object to the Concrete Intervention
Sanctuary
Think Global, Act Local
Anger Is an Energy
History Repeating
Art & Agenda: Political Art and Activism

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