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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456460703321

Autore

Antliff Allan

Titolo

Anarchy and art [[electronic resource] ] : from the Paris Commune to the fall of the Berlin Wall / / Allan Antliff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : Arsenal Pulp Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-46736-0

9786612467363

1-55152-300-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

701/.03

700.103

Soggetti

Art - Political aspects

Anarchism in art

Art and society

Artists - Political activity

Anarchism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 9 Acknowledgments; 11 Introduction; Chapter 1 17 A Beautiful Dream: Courbet's Realism and the Paris Commune of 1871; Chapter 2 37 Wandering: Neo-Impressionists and Depictions of the Dispossessed; Chapter 3 49 Obscenity: The Advent of Dada in New York; Chapter 4 71 True Creators: Russian Artists of the Anarchist Revolution; Chapter 5 97 Death to Art!: The Post-Anarchist Aftermath; Chapter 6 113 Gay Anarchy: Sexual Politics in the Crucible of McCarthyism; Chapter 7 133 Breakout from the Prison House of Modernism: An Interview with Susan Simensky Bietila

Chapter 8 181 With Open Eyes: Anarchism and the Fall of the Berlin Wall 199 Bibliography; 209 Index

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating study of anarchist artists confronting pivotal historical moments over the past 140 years.