本書介紹了多位在本地或在全球的政治和社會改革所倡導的藝術家。有部分的藝術家的作品受到傳統的宣傳鼓動和20～60年代的海報、城市干預，或平面設計工作的民權運動的影響作品風格。其他則傾向的藝術形式，如繪畫、雕塑，或表現。書中描述一些年輕藝術家以反諷幽默的方式，向政府對抗貧困與婦女的權利問題，以及災難性地震後重建的海地地區，還有一些國家正在利用大眾傳播媒介批評跨國石油公司的暴利行為。藝術與社會議題不僅是當前的對藝術的創作，同時也是對未來政治發展與決策點。

 

Life has become significantly more political in the new millennium, especially

in the aftermath of the worldwide banking crisis. Art is both driving and
documenting this upheaval. Initially, it was mostly young artists and activists
who were raising their voices to protest globalization and the pollution of our environment, but increasingly the work of established artists is also becoming dominated by political topics. Art & Agenda explores the impact of political activism on contemporary art. The book introduces a variety of artists who are advocating political and social reform on a local or a global scale. Some are influenced by the traditions of Agitprop and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and work with posters, urban interventions, or graphic design. Others prefer established art forms such as painting, sculpture, or performance. The personalities and approaches of the featured artists are as diverse as their subject matter the artists goals, techniques, and degrees of radicalness depend on the
cultures to which they belong as well as the social and political circles in which they move. Some of the younger artists featured in the book are fighting against poverty and for women s rights. Others are working to rebuild Haitian communities in the wake of that country s devastating earthquake. Still others are using mass communication to criticize transnational oil companies. While Latin American artists are expressing their powerlessness in the face of totalitarian governments, Chinese artists are commenting on the radical changes taking place in their country, calling for human rights and freedom, and an end to cronyism and environmental destruction. The book examines the interplay between the forms of protest used by environmental and civil rights activists and the techniques used by artists, which are of interest since both groups often address the same topics. It looks at how art and the media are not only reflecting a political agenda, but also how they are influencing political reaction. Consequently, Art & Agenda is not only an insightful documentation of current artwork, but also points to future forms of political discourse and decision-making.

 

書籍屬性
[作者]	Klanten, Robert
[出版社]	Gestalten
[圖書書號/ISBN]	978-3-89955-342-0
[出版日期]	2011
[書籍頁數]	288
[裝訂方式]	精裝
[外幣幣別]	EUR

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