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OverviewIn 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 activism: its history, its advocates and the aesthetic theory behind it. Protest art is not a new concept and yet this book argues that after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 distinctly 21st-century forms of art activism emerged. On the one hand these became militant as artists retained belief in the possibility of radical political change through art. On the other hand, this belief developed in a hostile environment, when anti-terror legislations reclassified activists and artists as terrorists. Through first-hand interviews and experiences, Militant Aesthetics sheds light on numerous international case studies of modern art activism and the different ways they can be classified as militant. Many artists and collectives, including Grupo Etcétera in Buenos Aries, are prepared to break the law and risk arrest for their art. Others like Thomas Bresolin’s Militant Training Camp utilise military uniforms in violent performances that connect with public anger, and artists such as Zthoven in the Czech Republic occupy, hack, antagonise and disrupt in increasingly militant ways. Combining these examples with the pioneering thought of Badiou, Žižek, Rancière and Mouffe, as well as up-to-date scholarship from Bishop, Léger and others, Lang investigates the instances, attributes and rules of militant art in order to introduce a new overall theory of 21st-century militant aesthetics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Martin LangPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350346741ISBN 10: 1350346748 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 08 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 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 Bibliography IndexReviewsLang's incisive study provides a significant remapping of activist and political art. By developing a precise terminology, the author draws an illuminating panorama of aesthetic theories and practices. * Karen van den Berg, Professor and Chair of Art Theory & Curating, Zeppelin University, Germany * Author InformationMartin Lang is Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Fine Art at the University of Lincoln, UK. His work has been published in journals including Ekphrasis and Art & the Public Sphere. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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