Art, politics, and dissent : aspects of the art left in sixties America

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Art, politics, and dissent : aspects of the art left in sixties America

Francis Frascina

Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780719044687

Description

Art, politics and dissent provides a counter history to conventional accounts of American art.. Close historical examinations of particular events in Los Angeles and New York in the 1960s are interwoven with discussion of the location of these events, normally marginalised or overlooked, in the history of cultural politics in the United States during the postwar period.. This book is based on detailed and new research from a range of sources including the alternative press, such as the Los Angeles Free Press; public and private archives; interviews and oral histories.. Interdisciplinary in approach, it adds substantially to recent innovative research and teaching approaches in art history and other related disciplines.. Provides essential case studies for taught courses; scholarly debate and general cross-disciplinary readership. -- .

Table of Contents

  • Introduction - researching alternative histories of the art left
  • "we dissent" - the artists' protest committee and representations in/of Los Angeles
  • "there" and "here", "then" and "now" - the Los Angeles "artists' tower of protest", 1966 and its legacy
  • angry arts, the art workers coalition and the politics of "otherness"
  • my Lai, "Guernica", MoMA and the art left, New York 1969-70
  • conclusion - culture wars and the American left.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780719044694

Description

Art, politics and dissent provides a counter history to conventional accounts of American art.. Close historical examinations of particular events in Los Angeles and New York in the 1960s are interwoven with discussion of the location of these events, normally marginalised or overlooked, in the history of cultural politics in the United States during the postwar period.. This book is based on detailed and new research from a range of sources including the alternative press, such as the Los Angeles Free Press; public and private archives; interviews and oral histories.. Interdisciplinary in approach, it adds substantially to recent innovative research and teaching approaches in art history and other related disciplines.. Provides essential case studies for taught courses; scholarly debate and general cross-disciplinary readership. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction: Researching Alternative Histories of the Art Left Ch. 1: "We Dissent": the Artists' Protest Committee and Representations in/of Los Angeles Ch. 2: "There" and "Here", "Then" and "Now": The Los Angeles 'Artists' Tower of Protest', 1966 and its Legacy Ch. 3: Angry Arts, the Art Workers Coalition and the Politics of "Otherness" Ch. 4: My Lai, Guernica, MoMA and the Art Left, New York 1969-70 Conclusion: Culture Wars and the American Left -- .

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