Description |
319 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Towards anarchist art theories... / Erik Reuland and Josh MacPhee -- Life, labor, art : a discussion with Carlos Koyokuikatl Cortez / Christine Flores-Cozza -- Flavio Costantini : artist of anarchy / Bill Nowlin -- Reveil anarchiste : salon painting, political satire, modernist art / Patricia Leighten -- Clifford Harper : anarchist illustrator / Icky A. -- El grito del diseņo : diseņo mestizo and the radical visual language in Chicana/o newspapers / Dylan Miner -- Gee Vaucher : crass art / Erik Reuland -- Shadows in the streets : the stencil art of the new Argentina / Erick Lyle -- Subversive multiples : a conversation between contemporary printmakers / Meredith Stern -- Taring Padi : under siege in Indonesia / Roger Peet -- A magical land of roving Santa Claus armies, pirated energy drinks and a giant squatted urban village : political art activities in Denmark / Brett Bloom -- A conversation with black mask / Iain McIntyre -- The process is in the streets : challenging media America / Dara Greenwald -- When magic confronts authority : the rise of protest puppetry in N. America / Morgan Andrews -- Beyond authenticity : aesthetics strategies and anarchist media / Kyle Harris -- The department of space and land reclamation / Josh MacPhee and Nato Thompson -- Movements and militant media : communications technology and Latin American grassroots politics / Carlos Fernandez -- Queer art/queer anarchy : an interview with Luis Jacob / Alllan Antliff -- The twilight of vanguardism / David Graeber -- Struggles at haymarket : an embattled history of static monuments and public interventions / Nicolas Lampert -- Better a one-legged man than a woman / Erika Biddle -- Branding anti-consumerism : the capitalistic nature of anti-corporate activism / Anne Elizabeth Moore -- Reappropriate the imagination! / Cindy Milstein. |
Summary |
Exploring the close relationship between aesthetics and politics in anti-authoritarian social movements, 'Realizing the Impossible' discusses an influence which has been felt in both directions - from cubism and surrealism to political resistance and activism. |
Subject |
Authority in art.
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Anarchism in art.
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Art -- Political aspects.
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Anarchists.
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Reuland, Erik.
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Cortez, Carlos, 1923-2005.
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Jacob, Luis, 1971-
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Harper, Clifford.
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Vaucher, Gee.
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Klein Stahl, Miriam.
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Matthes, Colin.
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Andrews, Morgan F.P.
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Peet, Roger.
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Added Author |
MacPhee, Josh.
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Reuland, Erik.
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ISBN |
1904859321 (alk. paper) |
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9781904859321 (alk. paper) |
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