Sabotage art : politics and iconoclasm in contemporary Latin America / edited by Sophie Halart and Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halart, Sophie, editor.

Polgovsky Ezcurra, Mara, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

International library of modern and contemporary art ; 28.

International library of modern and contemporary art ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Political aspects--Latin America.

Art.

Iconoclasm in art.

Radicalism in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

"Sabotage is the deliberate disruption of a dominant system, be it political, military or economic. Yet in recent decades, sabotage has also become an artistic strategy most notably in Latin America. In Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, artists are producing radical, unruly or even iconoclastic work that resists state violence, social conformity and the commodification of art. Sabotage Art reveals how contemporary Latin American artists have resorted to sabotage strategies as a means to bridge the gap between aesthetics and politics. The global status of and market for Latin American art is growing rapidly. This book is essential reading for those who want to understand this new, dissident work, as well as its mystification, co-option and commercialisation within current academic historiographies and art-world curatorial initiatives."--Publisher's description

Contents:

Part 1. Material Sabotage: Ensnaring, Burning, Trespassing. Chapter 1. Entrap, Engulf, Overwhelm : From Marta Minujín / Catherine Spencer ; Chapter 2. Shaman, Thespian, Saboteur : Marcos Kurtycz and the Ritual Poetics of Institutional Profanation / Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra ; Chapter 3. Pictorial Eviscerations, Emblems and Self-Immolation in Mexico : Enrique Guzmán and Nahum B. Zenil / Erica Segre ; Chapter 4. Bureaucratic Sabotage : Knocking at the Door of the 'Big Monster' / Zanna Gilbert

Part 2. Cannons and Canons: Explosive vs. Implosive Postures. Chapter 5. Towards a Mediterranean Empire : Sabotage as Noise in Post-1960s Chilean and Argentine Art and Art History / Sophie Halart ; Chapter 6. Impossible Objects : Gabriel Orozco's Empty Shoe Box and Yielding Stone / Natasha Adamou ; Chapter 7. El Museo de la Calle : Art, Economy and the Paradoxes of Bartering / Olga Fernández López ; Chapter 8. Stay at Your Own Risk : Disturbing Ideas of Community in Two Projects by Elkin Calderón / Carla Macchiavello ; Chapter 9. 'The Space of Appearance' : Performativity and Aesthetics in the Politicization of Mexico's Public Sphere / Robin Adele Greeley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9780857729132

0857729136

9781350987906

1350987905

9780857727084

0857727087

OCLC:

965196484