Contemporary Arts Across Political Divides : Difficult Conversations / edited by Alla Myzelev and Tijen Tunali.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Myzelev, Alla, editor.

Tunali, Tijen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Political aspects.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

This book explores what art and artists can do to create democratic spaces, forms, and languages in a world devastated by multiple crises. Artists, activists, art historians, and art curators conduct timely and critical analyses across political divides, informing the public search for an agency, dialogue and self-representation. They analyze how artists transform these social relations through aesthetic means with a shared commitment to bridging political divides and conflicts. The book uses case studies from Australia, India, Mexico, USA, Turkey, Palestine, Israel, the Balkans, Russia, Italy, Ukraine to discuss the possibility or impossibility of building avenues for participation, equitable interaction, self-organization, as well as the common creation of the imaginary and a culture of dialogue. The book pushes for a broader and more conflict-oriented understanding of art and politics.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Part 2

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Colour Centrefold

Part 3

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Part 4

(Not) War

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Myzelev, Alla Contemporary Arts Across Political Divides

ISBN:

1-5275-0726-2