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Art Workers : Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era by Julia Bryan-Wilson (2011, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520269756

ISBN-139780520269750

eBay Product ID (ePID)99358385

Product Key Features

Number of Pages295 Pages

Publication NameArt Workers : Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Art & Politics, General, American / General

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

AuthorJulia Bryan-Wilson

Subject AreaArt

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-009210

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Of immediate, practical value to young artists today who want to re-establish art as an alternative place in the culture, though her clean prose will also make the book inviting to more casual readers."-- New York Times Book Review, "A vivid picture of artistic activism, essential both for the art history of the 1960s and for today's discourse on art and politics."-- Artforum, Of immediate, practical value to young artists today who want to re-establish art as an alternative place in the culture, though her clean prose will also make the book inviting to more casual readers., An extremely nuanced reading of the seminal company's comedy output. . . . Reinvigorates leftist critiques of the American film industry., A vivid picture of artistic activism, essential both for the art history of the 1960s and for today's discourse on art and politics., "Of immediate, practical value to young artists today who want to re-establish art as an alternative place in the culture, though her clean prose will also make the book inviting to more casual readers."--New York Times Book Review, _A vivid picture of artistic activism, essential both for the art history of the 1960s and for today_s discourse on art and politics._, _An extremely nuanced reading of the seminal company_s comedy output. . . . Reinvigorates leftist critiques of the American film industry._, _Of immediate, practical value to young artists today who want to re-establish art as an alternative place in the culture, though her clean prose will also make the book inviting to more casual readers._

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal709.73/09046

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction 1 From Artists to Art Workers 2 Carl Andre's Work Ethic 3 Robert Morris's Art Strike 4 Lucy Lippard's Feminist Labor 5 Hans Haacke's Paperwork Epilogue Notes List of Illustrations Index

SynopsisDuring the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as "art workers." In the first book to examine this movement, Julia Bryan-Wilson shows how a polemical redefinition of artistic labor played a central role in minimalism, process art, feminist criticism, and conceptualism. In her close examination of four seminal figures of the period-American artists Carl Andre, Robert Morris, and Hans Haacke, and art critic Lucy Lippard-Bryan-Wilson frames an engrossing new argument around the double entendre that "art works." She traces the divergent ways in which these four artists and writers rallied around the "art worker" identity, including participating in the Art Workers' Coalition-a short-lived organization founded in 1969 to protest the war and agitate for artists' rights-and the New York Art Strike. By connecting social art history and theories of labor, this book illuminates the artworks and protest actions that were central to this pivotal era in both American art and politics. A Best Book of 2009, Artforum Magazine, During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as "art workers." In the first book to examine this movement, Julia Bryan-Wilson shows how a polemical redefinition of artistic labor played a central role in minimalism, process art, feminist criticism, and conceptualism. In her close examination of four seminal figures of the period--American artists Carl Andre, Robert Morris, and Hans Haacke, and art critic Lucy Lippard--Bryan-Wilson frames an engrossing new argument around the double entendre that "art works." She traces the divergent ways in which these four artists and writers rallied around the "art worker" identity, including participating in the Art Workers' Coalition--a short-lived organization founded in 1969 to protest the war and agitate for artists' rights--and the New York Art Strike. By connecting social art history and theories of labor, this book illuminates the artworks and protest actions that were central to this pivotal era in both American art and politics. A Best Book of 2009, Artforum Magazine

LC Classification NumberN72.P6B79 2011