Description
Book SynopsisGlobal ArtPacked with bold and illuminating illustrations, the book demonstrates the distinct but connected roles of global movements in creating cross-cultural dialogues in today?s art world. Journalist Jessica Lack provides historical context for each art movement, key cultural events, and interconnections, bringing to life the protagonists in each movement?s evolution.
Trade Review'A wonderfully illustrated and vividly written corrective to the assumption that radical art is the preserve of the west' - Jennifer Higgie, Frieze
Table of ContentsIntroduction • Imperialism & Revolution: The Bengal School • Stridentism (Movimiento Estridentista) • Zenitism • Afrocubanismo • Art of the New Culture Movement • The Modern Woodcut Movement • Anthropophagia • Négritude Movement • Egyptian Surrealism • Calcutta Group • Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención and Arte Madi • PostWar & Independence: The European School • The Progressive Artists’ Group • Huroufiyah • The Khartoum School • Reportage Painting • Experimental Workshop (Jikken Kobo) • Saqqakhaneh Artists • The Zaria Rebels • Dakar School • Dissident Identities & Resistance: El Techo De La Ballena • New Tendencies Movement • Dvizenije Group • Spiral Aktual Art • Oho Movement • Mass Mediatic Art • Caribbean Artist Movement • Pan-Africanism • Mono-Ha • The Mural Movement • Identity & Transnationalism: The Aouchem Movement • Bikyoto • Africobra • The New Vision Group • Feminist Video • Moscow Conceptualists • Dansaekhwa • Laboratoire Agit’art • Fight Censorship Group • The Indonesian New Art Movement • The Pattern And Decoration Movement • The Politics of Art: Grupo Antillano • Colectivo De Acciones De Arte • Minjung Art Movement • British Black Arts Movement • 85 Art Movement • The Kerala Radicals • Useful Art Movement • Black Lives Matter
