Global Art (Art Essentials)

by Jessica Lack

Overview

An essential guide to the multifaceted and increasingly connected global art community from 1900 to today.

Global Art introduces some of the most significant art movements of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries that have challenged the status quo. Featuring fifty artistic developments from every continent, this volume covers movements born of decolonization, marginalization, and conflict. Ranging from the Saqqakhaneh artists of Iran to the Stridentists of Mexico, Experimental Workshop of Japan to America’s AfriCOBRA, it chronicles groups that have empowered and given voice to their members.

Packed 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500295243
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	05/19/2020
Series:	Art Essentials , #10
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,114,189
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jessica Lack is a writer with a focus on modern and contemporary art. Previously art correspondent for The Guardian, her publications include Why Are We “Artists”: 100 World Art Manifestos, Tate Guide to Modern Art Terms (with Simon Wilson), and Global Art.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Imperialism and Revolution 8

Bengal School 10

Stridentism 14

Zenitism 18

Afrocubanismo 20

Art of the New Culture Movement 24

Modern Woodcut Movement 26

Anthropophagia 28

Négritude 32

Egyptian Surrealism 36

Calcutta Group 40

Concrete Invention and Madí Art 42

Post-War and Independence 46

European School 48

Progressive Artists' Group 52

Huroufiyah 56

Khartoum School 60

Reportage Painting 62

Jikken Kobo 66

Saqqakhaneh Artists 68

Zaria Rebels 70

Dakar School 72

Dissident Identities and Resistance 76

El Techo De La Ballena 78

New Tendencies Movement 80

Dvizheniye Group 82

Spiral 84

Aktual Art 88

Oho Movement 90

Mass-Mediatic Art 92

Caribbean Artist Movement 94

Pan-Africanism 98

Mono-Ha 102

Mural Movement 106

Identity and Transnationalism 110

Aouchem Movement 112

Bikyoto 114

Africobra 116

New Vision Group 120

Feminist Video 122

Moscow Conceptualists 124

Dansaekhwa 128

Laboratoire Agit' Art 132

Fight Censorship Group 134

Indonesian New Art Movement 138

Pattern And Decoration Movement 140

The Politics of Art 144

Antilles Group 146

Collective for Art Actions 148

Minjung Art Movement 150

British Black Arts Movement 152

85 Art Movement 156

Kerala Radicals 158

Useful Art Movement 160

Black Lives Matter 164

Glossary 168

Index of cultural protagonists 172

Acknowledgements 175