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But is it art? : the spirit of art as activism / edited by Nina Felshin.
- Title
- But is it art? : the spirit of art as activism / edited by Nina Felshin.
- Publication
- Seattle : Bay Press, c1995.
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- Additional Authors
- Felshin, Nina
- Description
- 412 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Nonfiction. Art. Activisim. Criticism and Theory. An anthology that explores the rise of activist public art that agitates for social change. Included are discussions of such leading and controversial artists as: the Guerrilla Girls, Gran Fury, Group Material, Women's Action Coalition, and the Artist and Homeless Collaborative.
- Alternative Title
- Spirit of art as activism
- Subject
- Harrison, Newton, 1932-
- Harrison, Helen Mayer
- Condé, Carole
- Beveridge, Karl
- Avalos, David
- Hock, Louis
- Sisco, Elizabeth
- Ukeles, Mierle, 1939-
- Lacy, Suzanne, 1945-
- Diggs, Peggy
- 1900-1999
- Arts > Political aspects > United States
- Politics in art
- Social problems in art
- Mass media and the arts
- Performance art > United States
- Artists and community
- Arts, American > 20th century
- Political activists > United States
- Arts > Political aspects
- Performance art
- Arts, Modern > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- Performance art.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-404).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The invisible town square : artists' collaborations and media dramas in America's biggest border town / Robert L. Pincus -- This is to enrage you : Gran Fury and the graphics of AIDS activism / Richard Meyer -- Group material timeline : activism as a work of art / Jan Avgikos -- The American Festival Project : performing difference, discovering common ground / Jan Cohen-Cruz -- Ecopolitics/ecopoetry : Helen and Newton Harrison's environmental talking cure / Eleanor Heartney -- Maintenance activity : creating a climate for change / Patricia C. Phillips -- Is it still privileged art? The politics of class and collaboration in the art practice of Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge / Dot Tuer -- The body politics of Suzanne Lacy / Jeff Kelley -- Making art, reclaiming lives : the artist and homeless collaborative / Andrea Wolper -- Peggy Diggs : private acts and public art / Patricia C. Phillips -- Guerrilla girl power : why the art world needs a conscience / Elizabeth Hess -- Louder than words : a WAC chronicle / Tracy Ann Essoglou.
- ISBN
- 0941920291
- LCCN
- ^^^94036846^
- OCLC
- 31243239
- SCSB-12008443
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library