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Soft power : a conversation for the future

Title: Soft power : a conversation for the future / edited by Eungie Joo ; [art by] Haig Aivazian [and 19 others] ; with texts by Manthia Diawara [and many others].
Publication: San Francisco, CA : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2020.

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Description

200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

"Timely and provocative, SOFT POWER is an exhibition about the ways in which artists deploy art to explore their roles as citizens and social actors. Appropriated from the Reagan-era term used to describe how a country's 'soft' assets such as culture, political values and foreign policies can be more influential than violence or coercion, the title SOFT POWER suggests a contemplation on the potential of art and offers a provocation to the public to exert their own influence on the world...." --
An exhibition of recent work and new commissions by 20 artists from around the world organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. These artists understand themselves as social actors, question their responsibility as citizens and are active in their role as public intellectuals and provocateurs who use their platforms to engage directly in social, political and environmental concerns or to highlight them in their work. As such, SOFT POWER demonstrates art's 'soft' ability to showcase ideas and send them into the world. --

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Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Published on the occasion of the exhibition presented at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 26, 2019-February 17, 2020.
Show curated by Eungie Joo.
Published in association with Rizzoli Electa.

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ISBN

LCCN

2019953373

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Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library