Abstract Resistance

by Marcus Steinweg, Thomas Hirschhorn, Simon Baier

Book Overview

Abstract Resistance considers the metaphor of resistance as a political and compositional force defining the art of the past half-century. Starting with Michel Foucault's assertion that "where there is power, there is resistance," it explores art made since World War II that has been shaped by traumatic historical events in complex ways. Rather than creating an explicit art of social protest, artists have responded to violence and upheaval...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935640959
• ISBN13: 9780935640953
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Walker Art Center
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"