Abstract Resistance

by Marcus Steinweg, Thomas Hirschhorn, Simon Baier

True to its title, the exhibition Abstract Resistance considers the metaphor of "resistance" as a complex political and compositional force defining 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935640959
• ISBN13: 9780935640953
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Walker Art Center
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"