Art Demonstration: Group Material and the 1980s

by Claire Grace

A study of Group Material, the influential but underexamined New York-based artist collective, investigating a series of key works.

Key predecessor of contemporary art's most radical activist gestures, the 1980s collective Group Material seized upon the temporary exhibition as a prime mode of intervention. Projects sited on walls, subways, and billboards targeted some of the most sensitive political conflicts of the era, from U.S...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262543524
• ISBN13: 9780262543521
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.0"