Don't Look Away: Art, Nonviolence, and Preventive Publics in Contemporary Europe

by Brianne Cohen

Book Overview

In Don't Look Away Brianne Cohen considers the role of contemporary art in developing a public commitment to end structural violence in Europe. Cohen focuses on art activism of the early twenty-first century that confronts the slow violence perpetuated against precarious peoples. Exploring the work of German filmmaker Harun Farocki, Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn, and the art collective Henry VIII's Wives, Cohen argues that their recursive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478019468
• ISBN13: 9781478019466
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.