The Situationist International in Britain: Modernism, Surrealism, and the Avant-Garde

by Sam Cooper

Book Overview

This book tells, for the first time, the story of the Situationist International's influence and afterlives in Britain, where its radical ideas have been rapturously welcomed and fiercely resisted. The Situationist International presented itself as the culmination of the twentieth century avant-garde tradition - as the true successor of Dada and Surrealism. Its grand ambition was not unfounded. Though it dissolved in 1972, generations of artists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036787881X
• ISBN13: 9780367878818
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"