Usable Pasts: Social Practice and State Formation in American Art

by Larne Abse Gogarty

Book Overview

Usable Pasts zeros in on two periods in the United States that saw the state increase its financial support for socially engaged works of culture. In the 1990s the political artworks by Suzanne lacy, Rick Lowe, and Martha Rosler helped usher in an era of social practice art, while in the 1930s saw the creation of the leftist Cultural Front and its proliferation of experiential theatre, modern dance, and photography. By analyzing these trends and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164259900X
• ISBN13: 9781642599008
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"