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Subject: [a-g] COLLECTIVISM AFTER MODERNISM (fwd)


Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:33:12 -0500
Subject: AVANT-GARDE / COLLECTIVISM AFTER MODERNISM: The Art of Social
 Imagination after 1945
From: Stacy Lienemann <lieneman-AT-umn.edu>

Analyzes collective artistic practice from the Cold War to the global
present.

COLLECTIVISM AFTER MODERNISM: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945
Blake Stimson and Gregory Sholette, editors
University of Minnesota Press | 240 pages | 80 halftones | 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8166-4461-2 | hardcover  | $84.00
ISBN: 978-0-8166-4462-9 | paperback | $27.95

Organized around case studies spanning the globe from Europe, Japan, and the
United States to Africa, Cuba, and Mexico, Collectivism after Modernism
covers such renowned collectives as the Guerrilla Girls and the Yes Men, as
well as lesser-known groups. Together, these essays demonstrate that
collectivism survives as an influential and increasingly visible artistic
practice despite the art world=B9s star system of individuality. Collectivism
after Modernism provides the historical understanding necessary for thinking
through postmodern collective practice, now and into the future.

Contributors: Irina Aristarkhova, Jesse Drew, Okwui Enwezor, Rubén Gallo,
Chris Gilbert, Brian Holmes, Alan Moore, Jelena Stojanovi=B4c; Reiko Tomii,
Rachel Weiss.

=B3Don't start an art collective until you read this book.=B2 =8BGuerrilla Girls

=B3Ever since Web 2.0 with its wikis, blogs and social networks the art of
collaboration is back on the agenda. Collectivism after Modernism shows that
cooperation amongst artists, activists, and designers has a rich history.
Showcasing examples from around the world, this anthology maps group work
throughout the 20th century. This collection convincingly proves that art
collectives did not stop after the proclaimed death of the historical
avant-gardes. Like never before technology reinvents the social and artists
claim the steering wheel!=B2 =8BGeert Lovink

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book=B9s
webpage:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/stimson_collectivism.html

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