Art Gangs: Postmodern Artists' Collectives in New York City

Explores the world of protest and counterculture through the work of artists' groups in New York City after 1968. From the Art Workers' Coalition through Art & Language, Colab and Group Material in the 1980s, in Soho and the Lower East Side, these collectives built the postmodern art world. This is the key background story of today's politicized international art world.

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Art Gangs: Postmodern Artists' Collectives in New York City

Explores the world of protest and counterculture through the work of artists' groups in New York City after 1968. From the Art Workers' Coalition through Art & Language, Colab and Group Material in the 1980s, in Soho and the Lower East Side, these collectives built the postmodern art world. This is the key background story of today's politicized international art world.

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Art Gangs: Postmodern Artists' Collectives in New York City

Art Gangs: Postmodern Artists' Collectives in New York City

by Alan Moore
Art Gangs: Postmodern Artists' Collectives in New York City

Art Gangs: Postmodern Artists' Collectives in New York City

by Alan Moore

Overview

Explores the world of protest and counterculture through the work of artists' groups in New York City after 1968. From the Art Workers' Coalition through Art & Language, Colab and Group Material in the 1980s, in Soho and the Lower East Side, these collectives built the postmodern art world. This is the key background story of today's politicized international art world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570272370
Publisher: Autonomedia
Publication date: 06/15/2011
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Alan Moore is perhaps the most acclaimed writer in the graphic story medium, having garnered countless awards for works such as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing and Miracleman. He is also the mastermind behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong, Tomorrow Stories and Top Ten.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction: On and Off the Collective Subject in Contemporary Art 1

Chapter 1 Taking it Out of the Modern: Founding the Art Workers' Coalition 10

Chapter 2 The Action Fraction: Guerrilla Art Action Group 27

Chapter 3 Soho Spring: The Alternative Space Arrives 46

Chapter 4 Revising American Art: Art & Language and the Anti-Catalog 65

Chapter 5 Punk Art: No Wave & Colab 80

Chapter 6 Political Postmodernism: Of Streets and Museums 109

Aftermath: The Ball Gets Rolling 141

Biblipgraphy 159

Index 177

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