| Sabotage Art: Politics and Iconoclasm in Contemporary Latin America Contributor(s): Halart, Sophie (Editor), Ezcurra, Mara Polgovsky (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1784532258 ISBN-13: 9781784532253 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Art & Politics - Art | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 701.03 |
| Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sabotage is the deliberate disruption of a dominant system, be it political, military or economic. Yet in recent decades, sabotage has also become an artistic strategy most notably in Latin America. In Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, artists are producing radical, unruly or even iconoclastic work that resists state violence, social conformity and the commodification of art. Sabotage Art reveals how contemporary Latin American artists have resorted to sabotage strategies as a means to bridge the gap between aesthetics and politics. The global status of and market for Latin American art is growing rapidly. This book is essential reading for those who want to understand this new, dissident work, as well as its mystification, co-option and commercialisation within current academic historiographies and art-world curatorial initiatives. |