Art Against War
Title | Art Against War PDF eBook |
Author | D. J. R. Bruckner |
Publisher | New York : Abbeville Press |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Kill for Peace
Title | Kill for Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Israel |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2013-07-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0292745435 |
“The book addresses chronologically the most striking reactions of the art world to the rise of military engagement in Vietnam then in Cambodia.” —Guillaume LeBot, Critique d’art The Vietnam War (1964–1975) divided American society like no other war of the twentieth century, and some of the most memorable American art and art-related activism of the last fifty years protested U.S. involvement. At a time when Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art dominated the American art world, individual artists and art collectives played a significant role in antiwar protest and inspired subsequent generations of artists. This significant story of engagement, which has never been covered in a book-length survey before, is the subject of Kill for Peace. Writing for both general and academic audiences, Matthew Israel recounts the major moments in the Vietnam War and the antiwar movement and describes artists’ individual and collective responses to them. He discusses major artists such as Leon Golub, Edward Kienholz, Martha Rosler, Peter Saul, Nancy Spero, and Robert Morris; artists’ groups including the Art Workers’ Coalition (AWC) and the Artists Protest Committee (APC); and iconic works of collective protest art such as AWC’s Q. And Babies? A. And Babies and APC’s The Artists Tower of Protest. Israel also formulates a typology of antiwar engagement, identifying and naming artists’ approaches to protest. These approaches range from extra-aesthetic actions—advertisements, strikes, walk-outs, and petitions without a visual aspect—to advance memorials, which were war memorials purposefully created before the war’s end that criticized both the war and the form and content of traditional war memorials. “Accessible and informative.” —Art Libraries Society of North America
American Artists Against War, 1935 2010
Title | American Artists Against War, 1935 2010 PDF eBook |
Author | David McCarthy |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2015-07-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0520286707 |
Artists against war and fascism -- Doom -- End your silence -- A network of artist/activists -- Not in our name.
The War of Art
Title | The War of Art PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Pressfield |
Publisher | Black Irish Entertainment LLC |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2002-06-03 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1936891042 |
What keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do? Why is there a naysayer within? How can we avoid the roadblocks of any creative endeavor—be it starting up a dream business venture, writing a novel, or painting a masterpiece? The War of Art identifies the enemy that every one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer this internal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success. The War of Art emphasizes the resolve needed to recognize and overcome the obstacles of ambition and then effectively shows how to reach the highest level of creative discipline. Think of it as tough love . . . for yourself.
On Art and War and Terror
Title | On Art and War and Terror PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Danchev |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2009-07-06 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0748641386 |
This book, a collection of Alex Danchev's essays on the theme of art, war and terror, offers a sustained demonstration of the way in which works of art can help us to explore the most difficult ethical and political issues of our time: war, terror, extermination, torture and abuse.It takes seriously the idea of the artist as moral witness to this realm, considering war photography, for example, as a form of humanitarian intervention. War poetry, war films and war diaries are also considered in a broad view of art, and of war. Kafka is drawn upon to address torture and abuse in the war on terror; Homer is utilised to analyse current talk of 'barbarisation'. The paintings of Gerhard Richter are used to investigate the terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof group, while the photographs of Don McCullin and the writings of Vassily Grossman and Primo Levi allow the author to propose an ethics of small acts of altruism.This book examines the nature of war over the last century, from the Great War to a particular focus on the current 'Global War on Terror'. It investigates what it means to be human in war, the cost it exacts and the ways of coping. Several of the essays therefore have a biographical focus.
Artists Respond
Title | Artists Respond PDF eBook |
Author | Melissa Ho |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2019-04-02 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0691191182 |
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, March 15, 2019 to August 18, 2019."
The Unknown Anti-war Comics!
Title | The Unknown Anti-war Comics! PDF eBook |
Author | Nate Powell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781684065042 |