Why Are We 'Artists'?: 100 World Art Manifestos

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Why Are We 'Artists'?: 100 World Art Manifestos
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jessica Lack
SeriesPenguin Modern Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:528
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Philosophy - aesthetics
ISBN/Barcode 9780241236314
ClassificationsDewey:709
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 31 August 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A new anthology of 100 years of artists', film makers' and architects' manifestos from across the globe 'Art is not a luxury. Art is a basic social need to which everyone has a right'. This extraordinary collection of 100 artists' manifestos from across the globe over the last 100 years brings together political activists, anti-colonialists, surrealists, socialists, nihilists and a host of other voices. From the Negritude movement in Europe, Africa and Martinique to Japan's Bikyoto, from Iraqi modernism to Australian cyberfeminism, they are by turns personal, political, utopian, angry, sublime and revolutionary. Some have not been published in English before; some were written in climates of censorship and brutality; some contain visions of a future still on the horizon. What unites them is the belief that art can change the world.

Author Biography

Jessica Lack began her career at Tate- The Art Magazine before becoming preview arts writer at the Guardian and i-D Magazine. She scripted the short film season Unlock Art and has written for all the major art magazine publications. She co-authored the best-selling Tate Guide to Modern Art Terms.