Beyond Guernica and the Guggenheim: Art and Politics from a Comparative Perspective
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Authors
Heinich, Nathalie
Poblador, J. A.
Arana, Juan
Valgañon, Adelina M.
Badiola, Txomin
Manterola, Ismael
Bray, Zoe
Van Hoesen, Brett M.
Dossin, Catherine
Arriola, Aimar
Issue Date
2015
Type
Book
Language
Keywords
Basque Culture , Basque Arte , Basque Politics , Spanish Civil War
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Abstract
This book looks at how art and politics relate with each other from a variety of theoretical and practical viewpoints, including how artists may be intentionally engaged with politics, curation as yet another aspect of the relationship between art and politics, and the politics of art in the Basque Country.
Description
This book brings together experts from different fields of study, including sociology, anthropology, art history and art criticism to share their research and direct experience on the topic of art and politics. How art and politics relate with each other can be studied from numerous perspectives and standpoints. The book is structured according to three main themes: Part 1, on Valuing Art, broadly concerns the question of who, how and what value is given to art, and how this may change over time and circumstance, depending on the social and political situation and motivation of different interest groups. Part 2, on Artistic Political Engagement, reflects on another dimension of art and politics, that of how artists may be intentionally engaged with politics, either via their social and political status and/or through the kind of art they produce and how they frame it in terms of meaning. Part 3, on Exhibitions and Curating, focuses on yet another aspect of the relationship between art and politics: what gets exhibited, why, how, and with what political significance or consequence. A main focus is on the politics of art in the Basque Country, complemented by case studies and reflections from other parts of the world, both in the past and today. This book is unique by gathering a rich variety of different viewpoints and experiences, with artists, curators, art historians, sociologists and anthropologists talking to each other with sometimes quite different epistemological bases and methodological approaches.