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ISBN10: 0816637946, ISBN13: 9780816637942, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
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ISBN10: 0816637946, ISBN13: 9780816637942, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota] Softcover Paperback. By the mid-1960s, New York's art establishment -- its major museums and galleries -- had ceased to reflect the city's diversity and had largely ignored the decade's social, political, and cultural ferment. In response, marginalized artists created an oppositional network of organizations, exhibit spaces, and cooperative galleries that both paralleled and challenged the status quo. This alternative art movement flourished for more than two decades, repositioning New York at the center of international contemporary art. Alternative Art New York brings together a diverse group of artists and critics to explore the origins and evolution of this diffuse and vibrant cultural scene from a variety of perspectives: political, philosophical, organizational, economic, and aesthetic.Locating the movement within both the art world and its larger social and political context, these authors decipher the shifting configurations of cultural power in this period and the complex relationship between the mainstream and the marginal. With a unique, annotated chronology of the alternative art scene from 1965 to 1985, and illustrated with 150 images of key works, installations, and exhibits; reproductions of posters, communiques, and other ephemera; and photographs of protests and meetings, this volume is an important work of contemporary art history and a ...
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Univ Of Minnesota Press, Date: 2003-01-13. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2003. Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN 0816637946 9780816637942 [US]