The Utopian Globalists

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An innovative history and critical account mapping the ways artistsand their works have engaged with, and offered commentary on,modern spectacle in both capitalist and socialist modernism overthe past ninety years. * Focuses on artists whose work expresses the concept ofrevolutionary social transformation * Provides a strong historical narrative that adds structure andclarity * Features a cogent and innovative critique of contemporary artand institutions * Covers 100 years of art from Vladimir Tatlin'sconstructivist 'Monument to the Third International',to Picasso's late 1940s commitment to Communism, to theUnilever Series sponsored Large Artworks installed atLondon's Tate Modern since 2000. * Includes the only substantial account in print of John Lennonand Yoko Ono's 1969 Montreal 'Bed-in' * Offers an accessible description and interpretation ofDebord's 'society of the spectacle' theory

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Jonathan Harris

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"Though theoretically sophisticated, this volume isaccessible and engaging. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates throughprofessionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1September 2013)"Crossing continents, historical periods and cultural genres,Jonathan Harris skillfully traces the evolution of utopian idealsfrom early modernism to the spectacularised and biennialised (orbanalised as some would say) contemporary art world oftoday." - Michael Asbury, University of the Arts, London
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