Art as Activism
A Brief History of Protest Art
by Aindrea Emelife

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Author(s)

Aindrea Emelife

Publication

London : Tate Gallery, 2022

Scope

160 Pages, illustrated, 17.5 cm.

ISBN

9781849767828

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Beginning with Picasso’s Guernica, the independent curator and art historian Emelife embarks on a visual journey across eight decades of artists’ responses to the most vital political and social realities of their day. From global conflicts, inequality, the Aids epidemic, LGBTQ+ rights, the Black Lives Matter movement and the climate crisis, Emelife explores the work of over 50 artists whose art has spoken up for powerless minorities while speaking out against incursions into our human right. 'A Brief History of Protest Art' reminds us of the art’s potential to influence, condemn, elevate, inspire, and rally against the status quo.

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Keywords

critical aesthetics , engagement , activism

Location

Cabinet 31 - 5: Kunst en engagement

Remarks

Includes index, list for further reading