Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3956795083 ISBN 13 : 9783956795084

Editeur : Sternberg Press, 2021

Synopsis

An examination of the use of modernism in the twentieth\-century battle for US hegemony, through the activities of the CIA\-funded Congress for Cultural Freedom.<\/b>

Parapolitics<\/i> confronts the contemporary fate of intellectual autonomy and artistic freedom by revisiting the use of modernism in the twentieth\-century battle for US hegemony. It builds on a major exhibition at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2017\-18) that took as its starting point the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF)\-\-an organization covertly funded by the Central Intelligence Agency in order to steer the Left away from its remaining commitment to communism. Paying particular attention to CCF activities in the non\-European world during a period of decolonization and the Civil Rights Movement, Parapolitics<\/i> assembles archival documentation from five continents alongside a selection of historical artworks to explore the context in which artists negotiated the framing and meaning of their work. A rich reference book for future researchers and everybody interested in the legacy of modernism, the publication also presents more than thirty newly commissioned contributions by contemporary artists and scholars.<\/p>

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anselm Franke has been Head of Visual Arts and Film at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) since 2013.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sternberg Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3956795083
• ISBN 13: 9783956795084
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 616
• Éditeur: Franke Anselm, Ghouse Nida, Guevara Paz, Majaca Antonia
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible