{"product_id":"avant-garde-liberation","title":"Avant-Garde and Liberation \/\/ Contemporary Art and Decolonial Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewIn a complex tangle of past and present, contemporary artists engage with the legacies of non-Western 20th-century counterculture movements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly, contemporary artists are returning to the visual traditions of the non-European avant-garde movements that opposed Western Modernism from the 1920s to the 1970s.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvantgarde \u0026amp; Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores this phenomenon, delving into the motivations for artists to align themselves with decolonial avant-gardes in Africa, Asia and the \"Black Atlantic\" region, and to take a stand against current forms of racism, fundamentalism or neocolonialism. The book gathers a selection of work by 25 artists from across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas to reflect on this question of temporality, as well as the possibility of engaging with old and new liberation movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtists include:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOmar Ba, Radcliffe Bailey, Yto Barrada, Mohamed Bourouissa, Diedrick Brackens, Serge Attukwei Clottey, william cordova, Leslie Hewitt, Zoe Leonard, Fahamu Pecou, Cauleen Smith, Vivan Sundaram, Moffat Takadiwa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWalther König, Köln\/Afterall Books; 1st edition (July 20, 2021)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback: 184\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9783753306117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight: 23.2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions: 10.1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e x 7.90 x .7 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBISAC Categories: Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Group Shows, History - Contemporary (1945-)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Christian Kravagna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45930718494955,"sku":"9783753306117","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9783753306117.jpg?v=1730414457","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/avant-garde-liberation","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}