: contemporary art and the post-Occupy condition McKee, Yates creator McKee, Yates text London ; New York : Verso 2016 monographic eng

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296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm "The collision of activism and contemporary art, from the Seattle protests to Occupy and beyond Activist art experienced a new beginning in the Seattle anti-globalization protests of 1999, reaching a zenith over a decade later with Occupy Wall Street, a movement initiated in part by artist-activists, and structured around creative direct actions and iconic imagery for the social media age. In parts of the mainstream art world, radical ideas were gaining traction over the same period, but remained confined within its institutional apparatus. Art critic Yates McKee recounts these parallel histories and their collisions, highlighting the limitations and complicities of the art world, and reviving the notion of art as an emancipatory practice woven into political struggle, whether around issues of debt, climate justice or police violence. Strike Art!'s claim is that Occupy fundamentally changed the horizon of contemporary art, whether or not the art world knows it yet"- Contemporary art and the politics of democracy, 1987-2011 -- The arts of occupation: Zuccotti Park, site-specificity, and beyond -- Artists, workers, debtors -- On flooded streets and breathing-in-common: climate justice, Black Lives Matter, and the arts of decolonization -- Conclusion : The post-occupy condition: walking we ask questions. / Yates McKee Arts and recreation Philosophy and theory of fine and decorative arts Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century Occupy movement -- United States -- History -- 21st century 20.10 art and society: general POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy ART -- Popular Culture Art and social action Occupy movement United States Occupy Wall Street USA 701.030 MCK 9781784786816 :Zafaa Books & Distributors :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035 ; International Book Distributors : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment Building No. 4405/5,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi. 211217 20230911123228.0