Pop into agit-pop

Author

Adcock, Craig

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Tema celeste. 1991, Num. 30, 74-79, 17 ill. (12 col.)

Abstract (en)

Uses the term Agit-Pop to describe a direction in contemporary art which focuses on social, political, and ecological issues, and considers this art in relation to such antecedents as Pop art and the British Independent Group. Cites as examples of Agit-Pop the works of artists Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Wendy Jacob, Joe Scanlan, Vincent Shine, Mitchell Kane, Barbara Kruger, Annette Lemieux, Hans Haacke, Jenny Holzer, and Alfredo Jaar.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Society
• Politics
• Ecology
• Pop art
• Kane, Mitchell, b.1946
• Kruger, Barbara, b.1945
• Lemieux, Annette, b.1957
• Holzer, Jenny, b.1950
• Haacke, Hans Christoph, b.1936
• Jaar, Alfredo, b.1956
• Independent Group (artists' group)
• Artists' groups and associations
• Great Britain

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Société
• Politique
• Ecologie
• Pop art
• Kane, Mitchell, n.1946
• Kruger, Barbara, n.1945
• Lemieux, Annette, n.1957
• Holzer, Jenny, n.1950
• Haacke, Hans Christoph, n.1936
• Jaar, Alfredo, n.1956
• Independent Group (groupe d'artistes)
• Groupes et Sociétés d'artistes
• Grande-Bretagne

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00366346

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