This collection examines key aesthetic avant-garde art movements of the twentieth century and their relationships with revolutionary politics. The contributors distinguish aesthetic avant-gardes mdash;whose artists aim to transform society and the ways of sensing the world through political meansmdash;from the artistic avant-gardes; which focus on transforming representation. Following the work of philosophers such as Friedrich Schiller and Jacques Ranciegrave;re; the contributors argue that the aesthetic is inherently political and that aesthetic avant-garde art is essential for political revolution. In addition to analyzing Russian constructivsm; surrealism; and Situationist International; the contributors examine Italian futurisms model of integrating art with politics and life; the murals of revolutionary Mexico and Nicaragua; 1960s American art; and the Slovenian art collective NSKs construction of a fictional political state in the 1990s. Aesthetic Revolutions and Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Movements traces the common foundations and goals shared by these disparate arts communities and shows how their art worked towards effecting political and social change. Contributors. John E. Bowlt; Sascha Bru; David Craven; Alescaron; Erjavec; Tyrus Miller; Raymond Spiteri; Miscaron;ko Scaron;uvakovic
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