{"product_id":"9781405193016","title":"The Utopian Globalists Artists of Worldwide Revolution, 1919 - 2009","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Utopian Globalists\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArtists of Worldwide Revolution, 1919 - 2009\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonathan Harris\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ History \/ Contemporary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTHE UTOPIAN GLOBALISTS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Crossing continents, historical periods and cultural genres, Jonathan Harris skilfully traces the evolution of utopian ideals from early modernism to the spectacularised and biennialised (or banalised as some would say) contemporary art world of today.”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Asbury, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of the Arts, London\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Utopian Globalists\u003c\/i\u003e is the second in a trilogy of books by Jonathan Harris examining the contours, forces, materials and meanings of the global art world, along with its contexts of emergence since the early twentieth century. The first of the three studies, \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), anatomized the global art system through an extensive anthology of over 30 essays contextualized through multiple thematic introductions. The final book in the series, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Art in a Globalized World\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming, Wiley-Blackwell), combines the historical and contemporary perspectives of the first and second books in an account focused on the ‘mediatizations’ shaping and representing contemporary art and its circuits of global production, dissemination and consumption.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis innovative and revealing history examines artists whose work embodies notions of revolution and human social transformation. The clearly structured historical narrative takes the reader on a cultural odyssey that begins with Vladimir Tatlin’s constructivist model for a ‘Monument to the Third International’ (1919), a statement of utopian globalist intent, via Picasso’s 1940s commitment to Soviet communism and John and Yoko’s Montreal ‘Bedin’, to what the author calls the ‘late globalism’ of the Unilever Series at London’s Tate Modern.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book maps the ways artists and their work engaged with, and offered commentary on, modern spectacle in both capitalist and socialist modernism, throughout the eras of the Russian Revolution, the Cold War and the increasingly globalized world of the past 20 years. In doing so, Harris explores the idea that the utopian -globalist lineage in art remains torn between its yearning for freedom and a deepening identification with spectacle as a media commodity to be traded and consumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in Global Art and Design Studies at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK. His work has consistently explored questions of state power, culture, art, ideology and social order, particularly in Europe and America over the past century. His \u003ci\u003eThe New Art History: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) remains a classic text, and he has published 17 books as editor, author and co-author, including \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 March 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405193016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e360\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e64.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311231365260,"sku":"9781405193016","price":97.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405193016.jpg?v=1780147089","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405193016","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}