Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 38 No. 4, 2018.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi38410
Art and Revolution. The Legacy of the 20th Century and Contemporary Understandings
Vlatko Ilić
orcid.org/0000-0002-1811-2110
; Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Fakultet dramskih umetnosti, Bulevar umetnosti 20, RS–11070 Beograd
Abstract
The idea of revolution, which to a great extent shaped the social life during the 19th and 20th century, has influenced the field of art until the present day. The artists from the beginning of the last century were probably the most explicit in their attempts to break off with the traditions of the previous era, dismantle the institution of art and through their practice change the social reality. However, the avant-garde aspiration to revolutionise society by eliminating the assumed distance between art and life led primarily to the revolutionisation of the Artworld during the neo-avant-garde period with the emergence of new forms of artistic expression such as happenings, actions, performance pieces, etc. Regarding the avant-garde and neo-avant-garde legacies we will examine how they influence contemporary understandings of revolution concerning present artistic practices.
Keywords
revolution; art; avant-garde; neo-avant-garde; participatory art
Hrčak ID:
219473
URI
Publication date:
14.2.2019.
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