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Art, Activism, and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage
- Editor(s): Grant H. Kester
- Contributor(s): Richard Bolton, Darrell Moore, Coco Fusco, Charles A. Wright, Martha Rosler, Grant H. Kester, Mable Haddock, Chiquita Mullins Lee, Brian Goldfarb, David Trend, Ann Cvetkovich, Michael Renov, Maurice Berger, Patricia Thomson, Patricia Zimmermann, Ionnais Mookas
- Published: 1998
- Pages: 328
- Illustrations: 40 b&w photographs
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- Acknowledgments vii
- Ongoing Negotiations: Afterimage and the Analysts of Activist Art / Grant H. Kester 1
- The Politics of Patronage
- Enlightened Self-Interest: The Avant-Garde in the '80s / Richard Bolton 23
- White Men Can't Program: The Contradictions of Multiculturalism / Darrell Moore 51
- Fantasies of Oppositionality / Coco Fusco 60
- The Mythology of Difference: Vulgar Identity Politics at the Whitney / Charles A. Wright Jr. 76
- Theses on Defunding / Martha Rosler 94
- Rhetorical Questions: The Alternative Arts Sector and the Imaginary Public / Grant H. Kester 103
- Whose Multiculturalism? PBS, the Public, and Privilege / Mable Haddock and Chiquita Mullins Lee 136
- Video Activism and Critical Pedagogy: Sexuality at the End of the Rainbow Curriculum / Brian Goldfarb 148
- Activism and Oppositionality
- Cultural Struggle and Educational Activism / David Trend 169
- Video, AIDS, and Activism / Ann Cvetkovich 182
- Early Newsreel: The Construction of a Political Imaginary for the Left / Michael Renov 199
- Interview with Adrian Piper / Maurice Berger 215
- Video and Electoral Appeal / Patricia Thomson 232
- Fetal Tissue: Reproductive Rights and Activist Video / Patricia R. Zimmerman 248
- Olympia's Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity / Lorraine O'Grady 268
- Fault Lines: Homophobic Innovation in Gay Rights, Special Rights / Ioannis Mookas 287
- Contributors 305
- Index 307
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- Richard Bolton
- Darrell Moore
- Coco Fusco
- Charles A. Wright
- Martha Rosler
- Grant H. Kester
- Mable Haddock
- Chiquita Mullins Lee
- Brian Goldfarb
- David Trend
- Ann Cvetkovich
- Michael Renov
- Maurice Berger
- Patricia Thomson
- Patricia Zimmermann
- Ionnais Mookas
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“This collection is a real testimonial to the intelligence of the editing of Afterimage, a journal that has showcased throughtful critics and commentators for years.”—Patricia Aufderheide, American University
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Description
There is a common perception in the arts today that overtly activist artæoften seen to sacrifice an aesthetic pleasure for a subversive oneæis no longer in fashion. In bringing together sixteen of the most important essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of Afterimageæone of the most influential journals in the media and visual arts fields for more than twenty-five yearsæGrant H. Kester demonstrates that activist art, far from being antithetical to the true meaning of the aesthetic, can be its most legitimate expression.
Forging a style of criticism where aesthetic, critical, theoretical, and activist concerns converge, Afterimage has shaped American debates around the politics of visual production and arts education while offering a voice to politically involved artists and scholars. Art, Activism, and Oppositionality insists not only on the continuing relevance of an activist stance to contemporary art practice and criticism, but also on the significance of an engaged art practice that is aligned with social or political activism. With essays that span fifteen yearsæroughly from Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential win to the 1994 Republican victories in Congress, a period marked by waning public support for the arts and growing antagonism toward activist art æArt, Activism, and Oppositionality confronts issues ranging from arts patronage, pedagogy, and the very definitions of art and activism to struggles involving AIDS, reproductive rights, sexuality, and racial identity.
Art, Activism, and Oppositionality will interest students and scholars of contemporary art history, media studies, cultural studies, and the fine arts, as well as, arts activists, critics, and arts administrators.
Contributors. Maurice Berger, Richard Bolton, Ann Cvetkovich, Coco Fusco, Brian Goldfarb, Mable Haddock, Grant H. Kester, Ioannis Mookas, Chiquita Mullins Lee, Darrell Moore, Lorraine O’Grady, Michael Renov, Martha Rosler, Patricia Thomson, David Trend, Charles A. Wright Jr., Patricia R. Zimmerman
About The Author(s)
Grant H. Kester is Assistant Professor of Art History at Washington State University and was the editor of Afterimage from 1990 to 1995.
