Jessica Lack introduces fifty pioneering modern and contemporary art movements born out of political engagement, decolonization, marginalization or conflict. These movements have aimed to revitalize society by challenging the status quo. While not as well known as Pop Art, Dada and Futurism, these associations of artists - such as the Saqqakhaneh artists of Iran, the Stridentists of Mexico, Jikken Kobo of Japan or America's AfriCobra - have empowered and given voice to their members.
Global Art brings unfamiliar material to life by exploring the unique historical context for each art movement, key cultural events and interconnections, and the key protagonists in the movement's evolution.
Introduction Imperialism & Revolution: The Bengal School Stridentism (Movimiento Estridentista) Zenitism Afrocubanismo Art of the New Culture Movement The Modern Woodcut Movement Anthropophagia Négritude Movement Egyptian Surrealism Calcutta Group Asociaciσn Arte Concreto-Invenciσn and Arte Madi PostWar & Independence: The European School The Progressive Artists' Group Huroufiyah The Khartoum School Reportage Painting Experimental Workshop (Jikken Kobo) Saqqakhaneh Artists The Zaria Rebels Dakar School Dissident Identities & Resistance: El Techo De La Ballena New Tendencies Movement Dvizenije Group Spiral Aktual Art Oho Movement Mass Mediatic Art Caribbean Artist Movement Pan-Africanism Mono-Ha The Mural Movement Identity & Transnationalism: The Aouchem Movement Bikyoto Africobra The New Vision Group Feminist Video Moscow Conceptualists Dansaekhwa Laboratoire Agit'art Fight Censorship Group The Indonesian New Art Movement The Pattern And Decoration Movement The Politics of Art: Grupo Antillano Colectivo De Acciones De Arte Minjung Art Movement British Black Arts Movement 85 Art Movement The Kerala Radicals Useful Art Movement Black Lives Matter