documenta

Politics and Art

Lars Bang Larsen editor Julia Voss editor Raphael Gross editor Alexia Pooth editor Doris Blume editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Prestel

Published:6th Jul '21

Should be back in stock very soon

documenta cover

Despite its name, documenta’s primary concerns are neither with the simple documentation of individual artists and their work nor with developments in art history, but instead with providing a historical space where art reflects and comments on social constellations and political or social change, or demands it through art interventions. documenta is not only a historical testimony and event, but also a show at which—through the medium of art—self-interpretation becomes the catalyst for debate and historical change. For the first time, this book places the history of documenta in the context of the political, cultural and societal development of Germany during the second half of the twentieth century, illustrating how art and history can be explored in terms of a mutually dependent relationship.

ISBN: 9783791379203

Dimensions: 241mm x 171mm x 27mm

Weight: 839g

304 pages