This book examines the art of Cobra, a network of poets and artists from Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam (1948-1951). Although the name stood for the organizers' home cities, the Cobra artists hailed from countries in Europe, Africa, and the United States.
This book investigates how a group of struggling young artists attempted to reinvent the international avant-garde after the devastation of the Second World War, to create artistic experiments capable of facing the challenges of postwar society. It explores how Cobra's experimental, often collective art works and publications relate to broader debates in Europe about the use of images to commemorate violent events, the possibility of free expression in an art world constrained by Cold War politics, the breakdown of primitivism in an era of colonial independence movements, and the importance of spontaneity in a society increasingly dominated by the mass media.
This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, 20th-century modern art, avant-garde arts, and European history.
| ISBN: | 9780367509453 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2022 |
| Author: | Karen Kurczynski |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 292 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
History of art European history |
This book examines the art of Cobra, a network of poets and artists from Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam (1948-1951). Although the name stood for the organizers' home cities, the Cobra artists hailed from countries in Europe, Africa, and the United States.
This book investigates how a group of struggling young artists attempted to reinvent the international avant-garde after the devastation of the Second World War, to create artistic experiments capable of facing the challenges of postwar society. It explores how Cobra's experimental, often collective art works and publications relate to broader debates in Europe about the use of images to commemorate violent events, the possibility of free expression in an art world constrained by Cold War politics, the breakdown of primitivism in an era of colonial independence movements, and the importance of spontaneity in a society increasingly dominated by the mass media.
This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, 20th-century modern art, avant-garde arts, and European history.
The Cobra Movement in Postwar Europe features in the following genres: History of art, Second World War, Social and political philosophy, Ethnic studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Colonialism and imperialism, Modern warfare, European history, History of the Americas, Sociology, Theory of art, History and Archaeology
The Cobra Movement in Postwar Europe is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Cobra Movement in Postwar Europe was written by Karen Kurczynski and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Cobra Movement in Postwar Europe has 292 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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