Countercultural Misunderstandings: Alternative Art and Cold War Politics

IF 0.3 2区 艺术学 0 ART Art History Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI:10.1111/1467-8365.12687
Klara Kemp-Welch
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Drawing on Theodore Roszak's 1969 classic, The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and its Youthful Opposition, this essay argues that the difficulties experienced by members of the counterculture in establishing bonds of solidarity with potentially like-minded groups were often shared by alternative artists working internationally post-1968. Opening with a case study in hostile American feedback on the politics of Russian émigré art in early 1980s New York, the article works through a range of unintended and intentional misunderstandings among leftist art workers and countercultural figures, whose political positions were formed in different centres and peripheries. Arguing that alternative art should be viewed as part of a shared, anti-technocratic project, the article proposes that glitches in communication are worth lingering over, as we continue to grapple with different accounts of historical developments, and seek to find ways of working across borders in polarized times.

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反主流文化的误解:另类艺术与冷战政治
根据西奥多·罗斯扎克1969年的经典著作《反主流文化的形成:对技术官僚社会及其年轻反对派的反思》,本文认为,反主流文化成员在与潜在志同道合的群体建立团结纽带方面所经历的困难,往往与1968年后在国际上工作的另类艺术家有共同之处。文章以一个案例研究为开端,研究了美国对20世纪80年代初纽约俄罗斯移民艺术政治的敌对反馈。文章通过左翼艺术工作者和反文化人物之间的一系列无意和有意的误解,他们的政治立场形成于不同的中心和边缘。这篇文章认为,另类艺术应该被视为一个共享的、反技术官僚的项目的一部分。文章提出,当我们继续努力应对不同的历史发展描述,并在两极分化的时代寻求跨界合作的方式时,交流中的小故障值得我们深思。
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期刊介绍: Art History is a refereed journal that publishes essays and reviews on all aspects, areas and periods of the history of art, from a diversity of perspectives. Founded in 1978, it has established an international reputation for publishing innovative essays at the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship, whether on earlier or more recent periods. At the forefront of scholarly enquiry, Art History is opening up the discipline to new developments and to interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches.
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