Border Wall Aesthetics

Artworks in Border Spaces
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4777-8
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, Band 157, 250 Seiten, Hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Reihe: Image

30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we live in a time of globalization and free trade. Nevertheless, 70 new border walls have been built in this period – put together, they would cover the total circumference of the Earth. While governments offer manifold justifications for building these separation barriers, they invariably attract the attention of artists. Is it merely the lure of transgression, however, that attracts them – or is there a deeper significance in the artistic encounter with border walls? And which artistic strategies do these artists employ to approach them?

In order to address these questions, Élisa Ganivet revisits the history of border wall aesthetics and compares more recent border-related works by 100 artists, including Joseph Beuys (Berlin), Banksy (Israel-Palestine), and Frida Kahlo (Mexico-US). Through art and thus beyond art, we understand the flaws and shortcomings of supposedly well-oiled systems.

With a preface by Élisabeth Vallet.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ganivet, Elisa

Ganivet, Élisa

Weitere Mitwirkende

Vallet, Élisabeth

Huet de Guerville, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Elisa Ganivet (Dr. phil.), born 1982, is an art historian. Her research in aesthetics explores the mechanisms of utopian practices and border concepts. Since 2003, she has organized exhibitions of modern and contemporary artists.