{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Art \u0026 Agenda - Political Art and Activism","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda_cover_press.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-04-27T10:56:09Z","description":"A must to have for every modern art enthusiast: “Art \u0026 Agenda - Political Art and Activism” is the new book by the German publisher Gestalten and another masterpiece!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Books\u003c/em\u003e | After the fantastic \u003ca href=\"/urban-interventions-the-book/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Urban Interventions”\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e book and the brilliant \u003ca href=\"/trespass-urban-art-book/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art”\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, the German publishers of Gestalten are going to release the next hardcover masterwork. The topic this time: Political Art and Activism!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife has become significantly more political in the new millennium, especially in the aftermath of worldwide financial crisis. Art is both driving and documenting this upheaval. Increasingly, new visual concepts and commentaries are being used to represent and communicate emotionally charged topics, thereby bringing them onto local political and social agendas in a way far more powerful than words alone. (\u003ca href=\"http://shop.gestalten.com/books/art-and-agenda.html\"\u003eGestalten\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether \u003cstrong\u003eAi Weiwei\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Wa\u003c/strong\u003e or \u003ca href=\"/jr-28-millimetres-project/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJR\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/obey-in-europe-video/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShepard Fairey\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/swoon-interview-new-artworks/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSwoon\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eVoina\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eYesMen\u003c/strong\u003e (just to name a few), “Art \u0026amp; Agenda - Political Art and Activism” introduces a variety of artists focusing on relationships between current political topics, art and activism in their artworks and forges in that way a bridge between street art, urban art interventions and other, more classical, contemporary art.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis combination is what makes this book, which by the way was edited among others by Alain Bieber, the owner of \u003ca href=\"http://www.rebelart.net/diary/buchtipp-art-agenda-political-art-and-activism/008105/\"\u003eRebelart\u003c/a\u003e (the most famous German blog for culture jammers, adbusters, net activists, street Artists and vandals) that interesting and a great addition for my art book collection!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the 288 pages of “Art \u0026amp; Agenda - Political Art and Activism” are available e.g. \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/389955342X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1638\u0026amp;creative=6742\u0026amp;creativeASIN=389955342X\"\u003eon Amazon\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2400px; --image-ratio: 2400 / 1500\" data-source-width=\"2400\" data-source-height=\"1500\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1500\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_97110ce8f0feeba5.avif 480w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_b25d5fab48512d1a.avif 960w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_2980dd330a401c9c.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_4471bb9a3835455b.webp 480w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_850b807487cfe24a.webp 960w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_29f076342a72469a.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_e1d57ffbaa5f422f.jpg\" srcset=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_3a47c7d747e4ee37.jpg 480w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_d832e2bb64ca227d.jpg 960w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book_hu_e1d57ffbaa5f422f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Art Agenda book\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eArt Agenda book\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2400px; --image-ratio: 2400 / 1500\" data-source-width=\"2400\" data-source-height=\"1500\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1500\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_b41a9051f6094cad.avif 480w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_22e77d10588e7726.avif 960w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_166891d6c401796c.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_ef7adc6c3a93f40f.webp 480w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_edf68be51f7a564f.webp 960w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_65c3147d98852e50.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_8a6b85e4831c1592.jpg\" srcset=\"/art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_72fb069c70bfcaf6.jpg 480w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_604e58807993cef9.jpg 960w, /art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen_hu_8a6b85e4831c1592.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Art and Agenda - yesmen\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eArt and Agenda - yesmen\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Art Books* | After the fantastic [*“Urban Interventions”*](/urban-interventions-the-book/) book and the brilliant [*“History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art”*](/trespass-urban-art-book/), the German publishers of Gestalten are going to release the next hardcover masterwork. The topic this time: Political Art and Activism!\n\n\u003e Life has become significantly more political in the new millennium, especially in the aftermath of worldwide financial crisis. Art is both driving and documenting this upheaval. Increasingly, new visual concepts and commentaries are being used to represent and communicate emotionally charged topics, thereby bringing them onto local political and social agendas in a way far more powerful than words alone. ([Gestalten](http://shop.gestalten.com/books/art-and-agenda.html))\n\nWhether **Ai Weiwei** and **The Wa** or [**JR**](/jr-28-millimetres-project/), [**Shepard Fairey**](/obey-in-europe-video/), [**Swoon**](/swoon-interview-new-artworks/), **Voina** and **YesMen** (just to name a few), “Art \u0026 Agenda - Political Art and Activism” introduces a variety of artists focusing on relationships between current political topics, art and activism in their artworks and forges in that way a bridge between street art, urban art interventions and other, more classical, contemporary art.\n\nThis combination is what makes this book, which by the way was edited among others by Alain Bieber, the owner of [Rebelart](http://www.rebelart.net/diary/buchtipp-art-agenda-political-art-and-activism/008105/) (the most famous German blog for culture jammers, adbusters, net activists, street Artists and vandals) that interesting and a great addition for my art book collection!\n\nAll the 288 pages of “Art \u0026 Agenda - Political Art and Activism” are available e.g. [on Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/389955342X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026linkCode=as2\u0026camp=1638\u0026creative=6742\u0026creativeASIN=389955342X)!\n\n![Art Agenda book](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/art-agenda-political-art-activism/Art-Agenda-book.jpg\u003e)\n\nArt Agenda book ![Art and Agenda - yesmen](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/art-agenda-political-art-activism/ArtandAgenda-yesmen.jpg\u003e)\n\nArt and Agenda - yesmen ","tags":["Street Protest","Art Book"],"title":"Art \u0026 Agenda - Political Art and Activism","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/art-agenda-political-art-activism/"}