--- author: Jan Brennenstuhl categories: - Guerrilla Art cover: alt: 'Art & 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 & Agenda - Political Art and Activism” is the new book by the German publisher Gestalten and another masterpiece!' tags: - Street Protest - Art Book title: 'Art & Agenda - Political Art and Activism' url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/art-agenda-political-art-activism/ --- # Art & Agenda - Political Art and Activism *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! > 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)) Whether **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 & 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. This 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! All the 288 pages of “Art & 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&tag=berlinstreeta-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=6742&creativeASIN=389955342X)! ![Art Agenda book]() Art Agenda book ![Art and Agenda - yesmen]() Art and Agenda - yesmen