{"product_id":"now-what-quandaries-of-art-and-the-radical-past-hardcover","title":"Now What?: Quandaries of Art and the Radical Past - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow What?\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative exploration of artworks and films that return to radical histories subject to erasure or otherwise lost or occluded over time. The moments returned to--the Cuban Revolution, Chile's 1973 \u003ci\u003ecoup d'état\u003c\/i\u003e, the ambiguous 1989 \"revolution\" in Romania, and the mayhem surrounding the Red Army Faction in 1970s West Germany--stand as historical watersheds, foundational and precipitate moments in the history of radical politics. Delving into these key historical moments by way of Tania Bruguera's 2009 performance \u003ci\u003eTatlin's Whisper\u003c\/i\u003e in Havana, filmmaker Patricio Guzmán's decades-long cycle of returns to Allende's Chile, Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica's\u003ci\u003e Videograms of a Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, Corneliu Porumboiu's \u003ci\u003e12:08 East of Bucharest\u003c\/i\u003e, the film \u003ci\u003eGermany in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e, and Gerhard Richter's \u003ci\u003eOctober 18, 1977\u003c\/i\u003e suite of paintings, Rachel Weiss convincingly threads these works together through subtle and illuminating reflections on the complex dynamics involved in historical trauma and memory, addressing key questions about the meanings and uses of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Rachel Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Arts Administration and Policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTo and From Utopia in the New Cuban Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457946009853,"sku":"9780823293919","price":195.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Nmp0bnhtWkNMejF6K0xNTS9ScUdyUT09.webp?v=1777249069","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/now-what-quandaries-of-art-and-the-radical-past-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}