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Art and outrage : provocation, controversy and the visual arts / John A. Walker.

By: Publication details: London : Pluto Press, 1999.Description: viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780745313597
  • 0745313590
  • 9780745313542
  • 074531354X
Other title:
  • Art & outrage [Cover title]
Subject(s):
Contents:
1. 1949: Munnings and Modern Art -- 2. 1951: Gear and Abstraction -- 3. 1953: The Cold War Monument That Was Never Built -- 4. 1958: The Strange Case of William Green -- 5. 1966: Art and Destruction -- 6. 1967: Swingeing London -- 7. 1971: The Catfish Controversy -- 8. 1972: Modern Sculpture Vandalised to Destruction -- 9. 1973: Womanpower Exhibition Provokes Strong Reactions -- 10. 1974: The Oak Tree That Looked Like a Glass of Water -- 11. 1976: Bricks and Brickbats -- 12. 1976: Pole-carrying Performance Arouses Derision -- 13. 1976: Can Dirty Nappies Be Art? -- 14. 1976: From Shock Art to Shock Rock -- 15. 1977: Hayward Annual Exhibition Savaged by Critics and a TV Journalist -- 16. 1979: The Arts Council, Censorship and the Lives Exhibition -- 17. 1979: Morgan's Wall: the Destruction of a Community Mural -- 18. 1980: Performers Jailed for Wearing 'Rude' Costumes -- 19. 1981: Portrait of Lady Di Attacked -- 20. 1983-96: The War of Little Sparta -- 21. 1983: The Destruction of Polaris -- 22. 1984: Rape Picture 'Too Disturbing' -- 23. 1984: Attack on 'Porno-Art' in Leeds -- 24. 1986-87: Art, Money and the Bank of England -- 25. 1986: Erotic or Sexist Art? -- 26. 1987-89: The Case of the Foetus Earrings -- 27. 1988: Nude Painting Deemed Too Rude for Royal Eyes -- 28. 1992: British Gulf War Painting Accused of Anti-Americanism -- 29. 1993: The House That Was No longer a Home -- 30. 1993-94: Outsiders Seek to Outrage the Art World -- 31. 1993: The Artist Who Adores Little Girls -- 32. 1994: Hirst's Lamb Vandalised -- 33. 1994: Painting of Rape Too Brutal for Imperial War Museum -- 34. 1994: Child Murder - A Suitable Subject for Art? -- 35. 1996: Perversity and Pleasure - The Art of Dinos and Jake Chapman -- 36. 1996: Punishing a Graffiti Artist -- 37. 1997: A 'Sick, Disgusting, Evil, Hideous' Portrait of Myra Hindley -- 38. 1998: An Angel Descends on the North and Divides the Community -- 39. 1998: Sculptor found Guilty of Stealing Body Parts.
Summary: Through case studies, Walker explores the uneasy relationship between art & the wider world since WW2, teasing out the often mutually incomprehending relationships between artists & the mass media, & the problematic interface between art & society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. 1949: Munnings and Modern Art -- 2. 1951: Gear and Abstraction -- 3. 1953: The Cold War Monument That Was Never Built -- 4. 1958: The Strange Case of William Green -- 5. 1966: Art and Destruction -- 6. 1967: Swingeing London -- 7. 1971: The Catfish Controversy -- 8. 1972: Modern Sculpture Vandalised to Destruction -- 9. 1973: Womanpower Exhibition Provokes Strong Reactions -- 10. 1974: The Oak Tree That Looked Like a Glass of Water -- 11. 1976: Bricks and Brickbats -- 12. 1976: Pole-carrying Performance Arouses Derision -- 13. 1976: Can Dirty Nappies Be Art? -- 14. 1976: From Shock Art to Shock Rock -- 15. 1977: Hayward Annual Exhibition Savaged by Critics and a TV Journalist -- 16. 1979: The Arts Council, Censorship and the Lives Exhibition -- 17. 1979: Morgan's Wall: the Destruction of a Community Mural -- 18. 1980: Performers Jailed for Wearing 'Rude' Costumes -- 19. 1981: Portrait of Lady Di Attacked -- 20. 1983-96: The War of Little Sparta -- 21. 1983: The Destruction of Polaris -- 22. 1984: Rape Picture 'Too Disturbing' -- 23. 1984: Attack on 'Porno-Art' in Leeds -- 24. 1986-87: Art, Money and the Bank of England -- 25. 1986: Erotic or Sexist Art? -- 26. 1987-89: The Case of the Foetus Earrings -- 27. 1988: Nude Painting Deemed Too Rude for Royal Eyes -- 28. 1992: British Gulf War Painting Accused of Anti-Americanism -- 29. 1993: The House That Was No longer a Home -- 30. 1993-94: Outsiders Seek to Outrage the Art World -- 31. 1993: The Artist Who Adores Little Girls -- 32. 1994: Hirst's Lamb Vandalised -- 33. 1994: Painting of Rape Too Brutal for Imperial War Museum -- 34. 1994: Child Murder - A Suitable Subject for Art? -- 35. 1996: Perversity and Pleasure - The Art of Dinos and Jake Chapman -- 36. 1996: Punishing a Graffiti Artist -- 37. 1997: A 'Sick, Disgusting, Evil, Hideous' Portrait of Myra Hindley -- 38. 1998: An Angel Descends on the North and Divides the Community -- 39. 1998: Sculptor found Guilty of Stealing Body Parts.

Through case studies, Walker explores the uneasy relationship between art & the wider world since WW2, teasing out the often mutually incomprehending relationships between artists & the mass media, & the problematic interface between art & society.