Art practices/Art Strike
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Definition
editArt strike is the conscious refusal of art production. The wikipedia article is in development see w:art strike
Manifesto
editArt strike as a practice begins with a declaration. See Gustav Metzger's "Years Without Art" (upload or type out copy here). Stewart Home plagiarised this manifesto for the 1993 art strike
Discussion
editIs art strike an art practices or an art movements or social movement or workers movement ... how else could we look at it?
Art Strike Papers is a collection of discussions around the 1993 Art Strike.
The papers are online here:
https://www.stewarthomesociety.org/artstrik.htm
Supercession of the Art Strike
editthe Alytus Biennial organised an art strike - which lead to the congress of psychic workers and the Psychic Strike
Examples
editPeople | Organisations | Period | Events | Places | Practices |
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Wikipedia:Gustav Metzger | 1977-1980 | New York | Art Strike | ||
Wikipedia:Stewart Home | Art Strike Action Committee) | 1990-1993 | London | ||
Wikipedia:Redas Diržys | ABRACADABRA) | 2009-2012 | Alytus | Art Strike, Multiple-use name | |
Justin McKeown | SPART Action Group | 2009-2012 | Alytus Biennial | Belfast | |
Denis Limonov | Lipovy Tzvet | 2014-2017 | Moscow | ||
Pablo Hermann | OKK | 2015 | Psychic Strike Biennial | Berlin | Art Strike |