Migrant Image

by T.J. Demos

"The Migrant Image" offers a sophisticated analysis of how refugee and exiled artists imagine a globalized world where borders are shifting, populations are forcibly removed from their homelands, and the gap separating the rich from the poor is growing.

Genres: Art, Art History, Film

377 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

T. J. Demos is an award-winning writer on contemporary art, global politics, and ecology. He is Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture, at University of California, Santa Cruz, and Founder and Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies. He writes widely on the intersection of contemporary art, global politics, and ecology, and his essays have appeared in magazines, journals, and catalogues worldwide. His published work centers broadly on the conjunction of art and politics, examining the ability of artistic practice to invent innovative and experimental strategies that challenge dominant social, political, and economic conventions.

Reviews

[Mills College Library]

700.8691 D387 2013

[Leif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clearly envisioned, eloquently carried out, and keenly felt: incredibly good art criticism for global aesthetics of migrant realities.