Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond

313 Pages·2006·12 MB·English

by  Peter Selz

ART OF ENGAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART
Peter Selz
with an essay by Susan Landauer
ART OF ENGAGEMENT
Visual Politics in California and Beyond
THE PUBLISHER GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS BOOK:
benefactors
Paule Anglim
Hans G. and Thordis W. Burkhardt Foundation
Frayda and Ronald Feldman
Harold Parker
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Stephen M. Silberstein
director’s circle of the university
of california press foundation
John M. and Jola Anderson
Robert and Alice Bridges Foundation
Earl and June Cheit
Lloyd Cotsen
Sonia H. Evers
Thomas C. Given
Orville and Ellina Golub
Leo and Florence Helzel
Mrs. Charles Henri Hine
Mead and Nancy Kibbey
Fred Levin and Nancy Livingston / Shenson Foundation
David and Sheila Littlejohn
James and Susan McClatchy
Jack and Jacqueline Miles
Thormund A. and Barbara Miller
Elvira E. Nishkian
Ruth A. Solie
TO DORE ASHTON

It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
ofwhat is found there.
william carlos williams

CONTENTS
Foreword
daniel t. keegan / xi
An Overview
Countering Cultures: The California Context
susan landauer / 1
Prologue: A Personal View ofthe Interaction of
Politics and Art / 25
Introduction: Paths to Engagement / 29
1 Against War and Violence / 35
2 Countercultural Trends / 87
3 On Racism, Discrimination, and Identity Politics / 129
4 Toward a Sustainable Earth / 223
Postscript / 247
Acknowledgments / 251
Notes / 253
Selected Bibliography / 273
Index / 281