Art and Society 1972-2022-2072

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An open book showing a two-page spread against a white background. The page has a vibrant graphic design with a light blue background and the year 1972 in a large, bold, yellow font spanning both pages. Overlaid on the numbers, the words VISIONS AND REALITY are printed in a heavy black font. The page is titled Art for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

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A yellow and blue graphic with text and a photograph. The photo shows Otto Piene's large inflatable Rainbow sculpture arching over the Munich Olympic Stadium in 1972. Text on the right reads: Barbara Könches, On Rainbow by Otto Piene, A sign of hope in orange, yellow, green, indigo, and violet.

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A two-page magazine spread by artist Lorena Herrera Rashid, pages 244-245. The left page shows four color photos of a cultural event: a man kneels on a cobblestone street in front of a white church, a person hangs woven textiles, people wear traditional ponchos, and a colorful abstract flag flies against a blue sky. The right page contains a block of text titled Reality is plural, and everything and everyone plays a role in the One Reality.

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A two-page magazine spread about the art collective raumlaborberlin. The left page has a large, vertically oriented photo of an outdoor installation with metal scaffolding and a large white inflatable structure, with several people in work vests interacting with it. The right page features an interview with the collective, titled, Space is the product of social interaction. That's why we occupy ourselves with social issues and the city as a place where it culminates. We call this urban practice.

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Art and Society 1972-2022-2072

From the Art for the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 to Artistic Design Concepts of the Twenty-First Century

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Edited by: Anton Biebl, Elisabeth Hartung

English

December 2023, 352 Pages, 120 Photos

Lay-Flat Binding with Flaps

214mm x 286mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5492-7

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Since the advent of modernity, art has been associated with freedom, provocation and courage. In 1972, art was to unfold its potential as an emancipatory and creative force as part of the Gesamtkunstwerk of the XX. Olympic Games in Munich—according to the grand vision of its planners. The international avant-garde of the time, including Walter de Maria, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol and Dan Flavin, enthusiastically developed revolutionary concepts. Many of these remained in draft-form. After the tragic assassination of Israeli athletes, concepts such as the "Spielstraße" were canceled. This publication is the first to give an impression of the playful, participatory cultural programme of 1972. In the second part of the book, a multitude of voices from all over the world look to the future. International authors and artists use contemporary examples to convey the importance of the arts in shaping the democratic society of the future.

This title is also available in German.