Art practices/Art Strike
Definition
[edit | edit source]Art strike is the conscious refusal of art production. The wikipedia article is in development see w:art strike
Manifesto
[edit | edit source]Art 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
[edit | edit source]Is 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
[edit | edit source]the Alytus Biennial organised an art strike - which lead to the congress of psychic workers and the Psychic Strike
Examples
[edit | edit source]| People | Organisations | Period | Events | Places | Practices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |