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Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist Exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53

Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist Exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53

Atkinson, Harriet

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture

General ArtGeneral DesignGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1526157411
ISBN13: 9781526157416
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Jul 23 2024
Pages: 360
Weight: 2.16
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

How did exhibitions become a vital tool for public communication in early twentieth century Britain? Showing resistance reveals how exhibitions were taken up by activists and politicians from 1933 to 1953, becoming manifestos, weapons of war and a means of signalling political solidarities.

Drawing on dozens of examples mounted in empty shops, workers' canteens, station ticket halls and beyond, this richly illustrated book shows how this overlooked form was created by significant makers including artists Paul Nash, John Heartfield and Oskar Kokoschka, architect Erno Goldfinger and photographer Edith Tudor-Hart.

Showing resistance is the first study of exhibitions as communications in mid-twentieth century Britain.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY) licence.

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