Extraordinary Bodies and Revolutionary Art in America
by
Robin Blyn
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Since the 1890s, American artists have employed the arts of the freak show to envision radically different ways of being. The result is a rich avant-garde tradition that critiques and challenges capitalism from within. The Freak-garde traces the arts of the freak show from P. T. Barnum to Matthew Barney...