BOOOM! The explosion of contemporary art R Shore Castellano

Discover the history of contemporary art as it has never been told before.

How did a can of tomato soup become art? How did a tent become art? How did an unmade bed or a shark in formaldehyde become art? How do you defy one of the most powerful governments in the world by breaking an antique vase?

BOOOM! The explosion of contemporary art is a graphic novel that traces a century of the most revolutionary art. From the scandalous urinal that Marcel Duchamp intervened in 1917 to the provocative banana stuck to the wall by Maurizio Cattelan in 2019, this book explains how contemporary art has continually broken with established norms. Starting from a context of transition between world wars, reflecting social changes and facing challenges such as globalisation, these pages review the lives of key artists and their most striking or emblematic works, and highlight their legacy and cultural influence.

Publisher: Lunwerg