{"product_id":"blow-up-the-explosion-of-contemporary-art-9780500027981","title":"Blow Up!: The Explosion of Contemporary Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did a urinal become art? And a can of tomato soup, a tent, a pickled shark. . . . How did what seemed like a prank at the New York Armory Show of 1917 explode to become today's global multibillion-dollar art world? \u003cem\u003eBlow Up!\u003c\/em\u003e answers these questions by following the lives of seminal contemporary artists and the stories behind their groundbreaking works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst a backdrop of armed conflict (two World Wars, Japanese militarization, US troops in Vietnam, the Yugoslav Wars) and rapid societal change (democratization, successive waves of feminism, globalization), \u003cem\u003eBlow Up!\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of contemporary art from Marcel Duchamp's repurposed urinal to Maurizio Cattelan's taped banana. Literal bombs explode and conventions go up in flames as a series of art objects shock and electrify society: a pickled shark, a stuffed hare, human blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters follow a series of chain reactions as artists meet and inspire each other across continents, generations, and decades. Over a period of one hundred years everything changes--and yet the cry of \"It's not art!\" never goes away. No matter how long people have had to get used to it, contemporary art continues to upset expectations and disrupt conventions--and inspire anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShore, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Shore\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several books about contemporary art and photography, including \u003cem\u003eBeg, Steal and Borrow: Artists Against Originality\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eYayoi Kusama\u003c\/em\u003e. He worked for many years as an arts reviewer and as the editor of \u003cem\u003eElephant\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRossetti, Eva:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEva Rossetti\u003c\/strong\u003e has illustrated several graphic novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Women Who Changed Art Forever: Feminist Art--The Graphic Novel\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260309635346,"sku":"9780500027981","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca80d7dd-2b35-4ad8-ae7b-0baae4a037b6.jpg?v=1746641890","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blow-up-the-explosion-of-contemporary-art-9780500027981","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}