Der Band versammelt in seinem Schwerpunktteil Fallstudien von namhaften Kennern zu dem hierzulande nur wenig bekannten britischen Realismus des 20. Jahrhunderts. Es werden nicht nur exemplarisch Oeuvres einzelner Künstler sowie Kunsttendenzen und Sujets untersucht, sondern auch Ausstellungspraktiken und Forderungen einer das Projekt realistischer Kunst begleitenden Kunstkritik (u. a. von John Berger). Mit Beiträgen von James Finch, Brian Foss, Jacqueline Francis, Alex Potts, Brendan Prendeville, Rachel Sanders, Blake Stimson und Rebecca Zurier sowie Jost Hermand, Martin Papenbrock und Elke Wüst-Kralowetz.

The focal point of this volume brings together case studies carried out by acclaimed experts on a subject little known in Germany – 20th century British realism. This collection examines exemplary oeuvres of individual artists, artistic tendencies, subjects as well as exhibition practices. Calls for a type of art criticism that accompanies realistic art projects – la John Berger and contemporaries are similarly illuminated. The contributors include James Finch, Brian Foss, Jacqueline Francis, Alex Potts, Brendan Prendeville, Rachel Sanders, Blake Stimson, Rebecca Zurier, Jost Hermand, Martin Papenbrock and Elke Wüst-Kralowetz.

The mood of systemic crisis that has marked the early 21st century has been accompanied by an upsurge in Marxist thought in a whole range of domains and extends to art history. In this volume 19 scholars from different generations, different national contexts and with different relationships to Marxism reflect on the status of 18 "keywords" with special pertinence to Marxist art-historical inquiry today. Starting point of the researches was the knowledge that while certain keywords have been crucial to recent developments in Marxist art history and cultural theory more broadly, others seem to have slipped out of view. The scholars are not so much interested in the "historical semantics" of words – although that plays some role in the essays – as in the present state of Marxist art history.

Der Band versammelt in seinem Schwerpunktteil Fallstudien von namhaften Kennern zu dem hierzulande nur wenig bekannten britischen Realismus des 20. Jahrhunderts. Es werden nicht nur exemplarisch Oeuvres einzelner Künstler sowie Kunsttendenzen und Sujets untersucht, sondern auch Ausstellungspraktiken und Forderungen einer das Projekt realistischer Kunst begleitenden Kunstkritik (u. a. von John Berger). Mit Beiträgen von James Finch, Brian Foss, Jacqueline Francis, Alex Potts, Brendan Prendeville, Rachel Sanders, Blake Stimson und Rebecca Zurier sowie Jost Hermand, Martin Papenbrock und Elke Wüst-Kralowetz.

The focal point of this volume brings together case studies carried out by acclaimed experts on a subject little known in Germany – 20th century British realism. This collection examines exemplary oeuvres of individual artists, artistic tendencies, subjects as well as exhibition practices. Calls for a type of art criticism that accompanies realistic art projects – la John Berger and contemporaries are similarly illuminated. The contributors include James Finch, Brian Foss, Jacqueline Francis, Alex Potts, Brendan Prendeville, Rachel Sanders, Blake Stimson, Rebecca Zurier, Jost Hermand, Martin Papenbrock and Elke Wüst-Kralowetz.

The mood of systemic crisis that has marked the early 21st century has been accompanied by an upsurge in Marxist thought in a whole range of domains and extends to art history. In this volume 19 scholars from different generations, different national contexts and with different relationships to Marxism reflect on the status of 18 "keywords" with special pertinence to Marxist art-historical inquiry today. Starting point of the researches was the knowledge that while certain keywords have been crucial to recent developments in Marxist art history and cultural theory more broadly, others seem to have slipped out of view. The scholars are not so much interested in the "historical semantics" of words – although that plays some role in the essays – as in the present state of Marxist art history.