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Propaganda Art from the 20th to the 21st Century (last edited: 2022)

Jonas Staal
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This study by artist Jonas Staal explores the development of propaganda art from the 20th to the 21st century. Staal defines propaganda as the performance of power by means of the equation propaganda = power + performance. Through his work as a propaganda researcher and practice as a propaganda artist, he argues that different structures of power generate different forms of propaganda and therefore different forms of propaganda art. Whereas in the context of the 20th century Staal discusses the differences between avant-garde, totalitarian, and modernist propaganda art, in the 21st century he proposes the categories of War on Terror Propaganda Art, Popular Propaganda Art, and Stateless Propaganda Art. By means of concrete examples of artists and artworks within each of these categories, he attempts to show how the performance of power in the 21st century translates into different visual forms, and how they shape and direct our reality. Staal’s study shows that power and art exist in continuous interaction. Propaganda and propaganda art are not terms that only refer to the past, but concepts and practices through which we can understand the construction of reality in the present.
typeresearch exposition
keywordspropaganda, propaganda art, performance studies, avant-garde propaganda art, totalitatian propaganda art, 20th century, 21st century
date25/01/2018
last modified15/11/2022
statusin progress
share statuspublic
copyrightJonas Staal
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1787557/1787558
connected toAcademy of Creative and Performing Arts
external linkhttps://hdl.handle.net/1887/60210


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nameJonas Staal Doctoral Project (2018)
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