Allan Antliff
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Allan W. Antliff is an anarchist activist, art critic
and author who has written extensively on the topics of anarchism and art in North America.
Antliff holds the Canada Research Chair in Art History at the University of Victoria
, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on modern and contemporary art. His research interests include dada
, contemporary art
, anarchist history and political theory, and his graduate seminars include “20th-Century Anarchism and Avant-Garde Art”; “New York Dada” and “American Modernism Between the Wars”. In addition to teaching art history
, Antliff co-edits the Alternative Press Review
, serves as art editor for Anarchist Studies
, edited the volume Only a Beginning: An Anarchist Anthology (1998) and has written two scholarly books; Anarchist Modernism: Art, Politics and the First American Avant-Garde (2001) and Art and Anarchy: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall (2007).
Art critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
and author who has written extensively on the topics of anarchism and art in North America.
Antliff holds the Canada Research Chair in Art History at the University of Victoria
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, about northeast of downtown Victoria. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students...
, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on modern and contemporary art. His research interests include dada
Dada
Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
, contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
, anarchist history and political theory, and his graduate seminars include “20th-Century Anarchism and Avant-Garde Art”; “New York Dada” and “American Modernism Between the Wars”. In addition to teaching art history
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
, Antliff co-edits the Alternative Press Review
Alternative Press Review
Alternative Press Review is a libertarian American magazine established in 1994 as a sister periodical to Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed. As of 2002, its editorial collective consisted of Jason McQuinn , Chuck Munson and Thomas Wheeler...
, serves as art editor for Anarchist Studies
Anarchist Studies
Anarchist Studies is a biannual academic journal on anarchism. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining the history, culture, and theory of anarchism...
, edited the volume Only a Beginning: An Anarchist Anthology (1998) and has written two scholarly books; Anarchist Modernism: Art, Politics and the First American Avant-Garde (2001) and Art and Anarchy: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall (2007).
Selected publications
- Only a Beginning: An Anarchist Anthology. Arsenal Pulp PressArsenal Pulp PressArsenal Pulp Press is a Canadian independent book publishing company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company publishes a broad range of titles in both fiction and non-fiction, and is noted for founding the annual Three-Day Novel Contest .Authors who have been published by Arsenal Pulp ...
(2004) ISBN 1-55152-167-9. - Anarchist Modernism: Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde. University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
(2001). - Anarchy and Art: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Arsenal Pulp Press (1998).
- “Anarchy in Art: Strategies of Dissidence,” Anarchist Studies. 11 no. 1 (2003): 66-83.
- “Art/Politics/Subterfuge,” Mix Magazine. 27 no. 4 (2002): 29-31.
- “Egoist Cyborgs,” The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture, ed. Bruce Grenville, exh. cat. Vancouver Art Gallery (2002): 101-113.
- “Cosmic Modernism: Elie Nadelman, Adolf Wolff, and the Materialist Aesthetics of John Weichsel,” Archives of American Art Journal. 38 no. 3 (Winter, 2000): 20-29.
- “Interpellating Modernity: Cubism and 'La Vie Unanime' in America,” American Modernism Across the Arts, eds. Jay Bochner and Justin Edwards, Peter Lang Publishers, 1999.