Art Rebels

Race, Class, and Gender in the Art of Miles Davis and Martin Scorsese

By: Paul Lopes

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Hardcover | 11 June 2019 | Edition Number 1

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248 Pages

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How creative freedom, race, class, and gender shaped the rebellion of two visionary artists Postwar America experienced an unprecedented flourishing of avant-garde and independent art. Across the arts, artists rebelled against traditional conventions, embracing a commitment to creative autonomy and personal vision never before witnessed in the United States. Paul Lopes calls this the Heroic Age of American Art, and identifies two artists'Miles Davis and Martin Scorsese'as two of its leading icons. In this compelling book, Lopes tells the story of how a pair of talented and outspoken art rebels defied prevailing conventions to elevate American jazz and film to unimagined critical heights. During the Heroic Age of American Art 'where creative independence and the unrelenting pressures of success were constantly at odds' Davis and Scorsese became influential figures with such modern classics as Kind of Blue and Raging Bull. Their careers also reflected the conflicting ideals and contentious debates over avant-garde and independent art during this period. In examining their art and public stories, Lopes also shows how their rebellions as artists were intimately linked to their racial and ethnic identities and how both artists adopted hypermasculine ideologies that exposed the problematic intersection of gender with their racial and ethnic identities as iconic art rebels. Art Rebels is the essential account of a new breed of artists who left an indelible mark on American culture in the second half of the twentieth century. It is an unforgettable portrait of two iconic artists who exemplified the complex interplay of the quest for artistic autonomy and the expression of social identity during the Heroic Age of American Art.

Industry Reviews

"Art Rebels is a significant achievement. It is careful, considered, reasoned, and eye-opening."---Clayton Childress, Symbolic Interaction
"By examining the ineffable area linking individualism and commercialism, civic and racial consciousness, Lopes contributes a nuanced and timely account of the unlikely mix of 'tradition and the individual talent'."---Adriana-Cecilia Neagu, American British and Canadian Studies
"This one is a bit of a curio for jazz followers, many of whom might be drawn to the book via the Miles Davis name on the cover"---Peter Gamble, Jazz Journal
"[T]he defamiliarization of art through these reseeings and retellings makes for a mind-changing and instructive experience." * Choice *

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