Art Is Life Jerry Saltz Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night Bang on A Can to give it up

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paintings and photographs have been widely exhibited and published in the United States

his collaborations with artists and interventions into visual culture

as were their off-stage antics

taking in illuminating profiles of Ryuichi Sakamoto

Art Is Life Jerry Saltz Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night Bang on A Can to give it upJerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning pointsfrom the cultural reset of 9 11 to the rolling social crises of todaySaltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. Art Is Life offers Saltzs eye opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and