Artistic Utopias

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This paper discusses the portrayal of utopia in art, whether it be literature, architecture or the fine arts. The paper presents examples of many types of depictions of utopia throughout history. The paper suggests that there is a new utopian revolutionary art where artists collaborate with the people of a community to restate their own history as the surroundings inspire them.

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"Cuban artists currently have opened "Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island" with a range of artists exhibiting from 24 to 39, at the ASA Museum at the University of Arizona, an art museum known for exhibiting work experimental in content, form or presentation. These artists show they are disillusioned with the socialist Revolution, yet they remain loyal Cubans."
"Land artists, who create monumental sculptures, perhaps are those most successful in living out their utopian ideals in large scale, such as Michael Heizer, who has spent three decades creating a huge collection of truncated pyramids in the Nevada desert, Charles Ross, who has a subterranean Stonehenge for the space age in New Mexico and Christo, who has tried to wrap up the world like a present."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coleman, Nathaniel, 2005, Utopias and Architecture, Seattle, WA, Routledge.
• Jasmine Hill Foundation. 2001. Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum, Montgomery, AL 36106.
• Leach, Helen M. 1999, Intensification in the Pacific: A Critique of the Archaeological Criteria and Their Application. Current Anthropology, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jun., 1999).
• Meier, Richard, 2007, Projects. Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP. <http://www.richardmeier.com/>.
• Neild, Barry. March 29, 2000, "Contemporary art: a cause without rebels." CNN Entertainment: Modern Masters. London, England. <http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/03/15/modernmasters.rebels/>.

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