Blow Up! The Explosion of Contemporary Art - Graphic Novel

Blow Up! The Explosion of Contemporary Art is a graphic novel that tells the story of how modern art has challenged conventions. From Marcel Duchamp's urinal in 1917 to Maurizio Cattelan's tape banana.

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It describes artworks that have shocked society, such as canned excrement, a pickled shark, and human blood, and how artists across time and geography – from Paris to New York, Tokyo to Miami – have inspired each other. The book examines how contemporary art continues to provoke and change perceptions of what can be considered art, even 100 years after Duchamp.

Author: Robert Shore
Page count: 232
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Language: English