Barcelona: Visual Culture, Space and Power

This richly illustrated volume brings together fresh insights into the changing urban space of Barcelona from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. The collection focuses primarily on the complicated relationship between environment, identity and performance as they were seen, explored and portrayed by countercultural and avant-garde artists and communities. Drawing crucial links between theory and practice, and aesthetics and environment - and paying particular attention to the role of the avant-garde in challenging and disrupting dominant art forms and uses of urban space - the book presents a variety of perspectives and approaches, drawing on art history, cultural geography, performance studies, and institutional critique.