100 Artists' Manifestos

A new anthology of 100 years of artists', filmmakers', and architects' manifestos.

In this remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents the cacophony of voices of such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Feminism, Communism, Destructivism, Vorticism, Stridentism, Cannibalism, and Stuckism, taking in along the way film, architecture, fashion, and cookery.

Artists' manifestos are nothing if not revolutionary. They are outlandish, outrageous, and frequently offensive. They combine wit, wisdom, and world-shaking demands. This collection gathers together an international array of artists of every stripe, including Kandinsky, Mayakovsky, Rodchenko, Le Corbusier, Picabia, Dali, Oldenburg, Vertov, Baselitz, Kitaj, Murakami, Gilbert and George, together with their allies and collaborators—such figures as Marinetti, Apollinaire, Breton, Trotsky, Guy Debord, and Rem Koolhaas.

Edited with an Introduction by Alex Danchev, 100 Artists' Manifestos is a must-read for those intrigued by the colourful and sometimes provocative world of artist declarations.