100 Artists' Manifestos:

In this extraordinary collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents a cacophony of voices of such diverse movements as futurism, dadaism, surrealism, feminism, communism, destructivism, vortalism, stridentism, cannibalism and Stuccoism. film, architecture, fashion and cooking. The artists' manifestos are nothing if not revolutionary. They are bizarre, outrageous and often offensive. They combine wit, wisdom and world-shaking requirements. This collection gathers an international group of artists from every strip, including Kandinsky, Majakowski, Rodczenko, Le Corbusier, Picabia, Dali, Oldenburg, Wertow, Basel, Kitaj, Muraki, Gilbert and George, along with their allies and associates - such characters as Marinetti, Apollinaire, Breton, Trotsky, Guy Debord and Rem Koolhaas.