The History of the World

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The History of the World is a conceptual artwork by British artist Jeremy Deller that maps and explores the cultural and political connections between brass band music and acid house in late 20th-century Britain.

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The History of the World canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conceptual artwork ⓘ
diagram ⓘ
associatedWith British miners’ strike ⓘ
Thatcher-era politics ⓘ
working-class culture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Jeremy Deller ⓘ
depicts British popular culture ⓘ
acid house ⓘ
brass band music ⓘ
late 20th-century Britain ⓘ
documentedIn art criticism on Jeremy Deller ⓘ
exhibition catalogues about Jeremy Deller’s work ⓘ
exhibitedAt Tate Britain ⓘ
various contemporary art exhibitions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
genre conceptual art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
hasForm mind-map-like chart ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn subsequent socially engaged art projects by Jeremy Deller ⓘ
hasPerspective critical view of social and political change in Britain ⓘ
hasSubject class politics ⓘ
cultural connections ⓘ
industrial decline ⓘ
labour history ⓘ
music subcultures ⓘ
political connections ⓘ
rave culture ⓘ
inception 1997 ⓘ
influenced The Battle of Orgreave ⓘ
language English ⓘ
maps relationships between musical genres ⓘ
relationships between political events and music ⓘ
relationships between social groups ⓘ
medium graphic lines ⓘ
text ⓘ
wall diagram ⓘ
movement Young British Artists (contextual association) ⓘ
notableFor combining music history and political history in diagram form ⓘ
visualizing links between brass bands and acid house ⓘ
partOf Jeremy Deller’s body of work ⓘ
setInPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
theme collective experience in music scenes ⓘ
continuity between traditional and contemporary music cultures ⓘ
impact of neoliberal policies on culture ⓘ

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