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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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
surface form: 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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Jeremy Deller notableWork The History of the World