art and the avant-garde in Eastern Europe, 1945-1989 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Piotr Piotrowski ; translated by Anna Brzyski.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Reaktion,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
487 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, portraits ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The geography and history of art in Eastern Europe -- Behind the Iron Curtain before 1948. The Surrealist interregnum, 1945-8 -- Modernism and totalitarianism. The 'thaw' and Art informel ; Myths of geometry ; Un-socialist realism ; The critique of painting : towards the neo-avant-garde -- The neo-avant-garde and 'real socialism' in the 1970's. Mapping the neo-avant-garde, c.1970 ; Conceptual art between theory of art and critique of the system ; The politics of identity : male and female body art -- Epilogue : the spectres haunting Europe in the 1980's.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A comprehensive study of art and politics in Eastern Europe between the end of World War II and the fall of Communism, this title brings together a wide range of issues, including artistic problems, movements, attitudes, and kinds of expression, and compares and describes them to create a new art map of the region.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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Univ of Chicago Pr, Attn: John Kessler C/O Chicago Distribution Center 11030 Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628