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Art and theory of post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe : a critical anthology / edited by Ana Janevski and Roxana Marcoci ; with Ksenia Nouril.

Contributor(s): Janevski, Ana [editor] | Marcoci, Roxana [editor] | Nouril, Ksenia [writer of supplementary textual content].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Primary documents: Publisher: New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 408 pages : illustrations (some coloUr), facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781633450646 (paperback); 1633450643 (paperback).Subject(s): Art, Central European -- 20th century -- Sources | Art, East European -- 20th century -- SourcesDDC classification: 709.4
Contents:
Reckoning with history -- Exhibiting the "East" since 1989 -- Working in and on the archive -- After the fall: democracy and its discontents -- Maintaining the social in postsocialism: activist practices and forms of collectivity -- Deconstructing gender discourses -- In a global world.
Summary: "Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology takes the dramatic political changes during the pivotal years between 1989 and 1991 as its departure point, reflecting on the effects of the disintegration of socialist states across Central and Eastern Europe on art, theory, and criticism of the last thirty years. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the social and political transformations that followed from Bucharest to Prague to Moscow marked a significant moment when artists were able to publicly reassess their histories and to question the opposition between East and West that defined the Cold War era. Featuring key voices that span the post-transition period, from the early 1990s to the present, this book makes an indispensable contribution to our understanding of modern and contemporary art from the region, with particular focus on the work of a new generation of artists, scholars, and curators who offer fresh critical perspectives and are still rewriting their own histories. Their research on artistic practices and systems of cultural production proposes distinct strategies for acting in the contemporary world and reevaluating the significance of the socialist legacy, a task made ever more urgent by the political realities of today." - inside flap.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall and the ripple effects felt over the following years from Bucharest to Prague to Moscow demarcate a significant moment when artists were able to publicly reassess their histories and question the opposition between the former East and the former West. Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe takes the pivotal political changes between 1989 and 1991 as its departure point to reflect on the effects that communism's disintegration across Central and Eastern Europe--including the Soviet Union's fifteen republics--had on the art practices, criticism, and cultural production of the following decades. This book presents a selection of the period's key voices that have introduced recent critical perspectives. Particular attention is given to the research and viewpoints of a new generation of artists, scholars, and curators who have advanced fresh critical perspectives and who are rewriting their own histories. Their examination of artistic practices and systems of cultural production proposes distinct outlooks for acting in the contemporary world while simultaneously rethinking the significance of the socialist legacy on art today. Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe is an indispensable volume on modern and contemporary art and theory from the region.



Contributors. Branislava Andjelkovi?, Edit András, Inke Arns, Marius Babias, Zdenka Badovinac, Ivana Bago, Zbyn?k Baladrán, Claire Bishop, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Andreas Broeckmann, Boris Buden, Ilya Budraitskis, Ond?ej Chrobák, Keti Chukhrov, Kim Conaty, Cosmin Costina?, Eda ?ufer, Bojana Cveji?, Ekaterina Degot, Branislav Dimitrijevi?, Michelle Elligott, Octavian Esanu, Yevgeniy Fiks, Meghan Forbes, Maja Fowkes, Reuben Fowkes, Boris Groys, Daniel Grú?, Marina Gr?ini?, Vít Havránek, Jon Hendricks, IRWIN (Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, and Borut Vogelnik), Sanja Ivekovi?, Ana Janevski, David Joselit, Tímea Junghaus, Klara Kemp-Welch, Juliet Kinchin, Zofia Kulik, Andres Kurg, Katalin Ladik, Václav Magid, Eva Majewska, David Maljkovi?, Roxana Marcoci, Lina Michelkevi??, Aldo Milohni?, Viktor Misiano, Rastko Mo?nik, Magdalena Moskalewicz, Deimantas Narkevi?ius, Ksenia Nouril, Ewa Opa?ka, Martina Pachmanová, Bojana Peji?, Dan Perjovschi, Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, Piotr Piotrowski, Bojana Piskur, David Platzker, Paulina Pobocha, Tomás Pospiszyl, Lýdia Pribisová, Oleksiy Radynski, Karol Radziszewski, Christian Rattemeyer, Cristina Ricupero, Georg Schöllhammer, David Senior, Alina ?erban, Slavs and Tatars, Sven Spieker, Tamas St.Auby, Zuzana Stefková, Jakub Stejskal, Mladen Stilinovi?, subREAL, Tomás Svoboda, Ovidiu Ṯichindeleanu, Margarita Tupitsyn, Gediminas Urbonas, Nomeda Urbonas, Jonas Valatkevi?ius, Jelena Vesi?, Dmitry Vilensky, Raluca Voinea, What, How & for Whom (Ivet ?urlin, Ana Devi?, Natasa Ili?, and Sabina Sabolovi?), Igor Zabel, Artur ?mijewski

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reckoning with history -- Exhibiting the "East" since 1989 -- Working in and on the archive -- After the fall: democracy and its discontents -- Maintaining the social in postsocialism: activist practices and forms of collectivity -- Deconstructing gender discourses -- In a global world.

"Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology takes the dramatic political changes during the pivotal years between 1989 and 1991 as its departure point, reflecting on the effects of the disintegration of socialist states across Central and Eastern Europe on art, theory, and criticism of the last thirty years. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the social and political transformations that followed from Bucharest to Prague to Moscow marked a significant moment when artists were able to publicly reassess their histories and to question the opposition between East and West that defined the Cold War era. Featuring key voices that span the post-transition period, from the early 1990s to the present, this book makes an indispensable contribution to our understanding of modern and contemporary art from the region, with particular focus on the work of a new generation of artists, scholars, and curators who offer fresh critical perspectives and are still rewriting their own histories. Their research on artistic practices and systems of cultural production proposes distinct strategies for acting in the contemporary world and reevaluating the significance of the socialist legacy, a task made ever more urgent by the political realities of today." - inside flap.

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CHOICE Review

Since the dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the cultural landscape of Central Europe has changed almost as much as the political structure. The new freedoms have given rise to a flowering of radical and innovative art across the former Eastern bloc. Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe is an ambitious attempt on the part of the Museum of Modern Art in New York to document some of this activity, and to provide insight into the type of art being produced by both individuals and groups in the various cities between the Baltic and the Balkans. The result of several years of sustained research and documentation by a team of MoMA curators, along with local critics and artists, this book is the most substantial and authoritative survey of current and recent art in a huge region of Europe. In seven chapters with titles including "Reckoning with History," "Maintaining the Social in Postsocialism," and "In a Global World," one can read a selection of artists' statements, manifestos, interviews, and critical writings alongside illustrations of their work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. --Paul Alexander Stirton, Bard Graduate Center

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ana Janevski is Curator in the Department of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art.



Roxana Marcoci is Senior Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, and C-MAP Leader for Central and Eastern Europe at the Museum.



Ksenia Nouril is former C-MAP Fellow for Central and Eastern European Art at The Museum of Modern Art.