Socially Engaged Art after Socialism: Art and Civil Society in Post Communist Europe (International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (694 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784537136 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Reclaiming public life from the ideologies of both communist regimes and neoliberalism, their projects have harnessed the politically subversive potential of social relations based on trust, reciprocity and solidarity. She demonstrates that, in the 1990s, projects were primarily created for exhibitions organized and funded by the Soros Centers for Contemporary Art. Drawing on archival material and exclusive interviews, in this book Izabel Galliera traces the development of socially engaged art from the early 1990s to the present in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. In the 2000s, prior to Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania entering into the European Union, EU institutions likewise funded socially-conscious public art in the region.. The post-1989 period has seen artists in Central and Eastern Europe embrace socially engaged practices
About the Author Izabel Galliera is Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory, and Curator of the Rice Gallery, at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. Her research has been published in the Journal of Curatorial Studies and appears in the forthcoming collections Collaborating Now: Art in the Twenty First Century (2016) and Redefining Creativity: Multi-Layered Collaborations in Art and Art Historical Practice (2016).
Izabel Galliera is Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory, and Curator of the Rice Gallery, at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. Her research has been published in the Journal of Curatorial Studies and appears in the forthcoming collections Collaborating Now: Art in the Twenty First Century