Antipolitics in Central European Art: Reticence as Dissidence Under Post-Totalitarian Rule 1956-1989

ISBN-13: 9781784533144 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 360 str.

Klara Kemp-Welch; Klara Klemp-Welch

Opis

In this bold book Klara Kemp-Welch offers a compelling account of the way that artists in Central Europe embraced alternative forms of action-based practice, just as their dissident counterparts were formulating alternative models of politics - in particular an 'antipolitics' of self organization. Spanning a period punctuated by landmark events - the crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the invasion of Czechoslavakia in 1968 and the birth of the Polish Solidarity movement - while presenting powerful new readings of six key artists, Antipolitics in Central European Art anchors art historical analysis to a robust historical framework. Its rich illustrations reveal how those artists struggled to enjoy freedom of expression and reclaim public space inside a political system where both seemed impossible.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Disinterest 2 Doubt 3 Dissent 4 Humour 5 Reticence 6 DialogueEndings

O autorze

KLARA KEMP-WELCH is Lecturer in Twentieth Century Modernism at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.