Art outside the lines: new perspectives on GDR art culture

Type:
boek
Titel:
Art outside the lines: new perspectives on GDR art culture
Auteur:
Kelly, Elaine; Wlodarski, Amy
Jaar:
2011
Onderwerp:
20th Century (1901-2000)
Cultural history
Socialism
Germany
Taal:
Engels
Uitgever:
Amsterdam - New York Editions Rodopi 2011
Plaatsnummer:
ORPH.TOP DE 7 (Orpheus Instituut)
Paginering:
[x]-278 pages
Reeks:
German Monitor 74
Samenvatting:
This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of East German art, film, literature, music, and museum studies, seeks to renegotiate the artistic legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Combining a range of theoretical and practical perspectives, the volume challenges the narrow frameworks of totalitarianism and Ostalgie that have dominated discussions of art produced in the GDR. It explores the diversity of art produced in the state and contests the long-held perception that socialist realism and artistic innovation were mutually exclusive. Crucially, the collection puts art itself to the fore; GDR art is considered not simply as a political by-product, as is so often the case, but as an entity of innovation and aesthetic value in its own right.
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