Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe
Publishing Details
Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe
By (Author) Piotr Piotrowski
Reaktion Books
Reaktion Books
1st February 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
709.04
Physical Properties
272
Description
The conclusion of the Cold War in 1989 signalled the beginning of a newera in Eastern Europe, and this widespread change was felt no less stronglyin the world of art. In Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe,Piotr Piotrowski examines the art made after 1989 in Eastern Europe inlight of the profound political, social, economic and cultural transformationsin the region.
Reviews
impressively informative and thoughtful . . . Of particular interest is the authors analysis of artistic interpretations of national, ethnic, and personal crises that followed the 1989 collapse of the communist order. Recommended * Choice *
Ever attentive to topographical variations, Piotrowski carefully attends the particularities of the art scene in each different country. The resulting map of contemporary East European Art is impressive * TLS *
Piotr Piotrowskis investigation into the relationship between art, politics and public space in postcommunist Europe is impressive in scope, artistically, theoretically and geographically. Its publication in English represents an important contribution to discussions of artistic practices in the former Eastern Bloc, as well as to theories of space in art history and scholarship more generally . . . Art and Democracy is a thought-provoking contribution to a number of fields . . . highly readable, and Piotrowskis style is entertaining and engaging. The inclusion of photographs aids the reader immeasurably in visualizing the complex interactions Piotrowski describes between artists and the public space. * Journal of Contemporary European Studies *
Author Bio
Piotr Piotrowski is Professor of Art History at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznn, Poland. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Meanings of Modernism: Towards a History of Polish Art after 1945 (1999), Art after Politics (2007) and In the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-garde in Eastern Europe, 1945-1989 (Reaktion, 2009).
