Multiple realities : experimental art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s-1980s
TitleMultiple realities : experimental art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s-1980s
Author
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PublisherWalker Art Center - Minneapolis
Year of publication2023
Size484 p.: ill.: 28,5 x 24,5 cm
Materialhardcover boek
ISBN9-781-93596-328-8
LanguageEngels
Persons keyword Milan Adamčiak, A.E. Bizottság, AG. Geige, Akademia Ruchu, Autoperforationsartisten/Auto-Perforation Artists, István Bakos, Lubomír Beneš, Vladimir Bonacic, Geta Brătescu, Adina Caloenescu, Zdeňka Čechová, Věra Chytilová, Lutz Dammbeck, Jan Dobkowski, Orshi Drozdik, Ľubomír Ďurček, Sherban Epuré, Barbara Falender, László Fehér, Stano Filko, Vera Fischer, Henryk Gajewski, Piotr Rypson, Teresa Gierzynska, Karpo Godina, Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, Wiktor Gutt, Waldemar Raniszewski, Gino Hahnemann, Heino Hilger, Károly Hopp-Halász, Janós Istvánfy, Sanja Iveković, Libuse Jarcovjakova, Tibor Jákfalvy, Željko Jerman, Krzysztof Jung, György Kemény, Eva Kmentová, Milan Knížák, Július Koller, Gyula Konkoly, Jiří Kovanda, György Kovászna, Jaroslaw Kozakiewicz, Kryzys, Katalin Ladik, Matei Lăzărescu, Ana Lupas, Jolanta Marcolla, Dóra Maurer, Florin Maxa, Simon Menner, Tomislav Mikulic, Karel Miler, Andrzej Mitan, Jan Mlčoch, Teresa Murak, Natalia LL (Lach-Lachowicz), Krzysztof Niemczyk, Koloman Novak, Ewa Partum, Maria Pinińska-Bereś, Krystyna Piotrowska, Plastic People of the Universe, Polish Radio Experimental Studio, Karol Radziszewski, Queer Archives Institute, Józef Robakowski, Eugeniusz Rudnik, Jerzy Rosolowicz, Zbigniew Rybczynski, Jan Ságl, Cornelia Schleime, Bogusław Schaeffer, Tomasz Sikorski, Jan Slávik, Ladislav Halada, Aleksandar Smec, Petr Štembera, Gabriele Stötzer, Zdenek Sýkora, Alina Szapocznikow, Kálmán Szijártó, Bálint Szombathy, Janina Tworek-Pierzgalska, Teresa Tyszkiewicz, Zsuzsi Ujj, Andrzej Urbanowicz, Miha Vipotnik, Jürgen Wittdorf, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Andrzej Zborski, Jana Želibská
Abstract
Multiple Realities offers a sweeping survey of experimental art made in six Central Eastern European nations—GDR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia—during the 1960s to 1980s. Despite their geographical proximity, artists working during this time encountered different conditions for daily life and art-making, confronting varying degrees of control and pressure exerted by state authorities.
Embracing conceptual or formal innovation and a spirit of adventurousness, Multiple Realities sheds light on ways that artists refused, circumvented, eluded and subverted official systems, in the process creating works often riddled with wit, humor or irony. While it presents select canonical figures from the region, the exhibition foregrounds lesser-known practitioners, particularly women artists, artist collectives and those exploring embodiment through an LGBTQ+ lens. (bron: website uitgever)