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

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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Klara Kemp-Welch, Kemp-Welch Klara, Klara Klemp-Welch
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2017
• EAN: 9781784533144
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-314-4
• No. of pages: 358
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Series: International Library of Visual Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, ART / Criticism & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, History of Art, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Central Europe, Art & design styles: from c 1960, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, ART / European / General