Political Aesthetics of the Armenian Avant-Garde - The Journey of the ''Painterly Real'', 19872004

Sheds light on artistic production and the emergence of contemporary art in Armenia from the ruins of the socialist utopian project and the failure to realise the romanticised consumerism of the capitalist West.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Between the ideal and a hard place: the conceptual horizons of the avant-garde in Armenia
2 The 'painterly real' of contemporary art: resurrected ghosts, living heroes and saintly saviours on the 3rd Floor, 1987-94
3 Suspending the 'painterly real': ACT's procedures of pure creation, 1993-6
4 The revenge of the painterly: national post-conceptualism, 1995-8
5 The reign of the 'painterly real' and the politics of crisis, 1999-2004
Index

About the author

Angela Harutyunyan is Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory at the American University of Beirut.

Summary

Sheds light on artistic production and the emergence of contemporary art in Armenia from the ruins of the socialist utopian project and the failure to realise the romanticised consumerism of the capitalist West. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Angela Harutyunyan
• Assisted by: Amelia Jones (Editor), Marsha Meskimmon (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781526139368
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3936-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories; Rethinking Arts Histories Mup; Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas