Postsocialist Contemporary - The Institutionalization of Artistic Practice in Eastern Europe

This book engages with the historical paradigm of 'contemporary art' by examining a programme initiated in Eastern Europe by the Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros in the 1990s. The Soros Centers for Contemporary Art played a leading role in popularising the norms and conventions of 'contemporary art' throughout the region.

About the author

Octavian Esanu is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Curator of AUB Art Galleries

Summary

This book engages with the historical paradigm of ‘contemporary art’ by examining a programme initiated in Eastern Europe by the Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros in the 1990s. The Soros Centers for Contemporary Art played a leading role in popularising the norms and conventions of ‘contemporary art’ throughout the region. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Octavian Esanu, Esanu Octavian
• Assisted by: Amelia Jones (Editor), Marsha Meskimmon (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781526158000
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5800-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, ART / Art & Politics, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Art & design styles: from c 1960, ART / Russian & Soviet