Ostalgia
The word “ostalgie” emerged in Germany in the 1990s to describe a then-burgeoning nostalgia for the era prior to the collapse of the Communist Bloc and the breaking up of countries formerly united under Communist government. Ostalgia looks at the art produced in these countries — some of which did not even formally exist two decades ago — bringing together the work of more than 50 artists from 20 countries across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. Many of these works, by seminal figures and younger artists alike, offer a series of reportages on life and art under Communism and in the new post-Soviet countries. Eschewing a chronological perspective, Ostalgia instead establishes a series of dialogues between different generations and geographies, revealing local avant-garde practices and highlighting their international affinities. Among the artists included are Victor Alimpiev, Said Atabekov, Miroslav Balka, Irina Botea, Erik Bulatov, André Cadere, Stanislav Filko, Sanja Ivekovic, Jiri Kovanda, Edward Krasinski, Jonas Mekas, Boris Mikhailov, Paulina Olowska, Roman Ondák, Helga Paris, Dmitri Prigov, Anri Sala, Andro Wekua and Anna Zemánková.
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Graphic art, Photography, Video art, Sculpture, Objects, Avant‑garde, Literature, 1990s, Communism, Political art
Ditner Judy (Article author), Dyogot Ekaterina (Article author), Misiano Viktor (Article author), Pejic Bojana (Article author), Gioni Massimiliano (Article author), Mytkowska Joanna (Article author), Phillips Lisa (Preface)
Monastyrsky Andrei, Philipsz Susan, Prigov Dmitri, Ursuta Andra, Akhunov Vyacheslav, Alimpiev Victor, Antufiev Evgeny, Grzeszykowska Aneta, Olowska Paulina, Ondak Roman, Bałka Mirosław, Brătescu Geta, Pivovarov Viktor, Toomik Jaan, Zarva Sergei, Atabekov Said, Botea Irina, Cadere André, Grīnbergs Andris, Koller Július, Groys Boris, Chernysheva Olga, Starling Simon, Hovsepian Hamlet, Schütte Thomas, Ter‑Oganyan David, Zbanic Jasmila, Stilinović Mladen, Bakharev Nikolai, Sala Anri, Cummings Neil, Dean Tacita, Grigorescu Ion, Hajas Tibor, Kozlov Evgenij, Krasinski Edward, Narkevičius Deimantas, Schmidt Michael, Wekua Andro, Chto Delat, Halilaj Petrit, Lobanov Aleksandr, Mekas Jonas, Osmolovsky Anatoly, Paris Helga, The Workshop of the Film Form, Zemankova Anna, Iveković Sanja, Pepperstein Pavel, Brusilovsky Anatoly, Collins Phil, Lewandowska Marysia, Filko Stano, Glöckner Hermann, Kovanda Jiří, Bulatov Erik
New York City
2011
120 pages
9780915557967
Open stacks
Yes
No
705.1 2011
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