Postsocialist contemporary : the institutionalization of artistic practice in Eastern Europe after 1989 /
Octavian Esanu.
- 1 online resource.
- Rethinking art's histories .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781526158017 9781526157997
Centrul Soros pentru Arta Contemporană.
Art and society--Former Yugoslav republics. Art and society--Europe, Eastern. Art--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern. Art--Political aspects--Former Soviet republics. Art, Modern--Economic aspects.--20th century Art, Modern--Economic aspects.--21st century