The political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-garde :: the journey of the 'painterly real', 1987-2004 /

This book addresses late-Soviet and post-Soviet art in Armenia in the context of turbulent transformations from the late 1980s to 2004. It explores the emergence of 'contemporary art' in Armenia from within and in opposition to the practices, aesthetics and institutions of Socialist Realis...

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1. Verfasser: Harutyunyan, Angela (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Schriftenreihe:Rethinking art's histories.
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Zusammenfassung:This book addresses late-Soviet and post-Soviet art in Armenia in the context of turbulent transformations from the late 1980s to 2004. It explores the emergence of 'contemporary art' in Armenia from within and in opposition to the practices, aesthetics and institutions of Socialist Realism and National Modernism. This historical study outlines the politics (liberal democracy), aesthetics (autonomous art secured by the gesture of the individual artist), and ethics (ideals of absolute freedom and radical individualism) of contemporary art in Armenia and points towards its limitations. Through the historical investigation, a theory of post-Soviet art historiography is developed, one that is based on a dialectic of rupture and continuity in relation to the Soviet past. As the first English-language study on contemporary art in Armenia, the book is of prime interest for artists, scholars, curators and critics interested in post-Soviet art and culture and in global art historiography.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526114389
1526114380
9781526124074
1526124076
9781526114396
1526114399

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