In the Shadow of Yalta
Art and the Avant-garde in Eastern Europe, 1945-1989
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In this comprehensive study of the artistic culture of the region between the Iron Curtain and the former Soviet Union, Piotr Piotrowski chronicles the relationship between avant-garde art production and post–World War II politics in such Iron Curtain nations as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia. Featuring more than 200 images, most by artists largely unfamiliar to an English-speaking audience, In the Shadow of Yalta is a fascinating portrait of the inspiring art made in a region—and at a time—of critical importance in modern Europe.
- The Geography and History of Art in
Part I: Behind the Iron Curtain Before 1948
2. The Surrealist Interregnum, 1945-8
Part 2: Modernism and Totalitarianism
3. The ‘Thaw’ of Art Informel
4. Myths of Geometry
5. Un-Socialist Realism
6. The Critique of Painting: Towards the Neo-avant-garde
Part 3: The Neo-avant-garde and ‘Real Socialism’ in the 1970s
7. Mapping the Neo-avant-garde, c. 1970
8. Conceptual Art between Theory of Art and Critique of the System
9. The Politics of Identity: Male and Female Body Art
Epilogue: The Spectres Haunting Europe in the 1980s
Art: European Art
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