Critical anthology of texts on the art and theory of post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Ana Janevski, Roxana Marcoci, and Ksenia Nouril. Introduction by Ana Janevski and Roxana Marcoci. Texts by Klara Kemp-Welch, Juliet Kinchin, Eda Cufer, Jonas Valatkevicius, Deimantas Narkevicius, Jelena Vesic, Igor Zabel, Andres Kurg, Claire Bishop, Christian Rattemeyer, Piotr Piotrowski, Edit András, Ewa Opalka, Octavian Esanu, Raluca Voinea, Lina Michelkevice, Lydia Pribisova, David Joselit, Michelle Elligott, Zdenka Badovinac; Tomás Pospiszyl, Sven Spieker, Daniel Grun, subREAL, Karol Radziszewski, Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, Boris Buden, Kim Conaty, Vit Havranek, Ovidiu Tichindeleanu, Boris Groys, Rastko Mocnik, Georg Schöllhammer, Marius Babias, Mladen Stilinovic, Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, David Platzker, Dimitry Vilensky with Ksenia Nouril; Viktor Misiano and many more. Includes many conversations including a conversation between Katalin Ladik and Tamás St. Auby with Jon Hendricks,; an interview with David Maljkovic and What, How & for Whom (Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Natasa Ilic, and Sabina Sabolovic); Dan Perjovschi in conversation with Roxana Marcoci; and an interview conducted by Vaclav Magid and Jakub Stejskal with Display Gallery founders Zbynek Baladran, Ondrej Chrobak, and Tomas Svoboda and the cofounder of the tranzit initiative for contemporary art Vit Havranek; a conversation between Zofia Kulik and David Senior; Artur Zmijewski in conversation with Paulina Pobocha; Dimitry Vilensky in conversation with Ksenia Nouril; and more. Includes "The C-Map Network, 2010-2017" and an index.
"Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology takes the dramatic political changes during the pivotal years between 1989 and 1991 as its departure point, reflecting on the effects of the disintegration of socialist states across Central and Eastern Europe on art, theory, and criticism of the last thirty years. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the social and political transformations that followed from Bucharest to Prague to Moscow marked a significant moment when artists were able to publicly reassess their histories and to question the opposition between East and West that defined the Cold War era.
Featuring key voices that span the post-transition period, from the early 1990s to the present, this book makes an indispensable contribution to our understanding of modern and contemporary art from the region, with particular focus on the work of a new generation of artists, scholars, and curators who offer fresh critical perspectives and are still rewriting their own histories. Their research on artistic practices and systems of cultural production proposes distinct strategies for acting in the contemporary world and reevaluating the significance of the socialist legacy, a task made ever more urgent by the political realities of today." -- publisher's statement.