Handbook of Socialist Exhibition Cultures, Gebunden
Handbook of Socialist Exhibition Cultures
- International Art Exhibitions in the Socialist World, 1950-1990
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- Herausgeber:
- Sven Spieker
- Verlag:
- University of Toronto Press, 01/2026
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781487552961
- Artikelnummer:
- 12378099
- Umfang:
- 448 Seiten
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 20.1.2026
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Handbook of Socialist Exhibition Cultures takes a rare look into the world of international art exhibitions organized by socialist states between 1947-1989.
The handbook examines the mechanisms, relationships, and international agreements that enabled the organization of officially sponsored and state-organized art exhibitions after the Second World War. Apart from viewing such exhibitions as instances of Cold War diplomacy and propaganda, this book proposes a shift in the way readers view the Cold War, away from an emphasis on separation and opposition to a focus on cultural exchange and international solidarity. Throughout the book, art historians and visual culture experts provide contextual information about the main institutional actors who were responsible for organizing these exhibitions, and the personal as well as institutional or diplomatic channels involved in their hosting and curation. Despite their many differences, the shows explored in this book gesture to the notion of a socialist curatorial aesthetic in the shadow of the Cold War.
Handbook of Socialist Exhibition Cultures demonstrates how socialist exhibition culture developed, sometimes competing with, and sometimes cooperating with Western art worlds.
Biografie
Sven Spieker war von 1991 - 1995 Assistant Professor an der Indiana University und ist seit 1995 Associate Professor für deutsche, slawische und semitische Studien an der University of California Santa Barbara. Zahlreiche kunsthistorische und kulturwissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen