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The Postsocialist Contemporary: The Institutionalization of Artistic Practice in Eastern Europe After 1989 - Rethinking Art's Histories Octavian Esanu
The Postsocialist Contemporary: The Institutionalization of Artistic Practice in Eastern Europe After 1989 - Rethinking Art's Histories
Octavian Esanu
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. -- .
296 pages, 20 black-and-white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 23, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9781526158000 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 164 × 24 mm · 598 g |
| Language | English |