" Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a "Europe whole and free" seem to have been decisively dashed. Europe itself is in the midst of a multifaceted crisis that threatens the considerable gains of…
This title provides an account of Eastern European art made after 1989, in light of the profound political, social, economic and cultural transformations in the region. The book describes the changing nature of the artworks, the themes they explore, and the function of art in po…
When the Iron Curtain fell in 1989, Eastern Europe saw a new era begin, and the widespread changes that followed extended into the world of art. Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe examines the art created in light of the profound political, social, economic, and cultural…
Now fully updated, this text explores the post-communist half of Europe along with the problems and potential it brings, offering an authoritative and up-to-date analysis of the transformations in today's Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and Ukraine.