Cold Revolution
Central and Eastern European Societies in Times of Socialist Realism, 1948–1959 Published by Mousse Publishing.
Edited with text by Jérôme Bazin, Joanna Kordjak. A critical reader on culture and society in postwar Central and Eastern Europe In Cold Revolution, essayists examine the relationship between visual culture and the radical social revolutions of 1950s Central and Eastern Europe. As international political tensions intensified and dictatorships rose to power, social realist art and design served as a means of societal critique. Here, 20 contributors explore the social transformations of 1950s Europe, with case studies on art, architecture and urban planning, design, photography, film and graphic design, from countries such as Poland, East and West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.
Contributors include: Justyna Balisz-Schmelz, Irina C?r?ba?, Ralf Forster, Maja and Reuben Fowkes, Katerina Gadzheva, Wojciech Grzyba?a, Emma Hanzlíková, Sándor Hornyik, Sándor Horváth, Astrid Ihle, Constantin Iordachi, Dorota Jarecka, Vít Jakubí?ek, Marie Klimešová, Doreen Mende, Alina Mircea, Zsolt Petrányi, Agata Pietrasik, Kristina Popova, Nadčge Ragaru, Gábor Rieder, Hana Rousová, Piotr Rypson, Piotr S?odkowski, Oliver Sukrow, Aleksandra Sumorok, Ond?ej Táborský, Monika Talarczyk, Irina Tulbure, Aneta Vasileva and Magdalena Zió?kowska.
|
