Behind the mask
Ortrud Westheider, Michael Philipp, Valerie Hortolani, Susanne Altmann · 2017
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About the book
"Behind the mask : artists in the GDR focuses on the wide variety of artistic self-staging in the GDR, between public and private, prescribed collectivism and creative individuality. The intention of the GDR's official state art was to exert political influence and this resulted in ideological entanglements that have been examined in numerous publications and exhibitions in recent years. Yet how did artists in the GDR critically scrutinize themselves and their own art when their prescribed role was to represent the interests of the state? The pertinent essays and outstanding reproductions in this volume draw a comprehensive picture of art in the GDR from a new and knowledge-enhancing perspective"--
Book details
- Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 279
- ISBN
- 9783791356952
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