Angela Harutyunyan

The political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-garde

The journey of the 'painterly real', 1987-2004

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Produktbeschreibung

Sheds light on artistic production and the emergence of contemporary art in Armenia from the ruins of the socialist utopian project and the failure to realise the romanticised consumerism of the capitalist West.

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Produktdetails

• Rethinking Art's Histories
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9781526139368
• ISBN-10: 1526139367
• Artikelnr.: 54338643

Autorenporträt

Angela Harutyunyan is Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory at the American University of Beirut.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Between the ideal and a hard place: the conceptual horizons of the avant
garde in Armenia 2 The 'painterly real' of contemporary art: resurrected ghosts, living heroes and saintly saviours on the 3rd Floor, 1987
94 3 Suspending the 'painterly real': ACT's procedures of pure creation, 1993
6 4 The revenge of the painterly: national post
conceptualism, 1995
8 5 The reign of the 'painterly real' and the politics of crisis, 1999
2004 Index