Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook309 pages6 hours
The Green Bloc: Neo-avant-garde Art and Ecology under Socialism
By Maja Fowkes
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Unavailable in your country
Unavailable in your country
About this ebook
Expanding the horizon of established accounts of Central European art under socialism, this book uncovers the neglected history of artistic engagement with the natural environment in the Eastern Bloc.
The turbulent legacy of 1968, which saw the confluence of political upheaval, spread of counterculture, rise of ecological consciousness, and emergence of global conceptual art, provides the setting for Maja Fowkes’s innovative reassessment of the environmental practice of the Central European neo-avant-garde. Focussing on artists and artist groups whose ecological dimension has rarely been considered, including the Pécs Workshop from Hungary, OHO in Slovenia, TOK in Croatia, Rudolf Sikora in Slovakia, and the Czech artist Petr Štembera,
'The Green Bloc: Neo-avant-garde Art and Ecology under Socialism' brings to light an array of distinctive approaches to nature, from attempts to raise environmental awareness among socialist citizens to the exploration of non-anthropocentric positions and the quest for cosmological existence in the midst of red ideology. Embedding artistic production in social, political, and environmental histories of the region, this book reveals the Central European artists’ sophisticated relationship to nature, at the precise moment when ecological crisis was first apprehended on a planetary scale.
The turbulent legacy of 1968, which saw the confluence of political upheaval, spread of counterculture, rise of ecological consciousness, and emergence of global conceptual art, provides the setting for Maja Fowkes’s innovative reassessment of the environmental practice of the Central European neo-avant-garde. Focussing on artists and artist groups whose ecological dimension has rarely been considered, including the Pécs Workshop from Hungary, OHO in Slovenia, TOK in Croatia, Rudolf Sikora in Slovakia, and the Czech artist Petr Štembera,
'The Green Bloc: Neo-avant-garde Art and Ecology under Socialism' brings to light an array of distinctive approaches to nature, from attempts to raise environmental awareness among socialist citizens to the exploration of non-anthropocentric positions and the quest for cosmological existence in the midst of red ideology. Embedding artistic production in social, political, and environmental histories of the region, this book reveals the Central European artists’ sophisticated relationship to nature, at the precise moment when ecological crisis was first apprehended on a planetary scale.
Unavailable
Author
Maja Fowkes
Dr. Maja Fowkes is Co-Director of the Translocal Institute for Contemporary Art, Budapest. She is the author of several books, including River Ecologies: Contemporary Art and Environmental Humanities on the Danube (2015) and Loophole to Happiness (2011).
Related to The Green Bloc
Related ebooks
Transition in Post-Soviet Art: The Collective Actions Group Before and After 1989 The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBalkan Family Structure and the European Pattern: Demographic Developments in Ottoman Bulgaria Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Legacy of Division: East and West after 1989 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe New Vision: Fundamentals of Bauhaus Design, Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Long Détente: Changing Concepts of Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1950s–1980s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn Stage: The theatrical dimension of video imaged Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBosslet Chisme-Heavy Duty Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModernism: Representations of National Culture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLabor in State-Socialist Europe, 1945–1989: Contributions to a History of Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVisual Arts in Cameroon: A Genealogy of Non-formal Training 1976-2014 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRationalizing Culture: IRCAM, Boulez, and the Institutionalization of the Musical Avant-Garde Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Utopian Horizons: Ideology, Politics, Literature Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYugoslavia's Sunny Side: A History of Tourism in Socialism (1950s–1980s) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invisible Shining: The Cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 19451956 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmotions in History – Lost and Found Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTransatlantic Central Europe: Contesting Geography and Redifining Culture beyond the Nation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSituating Global Art: Topologies - Temporalities - Trajectories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStaging the Past: Themed Environments in Transcultural Perspectives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThinking through Transition: Liberal Democracy, Authoritarian Pasts, and Intellectual History in East Central Europe After 1989 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCastle and Cathedral: Longing for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmerging Affinities - Possible Futures of Performative Arts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAstonish Me!: First Nights That Changed the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ecstatic Quotidian: Phenomenological Sightings in Modern Art and Literature Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBauhaus X IKEA: Legacies of Modernism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDecentering Musical Modernity: Perspectives on East Asian and European Music History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Self-fulfilment to Survival of the Fittest: Work in European Cinema from the 1960s to the Present Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPop Music, Media and Youth Cultures: From the Beat Revolution to the Bit Generation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEntangled Paths Toward Modernity: Contextualizing Socialism and Nationalism in the Balkans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Companion to Ezra Pound's Economics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Art For You
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5And The Mountains Echoed Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5How to Draw and Paint Anatomy, All New 2nd Edition: Creating Lifelike Humans and Realistic Animals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art 101: From Vincent van Gogh to Andy Warhol, Key People, Ideas, and Moments in the History of Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Botanical Drawing: A Step-By-Step Guide to Drawing Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and Other Plant Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lioness of Boston: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Electric State Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Designer's Dictionary of Color Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shakespeare: The World as Stage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Drawing School: Fundamentals for the Beginner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
John Gossage - Episode 66: A Photography Visual Arts Podcast 0% found this document usefulUmberto Eco: Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Umberto Eco 0% found this document usefulStuart Elden, "The Early Foucault" (Polity Press, 2021): An interview with Stuart Elden 0% found this document usefulA brush with... Oscar Murillo: An in-depth conversation about the Colombian-born artist's life and work 0% found this document usefulA brush with... Matthew Krishanu 0% found this document useful93 - Virtuoso Guitarist Andreas Kapsalis on Travel, Life, and Music 0% found this document useful
Related articles
On Essence ArtAsiaPacificArticle
On Essence
Jul 4, 2022
4 min readUp Close ArtAsiaPacificArticle
Up Close
Mar 3, 2022
3 min readSpring Break Contemporary Art at Christchurch Art Gallery Art New ZealandArticle
Spring Break Contemporary Art at Christchurch Art Gallery
Feb 29, 2024
6 min read10 local Goes Global VisiArticle
10 local Goes Global
Sep 29, 2023
5 min read2021 Festival of Landscape Architecture Landscape Architecture AustraliaArticle
2021 Festival of Landscape Architecture
Jan 30, 2022
5 min readJónsi Hrafntinna (obsidian), And Jean-luc Moulène And Teams Artist ProfileArticle
Jónsi Hrafntinna (obsidian), And Jean-luc Moulène And Teams
Mar 7, 2024
4 min readMotions of This Kind: Propositions and Problems of Belatedness ArtAsiaPacificArticle
Motions of This Kind: Propositions and Problems of Belatedness
Jul 1, 2019
2 min readExhibitions Art New ZealandArticle
Exhibitions
Feb 26, 2021
10 min readIsland Imperatives The Second Honolulu Biennial Art New ZealandArticle
Island Imperatives The Second Honolulu Biennial
May 17, 2019
5 min readREBIRTH IS NECESSARY Neither Without The Other Artist ProfileArticle
REBIRTH IS NECESSARY Neither Without The Other
Mar 1, 2022
4 min readTyrell & Thompson Art New ZealandArticle
Tyrell & Thompson
Aug 14, 2020
5 min readOceanic Architectural Routes: The photographic archive of Mike Austin Architecture NZArticle
Oceanic Architectural Routes: The photographic archive of Mike Austin
Mar 9, 2023
3 min read& Words Art New ZealandArticle
& Words
Aug 14, 2020
6 min readUrban Chaos Memory ArtAsiaPacificArticle
Urban Chaos Memory
May 10, 2023
HONG KONG Tiny, charcoal-gray human figures shuffle toward the center of a white landscape from all directions of a three-meter-wide screen. In the top left corner, the hands of an analog clock sweep forward relentlessly as these figures gather in th
4 min read21st Biennale Of Sydney ArtAsiaPacificArticle
21st Biennale Of Sydney
May 1, 2018
5 min readFloating Land Us And Them Artist ProfileArticle
Floating Land Us And Them
May 25, 2023
3 min readSavanhdary Vongpoothorn Artist ProfileArticle
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn
Aug 23, 2023
3 min readRuth Buchanan ArtAsiaPacificArticle
Ruth Buchanan
May 1, 2020
4 min read59th Venice Biennale ArtAsiaPacificArticle
59th Venice Biennale
Mar 3, 2022
4 min read41 Thinker Of The Present ArtAsiaPacificArticle
41 Thinker Of The Present
Sep 2, 2021
6 min readIntimate Resistance Artist ProfileArticle
Intimate Resistance
Mar 7, 2024
13 min readDossier/read Design AnthologyArticle
Dossier/read
Dec 13, 2021
(Thames & Hudson) The recent opening of M+ in Hong Kong was a landmark occasion for a variety of reasons. More than a decade in the making, the museum presents an innovative approach in its aim to catalogue visual culture. This means that in addition
4 min readThe 9th Asia Pacific Triennial Of Contemporary Art ArtAsiaPacificArticle
The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial Of Contemporary Art
Mar 1, 2019
As I wandered recently through a major Western art museum, a creeping numbness set in. After yet another eyeful of paintings by the usual, male, blue-chip names, I put my finger on it: I was over it. The predictability. The patriarchal dominance. The
2 min readSetting the Agenda Art New ZealandArticle
Setting the Agenda
Aug 11, 2022
7 min readNgatu Led Me North Art New ZealandArticle
Ngatu Led Me North
Aug 13, 2021
6 min readMika Utzon Popov Artist ProfileArticle
Mika Utzon Popov
May 25, 2023
5 min read17th Istanbul Biennial ArtAsiaPacificArticle
17th Istanbul Biennial
Nov 4, 2022
5 min readSampling the Future ArtichokeArticle
Sampling the Future
Mar 6, 2022
2 min readMemorialist Of The Migrant Odyssey Art New ZealandArticle
Memorialist Of The Migrant Odyssey
Aug 16, 2019
9 min readBodies That Matter ArtAsiaPacificArticle
Bodies That Matter
Jan 2, 2022
If in the first year of the pandemic, we collectively learned the compromised adequacy of remote communication, in a strange inversion, the openings in the second year afforded opportunities to re-learn, and enjoy, personal interaction again. Returni
3 min read
Related categories
Reviews for The Green Bloc
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews