Was socialist realism global? : modernism, soc-modernism, socially engaged figuration /

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Meeting name:What Are Our Genealogies? Engaged Figurations: Realism, Socialist Realism and Soc-Modernism in a Global Perspective (Conference) (2021 : Online)
Imprint:[Warsaw] : Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, 2023.
©2023
Description:338 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm + 1 art reproduction (10.5 x 15 cm)
Language:English
Series:The museum under construction books series ; no 21
Museum under construction ; no. 21.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13507475
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Other authors / contributors:Lipska, Magda, editor, contributor.
Słodkowski, Piotr, editor, contributor.
Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, organizer, publisher.
ISBN:8393381835
9788393381838
Notes:Contributions documenting a conference, What Are Our Genealogies? Engaged Figurations: Realism, Socialist Realism and Soc-Modernism in a Global Perspective, organized at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw in April and May 2021, held online in five weekly sessions. An additional contribution by Ukrainian art historian Yevheniia Moliar was invited for this book. The accompanying art reproduction (postcard-sized), Alla Gorska, Tree of Life (Дерево Життя), 1967, mosaic, Mariupol, Ukraine (now destroyed), photo: Yevhen Nikiforov, courtesy of Yevheniia Moliar, is related to her contribution.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Was Socialist Realism Global? Modernism, Soc-Modernism, Socially Engaged Figuration seeks new perspectives both on socialist realism in a strict sense and on aspects of politically and socially engaged art of the twentieth century that employed broadly understood figuration. Contributors to the volume shed light on the genealogy of figuration, demonstrating its continuity, evolution, and transformation in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Soviet Russia prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, reflecting on the ties between politics, nationalism, realism, and modernism. They also relate socialist art and socialist realism from Europe (both Western and Eastern) to analogous artistic practices in China, Ethiopia, Mexico, Vietnam, and beyond."--Page 4 of cover.