Geschlossene Gesellschaft : künstlerische Fotografie in der DDR 1949-1989 = The shuttered society : art photography in the GDR 1949-1989 /
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Imprint: | Bielefeld : Kerber, c2012. |
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Description: | 350 p. : ill. (some color) ; 28 cm |
Language: | English German |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8934678 |
Summary: | How did free art photography express itself under the authoritarian conditions prevailing in the former East Germany (GDR)? And how did it change over the decades?This exhibition catalogue features a total of 33 selected photographers who show how, despite numerous obstacles, free art photography did exist and critically reflected social conditions.The selected positions convey the most important threads of development: montage and experimentation, documentary perspective and social reportage and the work of young newcomers in the 1980s.Published to accompany the exhibition Künstlerische Fotografie in der DDR 1949--1989 at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin,4 October 2012 -- 28 January 2013.English and German text. |
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Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Oct. 4, 2012-Jan. 28, 2013. |
Physical Description: | 350 p. : ill. (some color) ; 28 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9783866786882 3866786883 |