Art outside the lines : new perspectives on GDR art culture / edited by Elaine Kelly and Amy Wlodarski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kelly, Elaine, editor.

Wlodarski, Amy Lynn, editor.

Series:

German monitor ; 0927-1910. no. 74, (NL-LeOCL)088987256.

German monitor, 0927-1910 ; no. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, German--Germany (East).

Arts, German.

Arts--Political aspects--Germany (East).

Arts.

Arts--Political aspects.

Music.

Art, German.

Germany (East).

Art, German--Germany (East).

Art and state--Germany (East).

Art and state.

Music--Germany (East)--History and criticism.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

278 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.

Summary:

This work demonstrates that socialism and art do not necessarily have to be in opposition, at least in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Contributors are academics in art, music, art history, and museum studies, as well as museum and gallery professionals working in Europe and the US. They question the validity of current frameworks that preference Western aesthetics as a universal norm against which the GDR appears as a deviation. The first part of the book explores multiple discourses that have shaped the production and reception of art in the public sphere of the GDR, looking at audience-oriented media such as murals, film, and public monuments. Essays in part 2 place East German art in dialogue with the West and explore influences that transcend the ideological divisions of the Cold War. Part 3 evaluates GDR music on its own terms, and part 4 examines practical issues of dealing with housing and exhibiting the legacy of the GDR's visual arts since the fall of the Wall. The book is illustrated with b&w and color photos of installations and works of art. Kelly teaches music at Edinburgh University. Wlodarski teaches music at Dickinson College. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / Elaine Kelly, Amy Wlodarski

Public confrontations of GDR art. In the crucible: Bernard Heisig and the Hotel Deutschland murals / April A. Eisman ; The invisible uprising: filmmaking and East Germany's 'Day X' / Skyler J. Arndt-Briggs ; Quid pro quo: assessing the value of Berlin's Thälmann monument / Kristine Nielsen

Internationalism and GDR art. Beyond socialist realism: alternative painting in Dresden / Sigrid Hofer ; Reading transnationally: the GDR and American black writers / Sara Lennox ; The legacy of GDR directors on the post-Wende opera stage / Joy H. Calico

Alternative musical voices. Music and discourse / Matthias Tischer ; Gender discourse and musical life in the GDR / Nina Noeske ; 'Monopol der Diskussion?': alternative voices in the Verband Deutscher Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler / Laura Silverberg

Curating the GDR. German art collections and exhibits since 1989: the legacy of the GDR / Jonathan Osmond ; Re-introducing GDR art to Germany: the Kunstfonds in Dresden / Silke Wagler ; 'GDR on the Pacific': (re)presenting East Germany in Los Angeles / Justinian Jampol.

Notes:

Many of the essays in this vol. were solicited from the conference Reconsidering the role of the arts in the German Democratic Republic, held in 2007 at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789042033412

904203341X

9789401200400

9401200408

OCLC:

728255633