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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Elaine., Editor.

Contributor:

Kelly, Elaine.

Wlodarski, Amy Lynn.

Series:

German monitor ; no. 74.

German monitor ; no. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, German--Germany (East)--20th century.

Art, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of East German art, film, literature, music, and museum studies, seeks to renegotiate the artistic legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Combining a range of theoretical and practical perspectives, the volume challenges the narrow frameworks of totalitarianism and Ostalgie that have dominated discussions of art produced in the GDR. It explores the diversity of art produced in the state and contests the long-held perception that socialist realism and artistic innovation were mutually exclusive. Crucially, the collection puts art itself to the fore; GDR art is considered not simply as a political by-product, as is so often the case, but as an entity of innovation and aesthetic value in its own right.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors Art Outside the Lines

Introduction / Elaine Kelly and Amy Wlodarski

In the Crucible: Bernhard 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

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

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

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

Select Bibliography / Editors Art Outside the Lines

Notes on Contributors / Editors Art Outside the Lines

Index / Editors Art Outside the Lines.

Notes:

Many of the essays in this volume 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:

1-283-16225-3

9786613162250

94-012-0040-8

OCLC:

742583979

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401200400 DOI

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access