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Book SynopsisThe fourth volume of the chronological documentation of the MUSA, Museum Start Gallery Artothek’s collection, is dedicated to the 1980s. This comprehensive and richly illustrated catalog of works provides insight into the art movements as well as the cultural life of this decade in Austria. The fourth volume of MUSA's history of collecting is dedicated to the 1980s. This phase of the hotly debated “postmodernism” is marked by the emergence of the art market that initially focused on “Neue Wilde” male-dominated painting. But the great attention paid to this international trend can be easily overlooked due to other trends that were emerging at the same time. The geometric abstraction of “Neue Geometrie” or “Neo Geo” was considered an alternative to the expressive tendencies in figurative painting, the dematerialization of art is another notable trend, and photography regains prominence for the first time since 1945. Concept and new media also play an important role, as does the computer, which begins to take on significance as a visual arts tool. Many artists were leading contributors to all of these fields
Table of ContentsBrigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer / Berthold Ecker: Nach der Moderne? Siegfried Mattl: Vergnügliche Apathie. Prägungen der 1980er Jahre Dieter Ronte: Austria 80. In dubio pro arte Wolfgang Hilger: Von Niederösterreich nach Wien - Eine Übersiedlung Burghart Schmidt: Was war da mit der Postmoderne? Rückblick auf ein Verwirrspiel Wolfgang Drechsler: Eine neue Malerei? Gabriela Nagler: Neo Geo - Kalter Krieg Silvia Aigner: Postmediale Skulptur und Objektkunst in Österreich Petra Unger: Die Repräsentation des Weiblichen - Künstlerinnen der 80er Jahre. Versuch einer Annäherung Timm Starl: "Der Stand der Dinge. Österreich". Szenerien und Inszenierungen künstlerischer Fotografie der 1980er Jahre "Die 1980er Jahre waren das Ende der analogen Welt". Gespräch zwischen Romana Scheffknecht und Patricia Grzonka Julia Danielczyk: "Am Ende der Ordnung der Welt". Österreichische Literatur der 1980er Jahre Katalog Werkverzeichnis Impressum
