{"product_id":"socially-engaged-art-after-socialism-9781350276680","title":"Socially Engaged Art after Socialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIzabel Galliera\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of Art \u0026amp; Design at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, USA. Her research has been published in the Journal of Curatorial Studies and appears in the forthcoming collections \u003ci\u003eCollaborating Now: Art in the Twenty First Century\u003c\/i\u003e  (2016) and \u003ci\u003eRedefining Creativity: Multi-Layered Collaborations in Art and Art Historical Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocially Engaged Art after Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of the important new forms of socially engaged art that emerged in Central and Eastern Europe following the demise of the USSR. Its publication represents an important intervention in the emerging critical and theoretical debate around socially engaged art, and will allow us to further broaden the geopolitical scope of this important research. * Grant Kester, Professor of Art History, University of California, San Diego, USA and author of 'Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Acknowledgements    Introduction 1. Points of Contention: Socially Engaged Art Practice in Contemporary Theory  2. Civil Society, and Social, Cultural and Political Capital 3. Historical Antecedents: Participatory Art under Socialism, 1956–89    PART I FROM SECOND SOCIETY TO CIVIL SOCIETY   4. Civil Society in a Period of Post-Socialist Transition  5. Antipolitics: Exhibitions at the Soros Centres for Contemporary Art 6. Sofia: Participatory Public Art and Emerging Contemporary Art Institutions    PART II FROM LOCALIZED PUBLIC SITES TO EU TRANSNATIONAL PUBLIC SPHERES  7. Place-Making: Framing Art in Public Spaces Curatorially 8. Representing Counterpublics in Bucharest, Budapest and Sofia 9. Contesting the Politics of Belonging in the Post-1989 EU Community  PART III INSTITUTIONALIZED AND INSTITUTIONALIZING   10. Institutionalized Community Arts Programmes  11. Big Hope: Reviving Leftist Activism in Budapest 12. Self-Institutionalizing as Political Agency   Conclusion    Notes  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407529353559,"sku":"9781350276680","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350276680.jpg?v=1730499682","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/socially-engaged-art-after-socialism-9781350276680","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}