{"product_id":"9781784533144","title":"Antipolitics in Central European Art : Reticence as Dissidence Under Post-totalitarian Rule 1956-1989","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAntipolitics in Central European Art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Klara Kemp-Welch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this bold book Klara Kemp-Welch offers a compelling account of the way\u003cbr\u003ethat artists in Central Europe embraced alternative forms of action-based\u003cbr\u003epractice, just as their dissident counterparts were formulating alternative\u003cbr\u003emodels of politics - in particular an `antipolitics' of self organization.\u003cbr\u003eSpanning a period punctuated by landmark events - the crushing of the 1956\u003cbr\u003eHungarian Revolution, the invasion of Czechoslavakia in 1968 and the birth\u003cbr\u003eof the Polish Solidarity movement - while presenting powerful new readings\u003cbr\u003eof six key artists, Antipolitics in Central European Art anchors art historical\u003cbr\u003eanalysis to a robust historical framework. Its rich illustrations reveal how\u003cbr\u003ethose artists struggled to enjoy freedom of expression and reclaim public\u003cbr\u003espace inside a political system where both seemed impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781784533144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40678627737806,"sku":"9781784533144","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781784533144","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}