Piotr Piotrowski's new book describes the evolution of the art world in Eastern Europe in the post-Cold War era and the rise of democracy
Agoraphilia is, according to Piotr Piotrowski, a key term in the analysis of artistic culture in Europe following the Cold War and the collapse of communism. In his latest book, the author describes the artistic processes of those individuals whose ambition was (and continues to be) to participate in the creation of democracy. The analysis is carried out both in a historical perspective in relation to an artistic tradition of this part of Europe before 1989, as well as with regard to synchronous experience versus cultural experience of different countries of the former Eastern Bloc.
This is not a systematic historical and artistic essay, but rather a study of specific phenomena arranged in a compact proposal, relating to the vision of art history during the times of transition. Specific analysis of issues is undertaken, such as: artistic topography, gender, bio-politics, memory, the pressure of nationalism, political censorship, new museums, etc - preceded by an attempt to clean up the area of theoretical research, centred around a multi-dimensional understanding of the year 1989 in the study of art history.
The book is a continuation of the author's previous publication: Awangardy w cieniu Jałty" / "The Avant-garde in the shadow of Yalta.
Piotr Piotrowskiis an art history professor, head of the History of Modern Art at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. He is Vice-President of the Polish Section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). In the years 1992-1997, he was curator of the Contemporary Art Gallery at the National Museum in Poznań, in 2009-2010 the director of the National Museum in Warsaw. He is a laureatre of the Jerzy Stajuda Art Criticism Award and the Igor Zabel Award.
- Piotr Piotrowski"Agorafilia. Sztuka i demokracja w postkomunistycznej Europie"
Wydawnictwo Rebis, Poznań 2010
Format: 170 x 240 mm, Hardcover
ISBN: 978-83-7510-551-3