German art collections and exhibits since 1989: the legacy of the GDR

Osmond, Jonathan Paul 2011. German art collections and exhibits since 1989: the legacy of the GDR. German Monitor , pp. 215-236.

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Abstract

This chapter examines several pivotal exhibitions of GDR art that took place within Germany around the turn of the twenty-first century. Unification has occasioned a thorough reappraisal of the German visual art tradition, partly because of the practical problems of reintegrating public collections, but also extending to broader questions about figurative and historical art. Naturally, this raises questions about the modes of presenting art in the twenty-first century, particularly in light of the two German dictatorships of the last century. Should the cultural products of a forty-year period – which had always maintained strong connections with their earlier German ‘heritage’ – be subsumed into longer-term narratives, set apart as historical curiosities of little aesthetic value, or removed altogether?

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D901 Europe (General) N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Additional Information:	Published in issue 'Art outside the lines. New perspectives on GDR art culture.' Edited by Elaine Kelly and Amy Wlodarski
Publisher:	Rodopi
ISSN:	0927-1910
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	22 May 2023 11:09
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33150

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