Re-Connect: Art and Conflict in Brotherland

Name: Re-Connect: Art and Conflict in Brotherland
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783777441139
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Re-Connect: Art and Conflict in Brotherland explores the experiences of foreign artists from socialist brother countries who studied and created art in the GDR. It delves into topics such as the cultural diplomacy of the GDR, employment conditions for contract workers, and the challenges posed by taboo racism. The book brings to light overlooked artworks and narratives from countries like Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, and Uruguay, offering new perspectives on immigration and reunification through the eyes of East German migrants.
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This volume will appeal to readers interested in arts and culture, contemporary history, migration studies, and the legacy of the GDR's cultural policies.

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Transnational artistic creation has become a matter of course in our globalised world. But what did migrant art production look like in the GDR? The volume highlights, among other things, the cultural diplomacy of the GDR and its effects, employment relationships of contract workers, and taboo racism.

Foreign artists from the socialist brother countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, or Uruguay studied at the art academies of the GDR. What became of them, and why are they not mentioned in retrospectives on GDR art? Their works are now the centre of attention. At the same time, the history of immigration and the memory of reunification are told from the perspective of East German migrants.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777441139

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 August 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 160 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Marcus Andrew Hurttig
Edited by Sithara Weeratunga

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 195.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 1100g

Pages: 320

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Marcus Andrew Hurttig has been curator for modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig since 2017.

Sithara Weeratunga has been curator for diversity at the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig since 2019 as part of the 360° funding program of the German Federal Cultural Foundation.