Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Culture And Art In Cold War Hungary

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Synopsis
In the fall of 1956, Hungarians led a successful rebellion against Soviet control. How-ever, after only ten days of freedom, the uprising was brutally crushed, and the Soviet-aligned minister Janos Kadar assumed power. Focusing on the Kadar era (1956-89), this publication explores the political reforms and artistic experimentations under the regime's authoritarian cultural policy: promote, tolerate, ban. Artists who complied with ideological mandates were financed by the state; those who didn't could exhibit, but they received no monetary support; other artists were forced into exile. Paintings, sculptures, photographs, posters, advertisements, mail art, and underground samizdat literature illustrate the diverse modern art forms and radical aesthetics created during this time. The book provides context for the vibrant debates behind the production of Cold War art and culture in Socialist Hungary and closes with the personal account of one of its main protagonists, the exiled Hungarian artist and critic Geza Perneczky. Promote, Tolerate, Ban showcases art and cultural artifacts from the Getty Research Institute, the Wende Museum of the Cold War, and public and private archives in Budapest.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
ISBN-13:
9781606065396
Publisher:
Getty Publications
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Cristina Cuevas-Wolf, Isotta Poggi, Katalin Cseh-Varga, Dávid Fehér, Steven Mansbach, Géza Perneczky, Tibor Valuch
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Darren Ingram
Proofread By:
Sharon Bothwell
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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