Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe

Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe is the latest publication in Black Dog Publishing’s critically acclaimed ARTWORLD series. ARTWORLD provides an indispensible point of reference for students, academics, and anyone wishing to learn more about contemporary art around the world. Each volume in the series is a comprehensive survey dedicated to the eponymous region, and encompasses artists working in different media. Fully illustrated and with contributions from specialists in the field, ARTWORLD is a significant and authoritative collection.  

Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe is an unabashed exploration of the most significant art being produced in Eastern Europe from 1960s to today, and features the work of artists, curators and critics from over 19 nations including Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Russia.  

The Iron Curtain and the antagonisms of the Cold War era have often kept the art of Eastern Europe hidden from the public eye. Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe is a gung-ho volume that evinces the explosive and compelling work of artists living and working in the region in a period of social, political and cultural tension.  

Rousing, informative, and challenging, this rich anthology includes full colour illustrations, essays from celebrated writers in the field, and profiles the most influential artists in Eastern Europe today, including Marina Abramoviç, Goshka Macuga, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Zofia Kulik, Komar and Melamid, IRWIN, Natalia LL, Mirosław Bałka, NSK, Pavel Pepperstein, Paweł Althamer and Robert Kuśmirowski.  

Featuring artists working in a range of modes, from painting and installation to photography and performance, Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe is an essential compendium for anyone with an interest in the global art scene.  

Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe follows on from Contemporary Art in Latin America and Contemporary Art in the Middle East, in Black Dog Publishing’s ARTWORLD series. Next in the series, releasing in Spring 2011, is Contemporary Art in North America.  

August 2010 
Hardback 240 pages 
213 colour and b/w ills 
28 x 23 cm / 9 x 11 in 
ISBN: 978 1 906155 84 1
UK: £29.95
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