04580oam 22009374a 450 991096331710332120240505224810.097815261143961526114399978152612407415261240769781526114389152611438010.7765/9781526114389(CKB)3710000001176807(MiAaPQ)EBC4841805(StDuBDS)EDZ0001721789(OCoLC)982958052(MdBmJHUP)muse77775(DE-B1597)659054(DE-B1597)9781526114389(Perlego)1525790(EXLCZ)99371000000117680720170613d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-gardeThe journey of the ‘painterly real', 1987–2004 /Angela Harutyunyan1st ed.Manchester :Manchester University Press2017.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2019©2017.1 online resource (202 pages)Rethinking Art's HistoriesPreviously issued in print: 2017.9781526139368 1526139367 9780719089534 0719089530 Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-278) and index.Cover -- The political aesthetics of the Armenianavant-garde -- Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Between the ideal and a hard place: the conceptual horizons of the avant-garde in Armenia -- 2 The 'painterly real' of contemporary art: resurrected ghosts, living heroes and saintly saviours on the 3rd Floor, 1987-9 4 -- 3 Suspending the 'painterly real': ACT's procedures of 'pure creation', 1993-96 -- 4 The revenge of the 'painterly real': national post-conceptualism, 1995-98 -- 5 The reign of the 'painterly real' and the politics of crisis, 1999-2004 -- Select bibliography -- Index.This book addresses late-Soviet and post-Soviet art in Armenia in the context of turbulent transformations from the late 1980s to 2004. It explores the emergence of 'contemporary art' in Armenia from within and in opposition to the practices, aesthetics and institutions of Socialist Realism and National Modernism. This historical study outlines the politics (liberal democracy), aesthetics (autonomous art secured by the gesture of the individual artist), and ethics (ideals of absolute freedom and radical individualism) of contemporary art in Armenia and points towards its limitations. Through the historical investigation, a theory of post-Soviet art historiography is developed, one that is based on a dialectic of rupture and continuity in relation to the Soviet past. As the first English-language study on contemporary art in Armenia, the book is of prime interest for artists, scholars, curators and critics interested in post-Soviet art and culture and in global art historiography.Rethinking art's histories.Politics and governmentfast(OCoLC)fst01919741Avant-garde (Aesthetics)fast(OCoLC)fst00824280ArtPolitical aspectsfast(OCoLC)fst00815309Art, Armenianfast(OCoLC)fst00815945ArtPolitical aspectsArmenia (Republic)Avant-garde (Aesthetics)ArmeniaHistory20th centuryArt, Armenian20th centuryArmeniafastArmenia (Republic)fastArmenia (Republic)Politics and governmentHistory.aesthetics.autonomy.avant-garde.continuity.late Soviet.liberal democracy.post-Soviet.rupture.'contemporary art'.'painterly real'.Politics and government.Avant-garde (Aesthetics)ArtPolitical aspects.Art, Armenian.ArtPolitical aspectsAvant-garde (Aesthetics)HistoryArt, Armenian700.411Harutyunyan Angela1806766MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910963317103321The political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-garde4356128UNINA