LEADER 04580oam 22009374a 450 001 9910963317103321 005 20240505224810.0 010 $a9781526114396 010 $a1526114399 010 $a9781526124074 010 $a1526124076 010 $a9781526114389 010 $a1526114380 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526114389 035 $a(CKB)3710000001176807 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4841805 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001721789 035 $a(OCoLC)982958052 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77775 035 $a(DE-B1597)659054 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526114389 035 $a(Perlego)1525790 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001176807 100 $a20170613d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-garde$eThe journey of the ?painterly real', 1987?2004 /$fAngela Harutyunyan 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aManchester :$cManchester University Press$d2017. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2019 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (202 pages) 225 0 $aRethinking Art's Histories 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 08$a9781526139368 311 08$a1526139367 311 08$a9780719089534 311 08$a0719089530 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 268-278) and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 8 $aThis book addresses late-Soviet and post-Soviet art in Armenia in the context of turbulent transformations from the late 1980s to 2004. It explores the emergence of 'contemporary art' in Armenia from within and in opposition to the practices, aesthetics and institutions of Socialist Realism and National Modernism. This historical study outlines the politics (liberal democracy), aesthetics (autonomous art secured by the gesture of the individual artist), and ethics (ideals of absolute freedom and radical individualism) of contemporary art in Armenia and points towards its limitations. Through the historical investigation, a theory of post-Soviet art historiography is developed, one that is based on a dialectic of rupture and continuity in relation to the Soviet past. As the first English-language study on contemporary art in Armenia, the book is of prime interest for artists, scholars, curators and critics interested in post-Soviet art and culture and in global art historiography. 410 0$aRethinking art's histories. 606 $aPolitics and government$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01919741 606 $aAvant-garde (Aesthetics)$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00824280 606 $aArt$xPolitical aspects$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00815309 606 $aArt, Armenian$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00815945 606 $aArt$xPolitical aspects$zArmenia (Republic) 606 $aAvant-garde (Aesthetics)$zArmenia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aArt, Armenian$y20th century 607 $aArmenia$2fast 607 $aArmenia (Republic)$2fast 607 $aArmenia (Republic)$xPolitics and government 608 $aHistory. 610 $aaesthetics. 610 $aautonomy. 610 $aavant-garde. 610 $acontinuity. 610 $alate Soviet. 610 $aliberal democracy. 610 $apost-Soviet. 610 $arupture. 610 $a'contemporary art'. 610 $a'painterly real'. 615 7$aPolitics and government. 615 7$aAvant-garde (Aesthetics) 615 7$aArt$xPolitical aspects. 615 7$aArt, Armenian. 615 7$aArt$xPolitical aspects 615 7$aAvant-garde (Aesthetics)$xHistory 615 7$aArt, Armenian 676 $a700.411 700 $aHarutyunyan$b Angela$01806766 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963317103321 996 $aThe political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-garde$94356128 997 $aUNINA