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Auteur(s) : Eisman, April A. (1972-....)
Titre(s) : Bernhard Heisig and the fight for modern art in East Germany [Texte imprimé] / April A. Eisman
Publication : Rochester (N.Y.) : Camden House, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-264 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul. ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Lien à la collection : Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 187-254. Index
Texte remanié de : Ph. D : University of Pittsburgh : 2007. Titre de soutenance :
Bernhard Heisig and cultural politics in East Germany
East German studies today is thriving. Scholars have shown East Germany to be a complex
society where culture played an important, if contested, role in the making of the
socialist person. In English-language scholarship, however, the visual arts-and especially
painting-have been largely ignored, the result of the misperception that East German
art was little more than kitsch or propaganda. This book focuses on one of East Germany's
most successful artists as a point of entry into the vibrant art world of the "other"
Germany. In the 1980s, Bernhard Heisig (1925-2011) was praised on both sides of the
Berlin Wall for his neo-expressionist style and his commitment to German history and
art. Chancellor Helmut Kohl chose him to paint his official portrait, major museums
collected his work, and in 1989 he had a major solo exhibition in West Germany. After
unification, Heisig was a focal point in the Bilderstreit, a virulent debate over
what role East German art should play in the new Germany. Challenging current understandings
of Heisig and East German art, this book focuses on Heisig's little-known fight for
modern art in East Germany. Examining major debates of the 1960s, it shows the key
role he played in expanding the country's art from the limits of Soviet-style socialist
realism to a socialist modernism that later gained recognition in the West
Sujet(s) : Heisig, Bernhard (1925-2011) -- Critique et interprétation
Genre ou forme : Thèses et écrits académiques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 164014031X. - ISBN 9781640140318 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45594510j
Notice n° :
FRBNF45594510
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Table des matières : Introduction : Why Heisig matters ; From the Nazi past to the Cold War present
; Art for an educated nation ; Against the wall : murals, modern art, and controversy
; The contentious emergence of the "Leipzig school" ; Portraying workers and revolutionaries
; Conclusion : The quintessential German artist.
