Agents of Abstraction

Ana Ofak

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Sternberg Press
26 November 2019

Art & design styles: Postmodernism

The aesthetics of a non-Soviet form of socialism, drafted by four Yugoslav artists in the 1950s.

As the cold war gained momentum in Europe, Tito's break with Stalin led to Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Eastern bloc in 1948. Confronted with this new reality, the Yugoslav government decided to bridge the indeterminacy of its cultural politics through a creative strategy- it commissioned young artists and architects to draft the aesthetics of a non-Soviet form of socialism. Agents of Abstraction frames the liaison of socialist cultural politics and modernist artistic practice by interlinking ideas of decentralization, experiments in state-funded arts and architecture, nonrepresentational forms, and self-reliance. The cultural and geopolitical contexts are accompanied by rare visual material, much of which appears in print for the first time.

By: Ana Ofak
Imprint: Sternberg Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 267mm, Width: 191mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9783956794575
ISBN 10: 3956794575
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 26 November 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ana Ofak is a Berlin- and Zagreb-based historian of culture and media specialized in visual cultures of the sciences and the arts.

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Agents of Abstraction

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