Abstract

A review of Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology edited by Ana Janevski and Roxana Marcoci, detailing the contributions the volume has made to the field of contemporary Eastern European art history as well as its present-day relevance.

Highlights

  • Published in 2018, it is the ninth volume in the ‘Primary Documents’ series of critical anthologies compiled by the curators at the Museum of Modern Art

  • Junctions volume 4 issue 2 publication, East Art Map, Eastern Europe lacks the ‘transparent structures organizing the kind of referential system for the art-historically significant events, artifacts, and artists that would be accepted and respected outside the borders of a given country’ (IRWIN 2006, 11)

  • Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe compiles sources that originally appeared in over a dozen languages, which in itself is a significant contribution to the field

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Introduction

Published in 2018, it is the ninth volume in the ‘Primary Documents’ series of critical anthologies compiled by the curators at the Museum of Modern Art. The volume encompasses seventy-five texts and includes essays, interviews, proposals, and statements. Junctions volume 4 issue 2 publication, East Art Map, Eastern Europe lacks the ‘transparent structures organizing the kind of referential system for the art-historically significant events, artifacts, and artists that would be accepted and respected outside the borders of a given country’ (IRWIN 2006, 11).

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