Behind the mask
Subtitle: artists in the GDR
By: a publication series by the Museum Barberini ; edited by Ortrud Westheider and Michael Philipp ; exhibition, Valerie Hortolani, Michael Philipp ; with contributions by Susanne Altmann [and 8 others]
Contributors: Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9783791356952
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: German Art; Modern Art; Exhibitions; Artists
Description: "Behind the mask : artists in the GDR focuses on the wide variety of artistic self-staging in the GDR, between public and private, prescribed collectivism and creative individuality. The intention of the GDR's official state art was to exert political influence and this resulted in ideological entanglements that have been examined in numerous publications and exhibitions in recent years. Yet how did artists in the GDR critically scrutinize themselves and their own art when their prescribed role was to represent the interests of the state? The pertinent essays and outstanding reproductions in this volume draw a comprehensive picture of art in the GDR from a new and knowledge-enhancing perspective"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-276).

"This catalog is published in conjunction with the exhibition Behind the Mask: Artists in the GDR, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, October 29, 2017 to February 4, 2018"--Colophon.
Table of contents: title: Individuality and historicity : artists in the GDR / Michael Philipp; title: Self-portraits and alter egos : styling the artist in the GDR / Valerie Hortolani; title: Art production in the plural : collectives and collectivity in the GDR / Petra Lange-Berndt; title: Adaption and transformation : GDR artists view older masters / Carolin Quermann; title: Inside, outside, and me : the artist's studio in the GDR / Martin Schieder; title: Catalog of exhibited works. Portraits of painters : artists and their roles / Anja Tack ; Reflections : unobstructed access to the self / Angelika Veißbach ; Images of communities : groups and collectives / Valerie Hortolani ; Experiments with form : abstraction and autonomy / Susanne Altmann ; Claims on inheritance : role models and references / Michael Philipp ; Creative sites : the studio as stage and sanctuary / Astrid Nielsen ; Questions of faith : references to Christianity / Astrid Nielsen ; Disruptive images : awakenings and eruptions / Susanne Altmann ; Masquerades : costumes and disguises / Susanne Altmann; title: Appendix. List of exhibited works ; Artist biographies / Valerie Hortolani ; Cultural politics of 1945-1990 / Michael Philipp.