HEROES WE LOVE : Ideology, Identity and Socialist Art in the New Europe

Beschrijving

Publicatie documenteert de tentoonstellingsprojecten in Centraal- en Zuidoost Europa in de periode 2015-2017 over de betekenis van de Europese socialistische erfenis van de 20e eeuw in de beeldende kunst. - Publication is a collaborative, multidisciplinary project on the (still controversial) topic of socialist heritage of the 20th century European art. It brings together partners from institutional and non-institutional sectors from Central and South-Eastern Europe. The project is aimed at connecting contemporary art practices with research works and involvement with the audiences on the phenomenon of socialist art in its cultural, social-ideological and political context, spanning the period from the inception of the communist/socialist states of Eastern Europe until today. It boldly exposes the geo-political term ‘New Europe’ and encompasses the region from Poland to Albania in a joint transnational project. 'Heroes' brings together eight partners from Central and Southeastern Europe, from Poland to Albania: Maribor Art Gallery (leading partner); BLOK Association (CRO); Tirana Art Lab (Albania); Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk (Poland); IEFSEM Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Sofia (Bulgaria); Museum of Yugoslav History (SRB); University of Primorska (SLO); Cultural Association Center plesa, Maribor (SLO).