A Guide to Fine Art in the Public Space in the Era of Normalisation in Czechoslovakia (1968-1989)
ed. by Pavel Karous
- Editor(s)
- Pavel Karous
- Uitgever
- Revnice ; Prague : Arbor vitae : Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, 2013
- Omvang
- 460 p., geïllustreerd, 24 cm.
- ISBN
- 9788074670398
This book examines the broad phenomenon of sculpture in the public space (also referred to as monumental art) in Czechoslovakia during the Normalisation period. This subject encompasses not just isolated monuments and memorials in the public space but also sculptural and relief ornamentation on architectural works – governmental buildings, schools, hospitals, large businesses, factories. To quote the title of one chapter, this is sculpture that belongs to no one. In totalitarian Czechoslovakia the state held sole dominion over the public space and its aesthetic and ideological tone. Like civil engineering projects even artistic ornamentation of architecture was subject to central planning and budgets for new buildings had to include specific sums for works of art. Art thus became part of the state’s bureaucratic machinery. Public areas were literally flooded with sculptural works, varying widely in quality and standards, and almost every artist who lived through that period contributed at some point to the creation of public statuary. This was a phenomenon unparalleled outside the totalitarian state. It came to end shortly after 1989 and it is almost a wonder how little interest we show in this extensive collection of production today.
- Trefwoorden
- art in public space , monuments , sculptures
- Geografische locatie
- Eastern Europe Czechoslovakia ; Czech Republic
- Locatie in de bibliotheek
- Kast 27 - 3: Kunst in de openbare ruimte ; diverse landen
- Opmerkingen
