Review of Ostalgia Exhibition at New Museum Examines Post-Soviet Nostalgia

Alise Tifentale published a review article on ARTMargins Online in March 2012 analyzing the exhibition "Ostalgia" at the New Museum in New York. The exhibition ran from July 6 to October 2, 2011. Tifentale's review explores how individuals reconstruct their past when pursuing new directions, referencing Artis Svece's concept of "Crop Rotation and the Aestheticization of the Past." The article examines post-Soviet nostalgia through artistic practices. The New Museum presented this major exhibition focusing on Eastern European and former Soviet Union artists. Tifentale's critical analysis appeared in the online contemporary art publication ARTMargins. The review engages with themes of memory and historical reinterpretation in contemporary art.