Walker Art Center's 'Multiple Realities' Exhibition Surveys Experimental Eastern Bloc Art from 1960s-1980s
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis unveiled the exhibition 'Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc 1960s-1980s' on November 11, 2023. This showcase will be on display until March 10, 2024, before moving to Phoenix Art Museum from April 17 to September 15, 2024, and then to Vancouver Art Gallery from December 14, 2024, to April 21, 2025. Curated by Pavel Pyś, it features 250 pieces by nearly 100 artists from six nations, divided into four thematic categories. Among the highlighted artists are Geta Brătescu and Sanja Iveković. The exhibition seeks to highlight Central and Eastern European art independently, despite facing catalog critiques. The Walker has also acquired seven pieces, including 'Points of Support' by Natalia LL.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc 1960s-1980s' curated by Pavel Pyś
- Features approximately 250 works by nearly 100 artists from six Eastern Bloc countries
- Travels from Walker Art Center (Nov 11, 2023-Mar 10, 2024) to Phoenix Art Museum (Apr 17-Sep 15, 2024) to Vancouver Art Gallery (Dec 14, 2024-Apr 21, 2025)
- Organized into four thematic sections focusing on control, self, social forms, and futures
- Walker Art Center acquired seven works from the exhibition for its permanent collection
- Exhibition emphasizes shared artistic impulses over national political narratives
- Critiqued for catalog's lack of engagement with contemporary scholarship
- Includes works by artists such as Geta Brătescu, Natalia LL, and Gabriele Stötzer
Entities
Artists
- Sara Blaylock
- Pavel Pyś
- William Hernández Luege
- Laurel Rand-Lewis
- Geta Brătescu
- Maria Pinińska-Bereś
- Barbara Falender
- Gabriele Stötzer
- Natalia LL
- Zdeňka Čechová
- Stano Filko
- Matei Lăzărescu
- Lászlo Fehér
- Cornelia Schleime
- Ewa Partum
- Sanja Iveković
- Kálmán Szijártó
- Krzysztof Jung
- Milan Adamčiak
- Teresa Gierzyńska
- György Kemény
- Simon Menner
- Piotr Piotrowski
- Amy Bryzgel
- Klara Kemp-Welch
- Katalin Cseh-Varga
- Zdenka Badovinac
- Jasmina Tumbas
- Karol Radziszewski
- Gino Hahnemann
- Sidney Poitier
- John Cage
- Martin Luther
- Bojana Pejić
- Natalia Sielewicz
- Konrad Jarausch
- Julia Hell
- Eric Mueller
Institutions
- Walker Art Center
- Phoenix Art Museum
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- New Museum
- Queer Archives Institute
- University of Minnesota Duluth
- University of California Santa Cruz
- MIT Press
- German Historical Institute
- Walther König
- ARTMargins Online
Locations
- Minneapolis
- United States
- Phoenix
- Vancouver
- Canada
- German Democratic Republic
- Poland
- Czechoslovakia
- Hungary
- Romania
- Yugoslavia
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Eastern Bloc
- Soviet Union
- Global South
- Western Europe
Sources
- ARTMargins —
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