Gardner, Anthony, 1976-

Politically unbecoming : postsocialist art against democracy / Anthony Gardner. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2015. - ix, 337 pages : illustrations (color) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references ( pages 297-330) and index.

Assumptions of democracy and postsocialist critique -- An aesthetic of emptiness -- Altered states and retro politics -- Autonomy, yes! Democracy, no! -- Democracy under destruction? -- Dizzydence and the archive -- Conclusion: the unbecoming politics of postsocialist aesthetics.

9780262028530 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Art--Political aspects--History--Europe--21st century.
Art, European--21st century.
Democracy and the arts--Europe.

N72.P6 / G375 2015

709.05 G171P