90 texts from the 90s
In preparation for the exhibition 90s: Scars, which revisits the art practices and the social and political contexts of the 1990s in Central, South-eastern and Eastern Europe, as well as parts of Central Asia, the Institute for Contemporary Art in Zagreb (ICA) is reoffering a collection of texts initially archived at the ICA as part of the Research Project, conceived in 1997 by the SCCAN – Soros Centers for Contemporary Art Network, and funded by the Open Society Foundation, New York.
The purpose of the project was to select, collect and disseminate texts on contemporary art practices in post-communist countries around Soros Centers for Contemporary Art, written in the 1990s. The coordination of the project was carried out by the SCCA – Zagreb, today the Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb.
All of the texts that were collected have since been published on the website of the I_CAN, International Contemporary Art Network, the short-lived successor of the SCCAN. We did not intervene in any of the texts, outside of correcting obvious typos and spelling.
When collecting the texts, we were given permission from all of the authors to rightfully use them. If anyone now has different instructions, please, contact us at the info@institute.hr.
The exhibition 90s: Scars is curated by Janka Vukmir and organized by the Institute for Contemporary Art and the MMSU – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, as part of the European Capital of Culture Rijeka 2020.
Originally set to open on May 14 – 16, 2020, at the MMSU in Rijeka, the exhibition has been postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Enjoy reading in the meantime and send any feedback if you wish.
You can get some more information here.
TEXTS:
Alexandra Titu Experimentalism in Romanian Art / Romania
Alfonsas Andriuškevičius Destiny of Two Myths / Lithuania
Anders Harm Ene-Liis Semper’s New Video Works / Estonia
Anders Harm Self-portrait as an Estonian Artist Self-image in Media Art / Estonia
Ants Juske Is Stalinist And Nazi Art Postmodernism / Estonia
Ants Juske Subjective Maps and Artistic Cartography / Estonia
Barbara Borčić From Alternative Scene to Video Art / Slovenia
Barbara Borčić Yugoslav Border Scenes / Slovenia
Bojana Pejić Postcommunism and Rewriting of Art History / Serbia
Bojana Pejić Socialist Modernism and the Aftermath / Serbia
Branislav Dimitrijević Shaping the Grand Compromise / Serbia
Branislava Anđelković and Branislav Dimitrijević / Serbia
Calin Dan Aesthetics of Poverty / Romania
Davor Matičević Identity Despite Discontinuity / Croatia
Dejan Sretenović Art in a Closed Society / Serbia
Dunja Blažević East Side Story / Bosnia Herzegovina
Dunja Blažević Meeting Point / Bosnia Herzegovina
Galina Elshevskaya On Actual Criticism on Actual Art / Russia
Gordana Novaković Short History of Electronic Art, Part One / Serbia
Heie Treier The Sublime in Business / Estonia
Helena Demakova The Apple Harvest / Latvia
Iara Boubnova Freedom, brother, is an approximate thing / Bulgaria
Iara Boubnova In the Local Discourse as in the International Context / Bulgaria
Iara Boubnova Post What Neo How and for Whom Where and When / Bulgaria
Iara Boubnova Sofa Palm Trees Are Your Chestnut Trees / Bulgaria
Igor Zabel Art in Slovenia in the Eighties / Slovenia
Igor Zabel Slovene Art of the Nineties / Slovenia
Igor Zhor Young Prague Artists / Czech Republic
Istvan Hajdu Shameless Attempt at Explanation II / Hungary
Jana Geržova A historical perspective / Slovak Art / Slovakia
Janka Vukmir The Reflection of the City / Croatia
Jiri and Jana Ševčik Painting of the 1980s in the Czech Lands / Czech Republic
Johannes Saar Kaljo Põllu / Estonia
Judith Angel Exhibition practice / Romania
Katarina Rusnakova Between Man and Woman / Slovakia
Kestutis Kuizinas Implications of Context in Lithuanian Contemporary Art / Lithuania
Konstantin Akinsha The Wreath Grave of the Ukrainian Postmodernism / Ukraine
Lajos Nemeth Introduction to Hungarian Contemporary Art / Hungary
Leo Gherasim Short Treaty on Wear / Moldova
Leonid Bazhanov and Irina Gorlova Intersection in Tallinn / Russia
Lidija Merenik No Wave / Serbia
Lidija Merenik Some Aspects of Yugoslav Modern Art / Serbia
Ljiljana Nedelkovska 9 1:2 New Macedonian Art / Macedonia
Lolita Jablonskiene New Modern Art in Lithuania / Lithuania
Ludvik Hlavaček Three Czech Postmodern Artists / Czech Republic
Magda Carneci The80s / Romania
Maria Oriškova Fragments / Slovakia
Marina Gržinić Fiction Reconstructed / Slovenia
Mikhail Rashkovetsky Odesa Experiment / Ukraine
Mikhail Rashkovetsky Unnatural Selection / Ukraine
Mikka Hannula Vadim Checkorsky Miroslav Kultchitsky Flirting with Clichés / Ukraine
Miklos Peternak Whi is was the Victim / Hungary
Nebojša Vilić On “Art with Relation” at “The End of the Century” / Macedonia
Nermina Kurspahić Art in Spite of Everything / Bosnia Herzegovina
Octavian Esanu CarbonART / Moldova
Octavian Esanu Last Ten Years / Moldova
Oleg Sydor-Gibelinda Ukrainian Art the Old People and the New People / Ukraine
Olena Mikhailovska and Andrey Taranenko Found Stuff New Art from Ukraine / Ukraine
Olena Mikhailovska Free Zone / Ukraine
Olexandr Solovyov In the Twilight of Postmodernism / Ukraine
Olexandr Solovyov Until the Recent Time / Ukraine
Peeter Linnap The Change of Simulation Strategies in Estonian Art / Estonia
Radislav Matuštik Basement / Slovakia
Raminta Jurenaite Between Compromise and Innovation / Lithuania
Rasa Anrušyte Art Groups the Novelty of the Organisational Art Life / Lithuania
Ruxandra Balaci Photography / a Proposed Chronology / Romania
Ryszard Kluszcinsky Four Chapters of the History of the Polish Avantgarde Film / Poland
Ryszard Kluszcinsky New Poland New Video / Poland
Sirje Helme Avantgarde in Estonia / Estonia
Sirje Helme Virtual Histories of Estonian Art / Estonia
Solvita Krese Art as a Threat / Latvia
Sonia Abadzieva Six Macedonian Artists / Macedonia
Suzana Milevska Cinderella Syndrome and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Syndrome / Macedonia
Suzana Milevska The Story with Many Beginnings / Macedonia
Valentino Dimitrovski The Aspects of the Current Artistic “Scene” / Macedonia
Valeria Ibraeva 100 Years of Solitude / Kazakhstan
Viktor Misiano Fatal Strategies / Russia
Vladimir Bulat No Radicalism / Moldova
Vladimir Bulat No Short Treaty on / Moldova
Vladimir Levashov Pseudo Palindrome in the Monographic Style / Ukraine
Vladimir Perts and Andrey Fomenko Kunstkammer / Russia / St. Petersburg
Yekaterina Degot Contemporary Moscow Art Restoration of the Artists Body / Russia
Yekaterina Degot Deep Hole as the Place for Contemporary Art / Russia
Yekaterina Degot Terrorist Naturalism Art in an Illegitimate Zone / Russia
Yekaterina Degot Theatre of Envy / Russia
Zuzana Bartošova Contemporary Slovak Art / Slovakia
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