{"product_id":"revolutionary-romances-global-art-histories-in-the-gdr","title":"Revolutionary Romances?: Global Art Histories in the GDR","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevolutionary Romances? Global Art Histories in the GDR\u003c\/em\u003e looks at East Germany’s relations — rooted in a spirit of friendship and revolution — with its socialist “sister” countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The concepts of “international solidarity” and “friendship between nations” had an inherent geopolitical agenda: as such, they not only determined East Germany’s foreign policy but also supported a multitude of transcultural contacts and became a key focus of propaganda and the visual arts in the GDR. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book accompanying the exhibition of the same name presents themes and motifs of actual and putative “revolutionary romances”, including the ideals and icons of socialist internationalism, artistic protests against war and violence, travel images, mail art, and works produced by foreign art students in East Germany. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMathias Wagner\u003c\/strong\u003e is an art historian and conservator at the Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. \u003cstrong\u003eHilke Wagner\u003c\/strong\u003e is an art historian and director of the Albertinum, Staatliche Kunst- sammlungen Dresden. \u003cstrong\u003eKerstin Schankweiler \u003c\/strong\u003eis a professor for visual studies in a global context in the Institute of Art and Music at TUD Dresden University of Technology. \u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Reinhardt \u003c\/strong\u003eis an art historian and director of the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57511411483002,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/0ba4eb399c.jpg?v=1793633332","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/revolutionary-romances-global-art-histories-in-the-gdr","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}