Art in Hungary, 1956-1980: Doublespeak and Beyond

Author: Edit Sasvari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 The international significance of the art produced in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s has come to the fore in recent years. Nevertheless, studies of modern and contemporary art in Eastern Europe during the Soviet era tend to focus on their relationship to Western art, with an emphasis on the parallel development of similar artistic practices - an approach that risks overlooking the specific circumstances of the art's making. In Hungary's...Read more