Cold War Art Worlds South Asian Art and Artists in Prague, 1947-1989

Prague as a vital Cold War hub for South Asian artists. During the Cold War, the Central-European capital city Prague, along with other previously less noticed locations in the polarised post-war world, emerged as a key site where an art world of particular importance for artists from South Asia dev...

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Main Author: Wille, Simone
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leuven Leuven University Press 2025
Subjects:
Asian history
Cold War Studies
Global Modernism
History
History and Archaeology
History of art
Internationalism
Migratory Aesthetics
Mobility Studies
The Arts
The Arts: treatments and subjects
Transcultural Studies
ISBN:9789461666628, 9461666624, 9789462704701, 9462704708, 9789461666635, 9789462703780, 9461666632, 9462703787
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Abstract Prague as a vital Cold War hub for South Asian artists. During the Cold War, the Central-European capital city Prague, along with other previously less noticed locations in the polarised post-war world, emerged as a key site where an art world of particular importance for artists from South Asia developed. By emphasising cultural mobility as a catalyst for exchange and network building, this book challenges and complicates assumptions about Cold War binaries of East and West and the polarisation between so-called totalitarian regimes and free cultures. Positioning Prague as a nexus where South-Asian modernisms intersected with multiple peoples, histories, and ideologies in the post-World War II era, it offers a narrative of decolonisation that rejected rigid systemic alignment in favour of participation across blocs by prioritising migratory aesthetics over nationalist parochialism. Well-researched and rich in archival materials, this book proposes new ways of writing art histories and makes a significant contribution to both Cold War studies and critical global modernism studies.
AbstractList Prague as a vital Cold War hub for South Asian artists. During the Cold War, the Central-European capital city Prague, along with other previously less noticed locations in the polarised post-war world, emerged as a key site where an art world of particular importance for artists from South Asia developed. By emphasising cultural mobility as a catalyst for exchange and network building, this book challenges and complicates assumptions about Cold War binaries of East and West and the polarisation between so-called totalitarian regimes and free cultures. Positioning Prague as a nexus where South-Asian modernisms intersected with multiple peoples, histories, and ideologies in the post-World War II era, it offers a narrative of decolonisation that rejected rigid systemic alignment in favour of participation across blocs by prioritising migratory aesthetics over nationalist parochialism. Well-researched and rich in archival materials, this book proposes new ways of writing art histories and makes a significant contribution to both Cold War studies and critical global modernism studies.
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Global Modernism
History
History and Archaeology
History of art
Internationalism
Migratory Aesthetics
Mobility Studies
The Arts
The Arts: treatments and subjects
Transcultural Studies
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