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Westkunst, 1981: A Historiography of Modernism Exhibited

By Mathilde Arnoux (Editor), Maria Bremer (Editor)
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By Mathilde Arnoux (Editor), Maria Bremer (Editor)
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In 1981, the Cologne Trade-Fair centre hosted a large exhibition titled Westkunst: Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939 (Western Art: Contemporary Art since 1939). Organized by art critic Laszlo Glozer and curator Kasper König, the Western-centric survey highlighted avant-garde art and politically charged themes of freedom and individual expression. By examining Westkunst's historiographical stakes in light of the Cold War division of Europe, the show is revealed as paradigmatic of the ways in w...