{"product_id":"agents-of-abstraction-ana-ofak-9783956794575","title":"Agents of Abstraction","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe aesthetics of a non-Soviet form of socialism, drafted by four Yugoslav artists in the 1950s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the cold war gained momentum in Europe, Tito's break with Stalin led to Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Eastern bloc in 1948. Confronted with this new reality, the Yugoslav government decided to bridge the indeterminacy of its cultural politics through a creative strategy: it commissioned young artists and architects to draft the aesthetics of a non-Soviet form of socialism. \u003ci\u003eAgents of Abstraction\u003c\/i\u003e frames the liaison of socialist cultural politics and modernist artistic practice by interlinking ideas of decentralization, experiments in state-funded arts and architecture, nonrepresentational forms, and self-reliance. The cultural and geopolitical contexts are accompanied by rare visual material, much of which appears in print for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ana Ofak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3956794575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783956794575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Ana Ofak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078870233343,"sku":"9783956794575","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e0b7f21-2b03-43d8-a665-1dd07816c270.jpg?v=1685477999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agents-of-abstraction-ana-ofak-9783956794575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}