{"product_id":"transitional-aesthetics-uros-cvoro-9781350053410","title":"Transitional Aesthetics: Contemporary Art at the Edge of Europe","description":"Using the way in which artists from the former Eastern bloc perceive the experience of EU integration and transition from a Soviet past as a conceptual launching pad, this book explores how artists critically inhabit a permanent state of 'in-between' to capture the simultaneous existence of multiple and overlapping temporalities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTransitional aesthetics are artistic strategies that disrupt and interrogate ideologically loaded trajectories of cultural, social, or political transition. Examples of such trajectories include the movement from totalitarianism to democracy (post-socialism), from war to freedom and reconciliation (post-conflict), and from the edges of Europe to its centre (inclusion in the European Union). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese transitional states include: the future orientation of (failed) socialism and the perpetual present of global capital; the history of unresolved past conflicts and reconciliation through 'transitional justice'; nationalist obsessions with the past and the cultural appeal of kitsch and retro objects in fashion, film and music; and the uncertain future promise of EU membership and resurgence of global right-wing populism, headed by figures like Berlusconi, Le Pen, and Trump. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransitional Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e shows that apprehending time in contemporary art is fundamental to capturing the lived experience of a permanent state of instability; particularly relevant to Europe in the contemporary moment. In a world that has entered 'accelerated transition' towards instability, understanding this experience has broad and resonating relevance for politics, art and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Uros Cvoro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350053414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350053410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Uros Cvoro","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425195376895,"sku":"9781350053410","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4e7dbbe-71cd-44f0-83bc-3acbaf57504a.jpg?v=1761537666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transitional-aesthetics-uros-cvoro-9781350053410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}