{"product_id":"transitional-aesthetics-uros-cvoro-9781350141810","title":"Transitional Aesthetics: Contemporary Art at the Edge of Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 135014181X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350141810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d","brand":"Uros Cvoro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199081533695,"sku":"9781350141810","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f938d31a-0e31-4ba7-95f9-901a04727981.jpg?v=1727924981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transitional-aesthetics-uros-cvoro-9781350141810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}