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Harutyunyan, Angela

The political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-garde : The journey of the 'painterly real', 1987-2004 / Angela Harutyunyan. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017. - xiv, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Rethinking art's histories . - Rethinking art's histories .

Includes index

Introduction 1. Between the ideal and a hard place: the conceptual horizons of the avant-garde in Armenia 2. The 'painterly real' of contemporary art: resurrected ghosts, living heroes and saintly saviours on the 3rd Floor, 1987-94 3. Suspending the 'painterly real': ACT's procedures of pure creation, 1993-6 4. The revenge of the painterly: national post-conceptualism, 1995-8 5. The reign of the 'painterly real' and the politics of crisis, 1999-2004 Index

ISBN: 9780719089534

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art, Armenian --20th century
Art --Political aspects--Armenia (Republic)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Armenia (Republic)--Politics and government

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 7(09)(47.925) (NLA)