TY - BOOK AU - Harutyunyan,Angela TI - The political aesthetics of the Armenian avant-garde : : The journey of the 'painterly real', 1987-2004 T2 - Rethinking art's histories SN - 9780719089534 PY - 2017/// CY - Manchester : PB - Manchester University Press, KW - Art, Armenian KW - 20th century KW - Art KW - Political aspects KW - Armenia (Republic) KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 ER -