{"product_id":"promote-tolerate-ban-art-and-culture-in-cold-war-hungary","title":"Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold War Hungary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Cristina Cuevas-Wolf and Isotta Poggi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssays by Katalin Cseh-Varga, Cristina Cuevas-Wolf, Dávid Fehér, Steven Mansbach, Géza Perneczky, Isotta Poggi, and Tibor Valuch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1956, Hungarians led a successful rebellion against Soviet control. However, after only ten days of freedom, the uprising was brutally crushed, and the Soviet-aligned minister János Kádár assumed power. Focusing on the Kádár era (1956–89), this publication explores the political reforms and artistic experimentations under the regime’s authoritarian cultural policy: promote, tolerate, ban. Artists who complied with ideological mandates were financed by the state; those who didn’t could exhibit, but they received no monetary support; other artists were forced into exile. Paintings, sculptures, photographs, posters, advertisements, mail art, and underground samizdat literature illustrate the diverse modern art forms and radical aesthetics created during this time. The book provides context for the vibrant debates behind the production of Cold War art and culture in Socialist Hungary and closes with the personal account of one of its main protagonists, the exiled Hungarian artist and critic Géza Perneczky.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePromote, Tolerate, Ban \u003c\/em\u003eshowcases art and cultural artifacts from the Getty Research Institute, the Wende Museum of the Cold War, and public and private archives in Budapest.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCristina Cuevas-Wolf is the resident historian at the Wende Museum of the Cold War. Isotta Poggi is assistant curator of photographs at the Getty Research Institute, working on acquisitions and exhibitions of rare photographs with a focus on the documentation of cultural heritage, history, and archaeology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“For readers unfamiliar with the complexities of Communist politics, which is to say those who think operating dictatorships is a fairly simple process, this elegant book offers a reasonable rebuttal.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The Art Newspaper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160 pages \u003cbr\u003e8 1\/2 x 10 3\/4 inches\u003cbr\u003e40 color and 20 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-60606-539-6\u003cbr\u003ehardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetty Publications\u003cbr\u003eImprint: Getty Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GETTY TRUST PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50820168384651,"sku":"pnu1792579459372","price":39.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/5872\/7051\/files\/promote-tolerate-ban-art-and-culture-in-cold-war-hungary_1.jpg?v=1792579463","url":"https:\/\/steporadesign.shop\/products\/promote-tolerate-ban-art-and-culture-in-cold-war-hungary","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}