Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

The collapse of Eastern Europe's socialist regimes in the 1990s ushered in a new era and radically transformed the region. With a focus on art and visual culture from 1989 to the present, this course examines post-socialist artwork and art movements across Eastern Europe (special focus will be placed on former Yugoslavia and its successor states, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Albania, and Ukraine). In addition to studying works of visual art, students will explore the development of the art market and independent media, the proliferation of international art fairs, and the rise of protests movements and politically engaged art across the region.