"After the Wall: Art and Culture in Post-Communist Europe".MODERNA MUSEET Moderna museet, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, that was first opened in 1958. Its first manager was Pontus Hultén. It's been ten years since the Berlin Wall came down, and the time is ripe for a closer look at artistic activities in Europe's eastern reaches. The most ambitious survey to date is being staged this fall by independent curator Bojana Pejic in collaboration with the Moderna Museet's David Elliott and Iris Muller-Westermann. "After the Wall" includes recent work (mid-'80s to the present) by some 120 artists, photographers, and filmmakers from more than twenty countries. Among the artists participating are Oleg Kulik Oleg Kulik (b. 1963)is a Ukrainian performance artist, sculptor and photographer. He is famous for his over-the-top performance art pieces, such as his time spent acting like a dog. During several of his dog performances he bit passerbys, leading to his being arrested several times. , Veronika Bromova Veronika Bromova is one of the Czech Republic's most honoured and popular new-media artists. She lives and works in Prague. Working with new media, she has exhibited extensively in Europe and the United States. , Katarzyna Kozyra, and Nedko Solakov, all of whom belong to the first generation to emerge after the collapse of communism. Oct. 16, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000; travel dates and venues to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . |
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