Continuities and Contrasts in the Postcommunist Romanian Artistic Space Cover Image

Continuităţi şi contraste în spaţiul artistic postcomunist românesc
Continuities and Contrasts in the Postcommunist Romanian Artistic Space

Author(s): Cristina Stoenescu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: art market; postcommunism; cultural policies; Romania

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the institutional transformation of cultural policies in postcommunist Romania and the correspondent emergence of an art market in Romania. The case studies considered show that both artists and policy makers adapted to extraneous expectations and patterns rather than promoting new visions and models. The “triangle metaphor” forged by Magda Cârneci, representing the relationship between artists, the state and the Union of Visual Artists (UAP), offers the basis for analysing the game of continuity and change after the fall of Romanian communism.

  • Issue Year: 11/2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 687-700
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian