AICA Congress in Poland in 1960: “International Character of Contemporary Art” Cover Image

Конгресът на AICA в Полша през 1960 г.: „Интернационалният характер на съвременното изкуство”
AICA Congress in Poland in 1960: “International Character of Contemporary Art”

Author(s): Irina Genova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Higher Education , Cultural Essay, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: AICA; contemporary art; international; abstract painting; Pierre Restany; Mathild Arnoux; Juliusz Starzyński

Summary/Abstract: The art historian prof. Irina Genova traces the history of AICA (Association internationale des critiques d’art) and focuses on its congress in Poland (Warsaw and Krakow) in 1960. The carefully chosen topic of the congress, “International Character of Contemporary Art”, meant to provide a meeting point for Western European and Eastern European artists and to open the post-Stalinist Eastern art scene to the contemporary tendencies of the abstract painting. The situation was different in the different countries. The research draws a parallel between the quite open Polish scene and the more conservative and closed Bulgarian one and the reception the congress had in those two contexts.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 82-90
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian