10B: Art of Two Germanys
- Barbara McCloskey, “The Internationalization of German Art. Dialectic at a Standstill : East German Socialist Realism in the Stalin Era” in Cold War Cultures. The Art of Two Germanys, eds. Stephanie Barron, Sabine Eckmann, and Eckhart Gillen (New York: Abrams, 2009), 104 – 117.
- Susanne Leeb. “Abstraction as International Language” in Cold War Cultures. The Art of Two Germanys, eds. Stephanie Barron, Sabine Eckmann, and Eckhart Gillen (New York: Abrams, 2009), 118 – 133.
Optional Reading
- Socialist Realism
- The CIA and Abstract Expressionism
- What might Hegel say about abstract art?
- Long, “The Left and the Debate over Expressionism in the Thirties,” 312 – 327.
- Timeline of Divided Germany
- Interview with Stephanie Barron about The Art of Two Germanys: Cold War Cultures exhibition, 2009, LACMA
- Wende Museum (museum and archive of art and culture from the Cold War East)
- Database of art from the GDR
EAST GERMANY:
Andrea
Liz
Jerry
Georgia
Kyle
Taylor
Uyen
Sage
Kevin
Marisol
WEST GERMANY:
Nikki
Randal
Sue
Lisa
Javier
Carina
Eunice
Janice
Lorene
Ceci
