Out of the East: two shows recently introduced American audiences to the stylistic freedoms and provocative content that infused East Central European art after the collapse of the Iron Curtain.

Art in America | April 1, 1998| | Copyright

Two shows recently introduced American audiences to the stylistic freedoms and provocative content that infused East Central European art after the collapse of the Iron Curtain.

During the late '80s, we in the West watched as Europe's historic revolutions replaced the Iron Curtain with proscenium drapery. Riveted to our television screens, we had front-row seats for the dramatic breaching and demolition of the Berlin Wall and the toppling of monumental statues throughout East and Central Europe. As the region's inhabitants went on to transform their social systems, we ...

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