Art for Community. Artworks Commissioned for Public Institutions, 1945–1989
A substantial body of postwar art created for institutional environments remains hidden in plain sight: in schools, hospitals, municipal offices, factories, hotels, shops, and other spaces of everyday life. Some works remain intact, others survive in altered interiors or as partial material remains, and still others are known only through scattered archival records, photographs, and uncertain memories. Many have been covered, relocated, destroyed or forgotten, even though they formed an important part of postwar public space and visual culture.
This volume contributes to the transnational study of art commissioned for public institutions, a field that remains unevenly researched across national contexts. The chapters show how institutions used art to shape their environments and how later changes in use or ownership affected the works’ meanings and prospects for preservation.
Chapters
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Front and Introduction / Back
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THE GOVERNMENT OF ARTDEMOCRACY AND STATE PUBLIC ART IN SWEDEN 1937–2027
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“PERCENT FOR ART” SCHEMESARTISTIC AGENCY, CULTURAL POLICY, AND PUBLIC ART IN EUROPE AND POSTWAR SLOVENIA/YUGOSLAVIA
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ED AND NANCY KIENHOLZ’S PROPOSAL FOR THE BERLIN FOUNTAIN (1981/83)AN IRONIC COMMENTARY ON THE FUNCTION OF ART IN PUBLIC SPACES IN EAST AND WEST BERLIN DURING THE COLD WAR
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THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN ART AND ARCHITECTURE DURING THE POSTWAR PERIOD IN TURKEYCASES FROM ISTANBUL
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THE MURALS OF IVAN SELJAK ČOPIČ IN THE 1950S AND EARLY 1960SBETWEEN REALISM AND ABSTRACTION
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JULES PERAHIM’S MURALS AND THE POLITICS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN ROMANIA IN THE POST-STALINIST PERIOD
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO IVE ŠUBIC’S MOSAIC IN THE SLOVENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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TAPESTRIES AS PUBLIC ART IN ELITE SPACES OF SOCIALIST YUGOSLAVIATHE CASE OF MARIJ PREGELJ’S TAPESTRIES FOR THE KOTEKS TOBUS BOUTIQUE
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ARTISTIC DECORATION OF SHIPS IN POSTWAR ITALYZORAN MUŠIČ’S EMBROIDERY STORIA DI MARCO POLO
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ART FOR LEISURE ARCHITECTUREARTWORKS COMMISSIONED FOR HOTELS IN ISTRIA AND THE KVARNER GULF IN THE 1960S
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CONDITION AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF SOCIALIST-ERA MOSAICS IN SLOVENIA
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PROMETHEUS’S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONSA CASE STUDY OF HERITAGE CHALLENGES POSED BY MURALS FROM THE TIME OF PORTUGAL’S ESTADO NOVO DICTATORSHIP (1933–1974)
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