Naslov
No Conflict: Paris Photo

Autori
Peraica, Ana

Izvornik
Afterimage (0300-7472) 38 (2011), 4; 27-28

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Paris Photo; photography

Sažetak
Taking Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. as its theme, the 14th edition of Paris Photo opened with a debate over what should be considered the geographical center of Europe. Some gallerists claimed this center-of-the-center falls precisely in Austria, the country with the largest territorial formation in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet. while the Austro-Hungarian empire has been regarded historically as the geographical center of the continent, other gallerists claimed the centrality of the Berlin Wall, its somber-history marking its presence even today. Finally, it could be argued that the center rests within more recent divisions of Europe: populations excluded from the European Union, or those forcibly included. Despite the locus on Central Europe, this edition of Paris Photo did not deliver the social or radical history of political conflict that many anticipated. (...)

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Znanost o umjetnosti

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