This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of East German art, film, literature, music, and museum studies, seeks to renegotiate the artistic legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Combining a range of theoretical and practical perspectives, the volume challenges the narrow frameworks of totalitarianism and Ostalgie that have dominated discussions of art produced in the GDR. It explores the diversity of art produced in the state and contests the long-held perception that socialist realism and artistic innovation were mutually exclusive. Crucially, the collection puts art itself to the fore; GDR art is considered not simply as a political by-product, as is so often the case, but as an entity of innovation and aesthetic value in its own right.

Kelly, Elaine and Amy Wlodarski, eds. Art Outside the Lines: New Perspectives on GDR Art Culture. German Monitor, no. 74. Amsterdam/New York: Brill/Rodopi, 2011.

Copyright 2011 by Elaine Kelly and Amy Wlodarski. Published by Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam - New York, NY.
Printed in the Netherlands.

This is an Open Access title distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license, which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. Further information and the complete license text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Amy Wlodarski is a professor of Music at Dickinson College.

This published version is made available on Dickinson Scholar with the permission of the publisher. For more information on the published version, visit Brill's Website: https://brill.com/display/title/29850

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