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Why Neue Slowenische Kunst in German?
Miran Mohar
NSK and its groups never spoke the political language of the day. This, however, does not mean that we did not respond to aggressive nationalist politics. We did not want to fall victim to the phantoms of the past, being well-aware that the more that totalitarian and nationalistic symbols were pushed under the rug and prohibited, the more they assumed diabolical power. This was also one of the reasons why, in our paintings, Irwin juxtaposed the motifs and styles of modernism and contemporary…
e-flux Journal
Posted: September 1, 2014
Category
Contemporary Art, War & Conflict
Subjects
Ultranationalism, Eastern Europe, Art Activism