Behind the mask : artists in the GDR / a publication series by the Museum Barberini ; edited by Ortrud Westheider and Michael Philipp ; exhibition, Valerie Hortolani, Michael Philipp ; with contributions by Susanne Altmann, Valerie Hortolani, Petra Lange-Berndt, Astrid Nielsen, Michael Philipp, Carolin Quermann, Martin Schieder, Anja Tack, Angelika Weissbach.

"Behind the Mask: Artists in the GDR focuses on the wide variety of artistic self-staging in the GDR, between public and private, prescribed collectivism and creative individuality. The intention of the GDR's official state art was to exert political influence and this resulted in ideological entang...

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