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The "reunification" of East and West Europe in the 90's took place parallel to an optimistic era in the commercial art world along with a surge in financial support for contemporary art across East Europe. Governments and Non-Governmental agencies alike were keen to support cross cultural dialogs that opened communication between East and West. Somewhere between the art world trends of Identity Politics and the hunger for Young Artists, a generation of art students were able to negotiate crumbling infrastructures and participate in contemporary art practices, finally becoming professional artists. Can international art discourses collide with social and political realities to produce compelling works that are informed by global cultures? Informed, smart and cool, these artists fluidly cross disciplines, borders and discourses in ways unimaginable before the changes of 1989. The discussion is on what the political changes of the past twenty years have meant in terms of mobility, education and professional art production.
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Discussion with Hajnal Nemeth and Sophia Tabatadze Moderation: Diana McCarty