Post-communism, the Market and the Arts
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The transition from state-directed to market-oriented economies poses many problems for the artists: the logic of the market favors standardization and mass-production which does not fit for the arts. There is a multitude of styles but no clearcut concept of art in the West which could serve as guide-line. Under the communist rule, some artists almost had a monopoly for political criticism, a function which vanished after the fall of communism. Experts from ten countries (Eastern and Western) are dealing with problems like these and related topics.

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The transition from state-directed to market-oriented economies poses many problems for the artists: the logic of the market favors standardization and mass-production which does not fit for the arts. There is a multitude of styles but no clearcut concept of art in the West which could serve as guide-line. Under the communist rule, some artists almost had a monopoly for political criticism, a function which vanished after the fall of communism. Experts from ten countries (Eastern and Western) are dealing with problems like these and related topics.
Autorenporträt
The Editors: Robert H. Reichardt studied in Basel (Switzerland). Since 1966 he is a full professor of sociology, social philosophy and methodology at the University of Vienna. He is Head of the Commission for sociology of the arts, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
George Muskens studied in Nijmegen. He researches on communications and on professional artists and art policies in the Netherlands. Since 1988 he is a research fellow at the European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (Vienna), focussing on transition problems of Central and Eastern Europe.