Solidarity in Unraveling Worlds

Often discussed as a singular “block,” the countries and peoples of Central Eastern Europe are, in reality, a diverse multitude. For over a century, artists in this region have contended with dissolving superpowers and shifting nationalities.

Living within such instability, these artists developed various approaches in response to turbulent ideologies and institutions that often employed collaboration and group efforts. Exploring historical and contemporary strategies, the series Solidarity in Unraveling Worlds gathers various voices to consider how cultural collaboration in the region has formed unique approaches to artist-formed institutions and endeavors.

Paired with the exhibition Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s, Solidarity in Unraveling Worlds reveals case studies and new strategies for anyone confronting a rapidly shifting world.