Art for All! : Nordic Art and Cultural Democracy, 1945–1959

• The article will by emphasizing a transnational and geopolitical approach, investigate eight exhibitions of modern art from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden presented in Nordic cities 1946–1959. The text highlights the importance of this regional context and argues that the artworks can be seen as socially interconnected signs mediated through the communicative agency of the exhibitions. By focusing on subject matter and artwork titles presented, the article suggests that the exhibitions can be viewed as part of interacting artistic, civic, and political agendas aiming to democratize culture in the postwar Nordic welfare states.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Konstvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Art History (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

cultural democracy

Nordic art

exhibitions

Nordiska konstförbundet

Kritisk kulturteori

Critical and Cultural Theory

Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning

Baltic and East European studies

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)