Filmoteka of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

1970s witnessed the birth of Polish neo-avant-garde milieu of film artists. Their works constitute the core of the impressive collection of short and experimental films created by visual artists. Polish 20^th and 21^st century art abounded in interesting productions of this kind, which today are known as video art. Filmoteka is a department of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, which conducts research, collects, digitalises, and publishes aforementioned films to general public.

Ort:
- Warszawa Pańska 3, Poland
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2010
Besondere Beispiele:
- I Could Live in Africa. Documentary short film
- Oko i ucho. Animated short film

Fine Art Archive (Czech Republic)

The Fine Art Archive consists of diverse documents connected to Czech and Slovak art of the twentieth and twenty first century. Catalogues, books, invitations, journals, photography, slides, cuts and other items have been gathered continuously since the mid-1980s.

Ort:
- Náměstí Smiřických 49, 281 63 Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic
- Pod Terebkou 15, 140 00 Praha 4 - Nusle, Czech Republic
- Poupětova 1, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1984
Besondere Beispiele:
- Space, Architecture, Fine Arts, in Czech, 1983. Exhibition catalogue

For the Democratization of Art Collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb

The For the Democratization of Art Collections contains six photographs representing the activist work (i.e. performances) of the Croatian conceptual artist Marijan Molnar from 1979 to 1983. The work consists of a series of performances in which the author drew graffiti and hung banners with the message "For the Democratization of Art" in Zagreb, Belgrade and Ljubljana, collected signatures for a 'petition' on Republic Square in Zagreb, had his picture taken dressed as a terrorist for the student newspaper and presented an installation at the Koprivnica Gallery. Through this work, Molnar tried to point out the influence of politics on art in socialist Yugoslavia, at the same time seeking freedom of action for artists.

Ort:
- Zagreb Avenija Dubrovnik 17, Croatia 10000
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1979
Besondere Beispiele:

Forms of Resistance in Fine Arts

The temporary collection "Forms of Resistance" is dedicated to the artistic opposition against the communist regime in Bulgaria from 1944 to 1985. The exhibition highlights different forms of repression against particular artists at particular moments during the period of state socialism. It also shows the active role of some painters, as well as their forms of resistance against the dogmas of Socialist Realism and against ideological guidance. The upper time limit is the beginning of the perestroika in the Soviet Union, which marks the beginning of the final disintegration of the system of state socialism, also with regard to the political control of arts.