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Bohemia: History of an Idea, 1950 – 2000 (Hardcover)
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Bohemia: History of an Idea, 1950 – 2000 (Hardcover)
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Against the Grain Since its beginnings in Paris in the mid-19th
century, the idea of bohemia, an urban community of artists and
intellectuals living outside bourgeois norms has been a potent
trope of artistic identity. It was here that the notion of an
unconventional, free-spirited life, precarious yet filled with
idealism was codified and romanticized. Bohemia. History of an
Idea, 1950-2000 shows the continuities and differences between the
scenes and subcultures of the second half of the twentieth century,
when the mainstream began to appropriate and thereby erode a way of
life predicated on its rejection. Nonetheless, as an alternative to
conformity the bohemian idea exerted an enduring fascination.
Through photographic works by 37 artists such as Alice Neel, David
Hujar, John Deakin, David Wojnarowicz, Ed van der Elsken, Robert
Frank and Alfred Leslie, William Gedney, Libuse Jarcovjakova, Nan
Goldin, Zhang Huan and Wolfgang Tillmans, the publication explores
the diversity of expressions in ten cities in Europe, North America
and Asia and shows that the bohemian idea continues to galvanize
and inspire.
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