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Lost Eighties. Problems, Themes and Meanings in Estonian Art on 1980s Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia has the pleasure to announce the publication of a collection of essays entitled “Lost Eighties”. The book is in Estonian and English and has 464 pages. The collection of essays is based on a presentation day “Lost Eighties” held at Rotermann Salt Storage on Dec 9, 2003, which dealt with different aspects of the Estonian artworld of the 1980s. In its own peculiar ‘backward’ way the book is also a sequel to a collection of articles entitled “Nosy Nineties”. The compiler of articles was Sirje Helme, editor Andreas Trossek, additional editor Johannes Saar. The authors include Sirje Helme, Ants Juske, Johannes Saar, Heie Treier, Eero Epner, Kädi Talvoja, Anu Allas, Vappu Thurlow, Jüri Hain, Juta Kivimäe, Inge Teder, Krista Kodres, Raoul Kurvitz, Peeter Laurits ja Tuuli Lepik. The book was designed by Andres Tali. “Years ago, working at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Estonia, and before the construction of Kumu Art Museum, it seemed to me that the conceptualization of post-war art taking place at the time might be aided and supplemented by collections of art-historic texts focusing on various subjects and periods, which would describe the periods and subjects from as many different aspects as possible and by different authors. The experience of putting together the “Nosy Nineties” showed that although the authors’ stances, styles of writing and methodologies might differ, the data itself does not. A several volume history of Estonian art was in the process of being written – and still is – but no compilation can replace smaller comprehensive insights, which can be provided by a collection such as this one,” writes Sirje Helme in the introduction. The publication “Lost Eighties” is dedicated to Ando Keskküla (1950–2008).
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