"Новите художници” и властта (опит за пореден прочит на старите текстове)
The ‘New Artists’ and Power (Another Attempt of a New Interpretation of Old Texts)

Summary/Abstract: The article examines one of the aspects of the history of the association of New artists (1931-1944) – the connections and relations between the association and state power in Bulgaria. Analyzed are documents of the period of existence of the society and about it – photographs from exhibition openings of the association, press materials, the statute of the society. On the basis of the documentary material the author concludes that between the association of New artists and state power existed quite good, constructive cooperation. Chronologically wise the examination of the problem News and state power is not limited to the time of the association’s existence. It also includes the years following the society’s breaking up. Noted also is the period when the association of New artists was not mentioned at all in any publications – that was the pe- riod 9.09.1944 till the end of the 1950s. Subject of analysis are also the different, often changing, official versions about the association of New artists during the beginning of the 1960s.

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