Hans Hollein And Postmodernism: Art And Architecture In Austria,
1958-1985

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Set within the broader context of post-war Austria & the re-education initiatives set up by the Allied forces particularly the US this book investigates the art & architecture scene in Vienna to ask how this can inform our broader understanding of architectural Postmodernism The book focuses on the outputs of the Austrian artist & architect Hans Hollein & on his appropriation as a Postmodernist figure In Vienna the circles of radical art & architecture were not distinct & Hollein&s claim that Everything is Architecture& was symptomatic of this intermixing of creative practices Austria&s proximity to the so-called Iron Curtain& & its post-war history of four-power occupation gave a heightened sense of menace that emerged strongly in Viennese art in the Cold War era Seen as a collective entity Hans Hollein&s works across architecture art writing exhibition design & publishing clearly require a more diverse complex & culturally nuanced account of architectural Postmodernism than that offered by critics at the time Across the five chapters Hollein&s outputs are viewed not as individual projects but as symptomatic of Austria&s attempts to come to terms with its Nazi past & to establish a post-war identity