The New Museum of New York has opened an exhibit featuring artists who were struggling under Soviet rule in the Eastern Bloc – but also the loss of identity they experienced after the fall of the Berlin Wall, reports the New York Times.
Featuring the artwork of more than 50 artists from 20 countries, the exhibit is titled Ostalgia: "a term that emerged in the 1990s to describe a sense of longing and nostalgia for the era before the collapse of the Communist Bloc," explains the museum website.
"’Ostalgia’ looks at the art produced in and about some of these countries, many of which did not formally exist two decades ago. Mixing private confessions and collective traumas, the exhibition traces a psychological landscape in which individuals and entire societies negotiate new relationships to history, geography, and ideology."
The exhibit currently occupies all four floors in the museum, and runs until September 25. Tickets are $12 for adults, with free admission for those under 18.