David Crowley

National College of Art and Design, Visual Culture, Faculty Member

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History of photography, Eastern European and Russian Jewish History, Cultural Cold War, The history and practice of graphic design, and History edit
About:
David Crowley is a professor in the School of Visual Culture at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. He has a specialist interest in the art and design histories of Eastern Europe under communist rule. He is the author of various books including National Style and Nation-State. Design in Poland (1992), Warsaw (2003) and editor – with Susan Reid – of three edited volumes: Socialism and Style. Material Culture in Post-war Eastern Europe (2000); Socialist Spaces. Sites of Everyday Life in the Eastern Bloc (2003); and Plea... moreDavid Crowley is a professor in the School of Visual Culture at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. He has a specialist interest in the art and design histories of Eastern Europe under communist rule. He is the author of various books including National Style and Nation-State. Design in Poland (1992), Warsaw (2003) and editor – with Susan Reid – of three edited volumes: Socialism and Style. Material Culture in Post-war Eastern Europe (2000); Socialist Spaces. Sites of Everyday Life in the Eastern Bloc (2003); and Pleasures in Socialism: Leisure and Luxury in the Eastern Bloc (2010). He writes regularly for the art and design press. Crowley also curates exhibitions (including Cold War Modern at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2008–9; The Power of Fantasy. Modern and Contemporary Art from Poland at BOZAR, Brussels, 2011; Sounding the Body Electric. Experimental Art and Music in Eastern Europe at Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, 2012 and Calvert 22, London in 2013; Notes from the Underground. Alternative Art and Music in Eastern Europe, 1968-1993 at Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, 2016 and Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, 2018. Papers and articles can be found at faktografia.comedit
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