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17 Europolity: Continuity & Change Eur. Governance 5 (2023)
Artists at War

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EUROPOLITY, vol. 17, no, 2, 2023


                          ARTISTS AT WAR

                              Silviu ANGHEL
                  Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
                            Bucharest /Romania

                            Alexandra ZBUCHEA
       National University of Political Studies and Public Administration
                            Bucharest /Romania




Abstract
At least since Antiquity, art and war have interfered. The most common aspect
to consider is the propaganda associated with it. At the same time, artists took a
stand for/against certain wars  (or the concept of war)  according to their
personal values, beliefs, and experiences. The first part of the paper investigates
how  arts, war, and propaganda intertangled during the past two millennia. The
Second  World War,  the most complex  one to this date with globally diverse
implications, seems to prove most how important artists are involved in times of
war. This paper investigates how artists reacted to war and propaganda during
the past two  millennia. It includes a case study that analyzes the Russian
aggression in Ukraine  through  the eyes of various artists. It follows how
Russian, Ukrainian, and foreign artists responded to this shocking event. As
expected, many Russian artists are supporting the war, on various grounds: they
fear  negative consequences,   they  believe the  official perspective and
propaganda, etc. Nevertheless, Russian artists - still living in Russia or who left
the country immediately  after the beginning of the war in Ukraine - are an
important opposition voice despite the risks they take to express their views. It
is even more relevant since the common political lines of action seem not to be
possible in present-day Russia. As expected, most Ukrainian artists are publicly
expressing their opinions against the war. Their art has benefited from wider
attention than previously, especially in the EU, where many of them live as


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