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Systemic transition in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 has given rise to new dissidence of love and erotics. The time has come in this part of the world to fight for freedom and dignity of non-heterosexual people. The status quo is a legacy of the totalitarian system, hostile to individual rights, religious fundamentalisms, the clout enjoyed by the nationalist right, limitations of women’s rights, and no sexual revolution. However, there is also a silver lining thanks to the success of emancipatory movements in politics and, especially, culture. Each country undergoes a different type of transformation and no simple summary will suffice. We have invited to this exhibition artists from the part of Europe where sexual pluralism sparks cultural tensions. Homosexual themes have become important and… fashionable. This has inspired many artists to open expression. They realise that their experience is in the centre of the cultural debate and that they can put it forth. The time of strife has afforded the freedom of expression and creation! Ars Homo Erotica is proof of that.
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