Adair Rounthwaite

Adair Rounthwaite, a historian of contemporary art and chair at the University of Washington, dives into the interplay of art and public spaces in socialist Zagreb. She unpacks the provocative actions of the Group of Six Authors, exploring how they challenged state ideologies through public interventions. Adair illuminates the concept of intimacy as a framework for understanding the group's work and discusses their strategic use of kitsch to provoke societal norms. Moreover, she contextualizes their practices within the broader global art scene, reflecting on artists' responses to Yugoslavia’s turbulent changes.