ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a draft for a comprehensible cultural framework in order to interpret the latest artistic production of Eastern European and, more exactly, Hungarian contemporary photography. This framework is written in such a way as to be useful in understanding the historical and cultural specificity of the region and the artworks addressing these issues. During the two decades following the regime change, important discourses permeated Eastern European intellectual life centered around decolonial and postcolonial theory which influenced both art history and theory of contemporary art. These kinds of discourses seemed to be marginal after 2010, but recently a kind of renaissance can be observed. My intention is to highlight the key concepts and some Eastern European contributors to these discourses. In the later part of my chapter, I focus on the new generation of contemporary photographers who were born around the date of the regime change. My selection includes those artists whose approach can be related to the theoretical frameworks of decolonial and postcolonial theory and the critique of modernity.
