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Russia - Art Resistance and the Conservative-Authoritarian Zeitgeist book cover

1st Edition

Russia - Art Resistance and the Conservative-Authoritarian Zeitgeist

Edited By Lena Jonson, Andrei Erofeev Copyright 2018
342 Pages
by Routledge

342 Pages 53 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

342 Pages 53 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores how artistic strategies of resistance have survived under the conservative-authoritarian regime which has been in place in Russia since 2012. It discusses the conditions under which artists work as the state spells out a new state cultural policy, aesthetics change and the state attempts to define what constitutes good taste. It examines the approaches artists are adopting to... Read more



1. Introduction





Part I: The Conservative Zeitgeist and Russian Cultural Policy





2. The "Russian World", Genetically Modified Conservatism, or Why Culture Matters





3. The New State Cultural Policy and Visual Art





4. Neo-traditional Fits with Neo-liberal Shifts in Russian Cultural Policy since 2010





5. Daughterland [Rodina-Doch]: Contemporary Russian Messianism and Neo-conservative Visuality

6. The Case of Hungary - a Parallel Development





Part II: The State of Affairs: Voices from the Russian Art Scene





7. Culture as the Enemy: Contemporary Russian Art under the Authoritarian Regime





8. Voices from within the Art Scene. Interviews with Russian Artists





Part III: Artistic Counter-Strategies





9. Dissensus and "Shimmering": Tergiversation as Politics





10. Humor as a Bulletproof Vest: Artists Embracing an Ironic Zeitgeist





11. Demontage of Attractions





12. The Chto Delat School for Engaged Art and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya





13. A Dilemma for the Contemporary Artist: "Revolutionary Pessimism" of Roman Osminkin





14. Radical Art Actionism





15. Petr Pavlenskii and his Actions"





16. Document: Pavlenskii and Yasman: Dialogues about Art





Part IV: Theatre: A Parallel Development





17. Theatre of a Period of Archaization





18. Non-conformist Theatre in Russia: Past and Present



 

Biography



Lena Jonson is a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of



International Affairs.



Andrei Erofeev is a widely published art historian, curator, and former head



of the contemporary art section of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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