1st Edition
Transition in Post-Soviet Art The Collective Actions Group Before and After 1989
By Octavian Esanu
Copyright 2013
376 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The artistic tradition that emerged as a form of cultural resistance in the 1970s changed during the transition from socialism to capitalism. This volume presents the evolution of the Moscow-based conceptual artist group called Collective Actions, proposing it as a case-study for understanding the transformations that took place in Eastern European art after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Esanu... Read more
List of Figures, Foreword by Boris Groys, Preface and Acknowledgements, Part I: A General Introduction to KD and Moscow Conceptualism Chapter 1. A Bibliographic Overview The Literature Before 1989 The Literature After 1989, The Consolidation of the Discursive Field of Moscow Conceptualism Chapter 2. Mapping Moscow Conceptualism, The Attribute “Romantic” The Central Concept of “Emptiness” Part II: Transition: From KD to [KD] Chapter 3. KD’s Journeys Before 1989 Volume I (1976–80): Appearance Volume II (1980–83): Ten Appearances Volume III (1983–85): Discussion Volume IV (1985–87) and Volume V (1987–89) Chapter 4. “During”: The Transition to Capitalism Transition and Transitology, The Cultural Transition: The SCCA Model Chapter 5. [KD]’s Journeys After 1989 Temporality of Transition New Schizo- Terms in the Dictionary Bracketed Totality: From KD to [KD] From Numerology to Statistics From Action to Installation, From Descriptions to Projects Kievogorskoe Field: From No Man’s Land to Housing Development, A More Comfortable Journey: From Public to Private Transportation ,The Democratization of Language, Afterword: From KD to [KD]: From Objectivation to Reification, Appendix: Dictionary of Moscow Conceptualism Preface by Andrei Monastyrsky, Dictionary of Moscow Conceptualism (Main Section), Bibliography, Index
Biography
Octavian Esanu, was founding director of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Chisinau (Moldova) and later curator for art institutions in the Netherlands and Germany. He completed his PhD at the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University in 2009. Currently he collaborates with the international art journals ARTMarginsandUmelec. In all of these activities he is seeking a common ground between his artistic, curatorial and academic interests.
Boris Groys is an art critic, media theorist, and philosopher. He is Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University.
