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Transition in Post-Soviet Art: The Collective Actions Group Before and After 1989
Octavian Esanu
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Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 330 pages, 12 diagrams and illustrations, appendix. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; ACXJ5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 688.
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 introduces Moscow Conceptualism by performing a close examination of the Collective Actions group's ten-volume publication Journeys Outside the City and of the Dictionary of Moscow Conceptualism. He analyzes above all the evolution of Collective Actions through ten consecutive phases, discussing ... Read more
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 introduces Moscow Conceptualism by performing a close examination of the Collective Actions group's ten-volume publication Journeys Outside the City and of the Dictionary of Moscow Conceptualism. He analyzes above all the evolution of Collective Actions through ten consecutive phases, discussing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
330
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
678g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Budapest, Hungary
ISBN
9786155225116
SKU
V9786155225116
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About Octavian Esanu
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 ARTMargins and Umelec. In all of these activities he is seeking ... Read more
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