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Past Imperfect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
Alice Nakimovsky
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Description for Past Imperfect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
Hardcover. Captures the artist, Grisha Bruskin's experiences as a Jew in Russia, the reality of life in an empire permeated by ideology, and the centrality of family. This book features photographs which create a distinct dialogue between word and image. Translator(s): Nakhimovsky, Alice Stone. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
As a soviet underground artist, Grisha Bruskin was propelled to prominence after the unprecedented success of his paintings at the Sotheby Moscow auction of 1988. Since then his work has been exhibited all over the world at the Guggenheim, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Jewish Museum in New York. Past Imperfect deftly captures the artist's experiences as a Jew in Russia, the reality of life in an empire permeated by ideology, and the centrality of family. Saturated with insight and irony, each story offers a small vignette of Bruskin's life. Photographs throughout the ... Read more
As a soviet underground artist, Grisha Bruskin was propelled to prominence after the unprecedented success of his paintings at the Sotheby Moscow auction of 1988. Since then his work has been exhibited all over the world at the Guggenheim, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Jewish Museum in New York. Past Imperfect deftly captures the artist's experiences as a Jew in Russia, the reality of life in an empire permeated by ideology, and the centrality of family. Saturated with insight and irony, each story offers a small vignette of Bruskin's life. Photographs throughout the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art
Number of Pages
365
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815609018
SKU
V9780815609018
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About Alice Nakimovsky
Grisha Bruskin was born in Moscow in 1945 and grew up in a Jewish family under the Stalinist and post-Stalinist state. Since leaving Russia in 1989, he has exhibited in major museums all over the world. He is associated with the Marlborough Gallery in New York. Alice Nakhimovsky is professor of Russian and Jewish studies at Colgate University. She is ... Read more
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