Russia : art resistance and the conservative-authoritarian zeitgeist / edited by Lena Jonson and Andrei Erofeev.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erofeev, Andreæi, editor.

Jonson, Lena, 1948- editor.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 78.

Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series ; 78

Standardized Title:

Russia (Routledge (Firm))

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Political aspects--Russia (Federation)--History--21st century.

Arts.

Art and state--Russia (Federation)--History--21st century.

Art and state.

Russia (Federation)--Intellectual life--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"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 resist state oppression and to question the present system and attitudes to art. The book addresses a wide range of issues related to these themes, considers the work of individual artists and includes besides its focus on the visual arts also some discussion of contemporary theatre. The book is interdisciplinary: its authors include artists, art historians, theatre critics, historians, linguists, sociologists and political scientists from Russia, Europe and the United States."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction / LENA JONSON

part Part I The conservative zeitgeist and Russian cultural policy

chapter 2 The ‘Russian World’: Genetically modified conservatism, or why ‘Russian culture’ matters / ILYA KALININ

chapter 3 The new conservative cultural policy and visual art / LENA JONSON

chapter 4 Neo- traditionalist fits with neo- liberal shifts in Russian cultural policy / ALEXANder BIKBOV

chapter 5 Daughterland: contemporary Russian messianism and neo- conservative visuality / MARIA ENGSTRÖM

chapter 6 Cultural policy and conservatism in Hungary: A parallel development

part PART II The state of affairs: voices from the Russian art scene

chapter 7 Culture as the enemy: Contemporary Russian art under the authoritarian regime / ANDREI EROFEEV

chapter 8 Voices from the art scene: Interviews with Russian artists / ANDREI EROFEEV

part Part III Artistic counterstrategies

chapter 9 Dissensus and ‘shimmering’: Tergiversation as politics / DANIIL LEIderMAN

chapter 10 Humour as a bulletproof vest: Artists embracing an ironic zeitgeist / HELENA GOSCILO

chapter 11 Demontage of attractions / STANISLAV SHURIPA

chapter 12 Wartime intimacy: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and the Chto Delat school for engaged art / JONATHAN BROOKS PLATT

chapter 13 A dilemma for the contemporary artist: The ‘revolutionary pessimism’ of Roman Osminkin / MARK LIPOVETSKY

chapter 14 Radical art actionism / ANDREI EROFEEV

chapter 15 Petr Pavlenskii and his actions / PER- ARNE BODIN

chapter 16 A dialogue about art / PETR PAVLENSKII

part PART IV Theatre: a parallel development

chapter 17 Theatre in a period of archaization / PAVEL RUDNEV

chapter 18 Nonconformist theatre in Russia: Past and present / KRISTINA MATVIENKO.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-73834-8

1-315-18685-3

1-351-73835-6

9781315186856

OCLC:

1004973610