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Transition in Post-Soviet Art : The Collective Actions Group Before and After 1989 /

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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Esanu, Octavian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Central European University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Creating a clearing : foreword / Boris Groys
  • A general introduction to KD and Moscow conceptualism. A bibliographic overview ; The literature before 1989 ; The literature after 1989 ; The consolidation of the discursive field of Moscow conceptualism ; Mapping Moscow conceptualism ; The attribute "romantic" ; The central concept of "emptiness"
  • Transition : from KD to [KD]. KD's journeys before 1989 ; Volume I (phase 1976-80) : "appearance" ; Volume II (phase 1980-83) : "ten appearances" ; Volume III (phase 1983-85) : "discussion" ; Volume IV (phase 1985-87) and volume V (1987-89) ; "During" : transition to capitalism ; Transition and transitology ; The cultural transition : the SCCA model ; [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.