Jonson / Erofeev Russia - Art Resistance and the Conservative-Authoritarian Zeigeist

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-73834-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 342 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

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 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 some discussion of contemporary theatre as well as the visual arts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jonson, Lena

Erofeev, Andrei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

Part I: The State of Affairs: Voices from the Russian Art Scene

2. Contemporary Art in Russia under the Conservative Offensive

3. Voices from within the Art Scene: Interviews with Russian artists

Part II: The Conservative Zeitgeist and Russian Cultural Policy

4. The "Russian World": Genetically Modified Conservatism, or Why Culture matters

5. Neo-traditional Fits for Neoliberal Shifts

6. A Lesson for Russian Conservatives: the Case of Hungary

Part III: Artistic Counter-strategies

7. Humour as a Bulletproof Vest: Artists Embracing an Ironic Zeitgeist

8. Dissensus and "Shimmering": Tergiversation as Politics

9. A Dilemma for the Politically Engaged Author: The Case of Roman Osminkin

10. Conservative Attractions

11. Leftist Political Art: The Case of the Chto delat Group

12. Daughterland (Rodina-Doch): Contemporary Russian Messianism and Neoconservative Visuality

13. Dialogues about Art

Part IV: Theatre: A Parallell Development

14. Theatre in a Period of Archaization

15. Non-conformist theatre in Russia: Past and Present

Über Autor(innen)

Lena Jonson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs


Andrei Erofeev is a widely published art historian and former curator of the contemporary art section of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow