Painting in Excess : : Kyiv's Art Revival, 1985-1993 / / ed. by Olena Martynyuk.

The upheavals of glasnost and perestroika followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union remarkably transformed the art scene in Kyiv, launching Ukrainian contemporary art as a global phenomenon. The previously calm waters of the culturally provincial capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic became ra...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (74 p.) :; 85 color illustrations
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Foreword --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. Painting Ukrainian Perestroika: A Parade of Excesses --
2. The Point of No Return: The Art of Kyiv at a Historical Crossroads --
3 Back and Down to Empty Landscapes: Notes on Ukraine’s Reverse Modernism --
4. Prodigal Children of Socialist Realism: New Ukrainian Art and the Soviet Art School --
5. Collecting Eras: A Conversation --
Artists’ Statements --
Plates --
Selected Bibliography --
Catalogue of the Exhibition --
Index of Artists in the Exhibition --
Contributors
Summary:The upheavals of glasnost and perestroika followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union remarkably transformed the art scene in Kyiv, launching Ukrainian contemporary art as a global phenomenon. The previously calm waters of the culturally provincial capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic became radically stirred with new and daring art made publicly visible for the first time since the avant-garde period of the early twentieth century. As artists were freed from the dictates of the fading Communist ideology and the constraints of late socialist realism, an explosion of styles emerged, creating an effect of baroque excess. This exhibition catalogue traces and documents the diverse artistic manifestations of these transitional and exhilarating years in Kyiv while providing some historical artworks for context. Published in partnership with the Zimmerli Museum.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781978830783
9783110766479
DOI:10.36019/9781978830783?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Olena Martynyuk.