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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Eşanu, Octavian,
• MitwirkendeR: Groys, Boris,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)

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 transformations that took place in Eastern European art after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Esanu introduces Moscow Conceptualism by performing a close examination of the Collective Actions group's ten-volume publication Journeys Outside the City and of the Dictionary of Moscow Conceptualism. He analyzes above all the evolution of Collective Actions through ten consecutive phases, discussing changes that occur in each new volume of the Journeys. Compares the part of the Journeys produced in the Soviet period with those volumes assembled after the dissolution of the USSR. The concept of "transition" and the activities of Soros Centers for Contemporary Art are also analyzed.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Creating a Clearing: Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I: A General Introduction to KD and Moscow Conceptualism -- Chapter 1. A Bibliographic Overview -- Chapter 2. Mapping Moscow Conceptualism -- Part II: Transition: From KD to [KD] -- Chapter 3. KD’s Journeys Before 1989 -- Chapter 4. “During”: The Transition to Capitalism -- Chapter 5. [KD]’s Journeys After 1989 -- Afterword: From KD to [KD]: From Objectivation to Reification -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index