Soviet Emigré Artists

Soviet Emigré Artists

Author: Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780873322966

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The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one. The singers of Ukrainian epics, these minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance. Repressed during the Stalin era, this is their story.


Soviet Emigre Artists

Soviet Emigre Artists

Author: Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1315288915

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The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one. The singers of Ukrainian epics, these minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance. Repressed during the Stalin era, this is their story.


Transformed by Emigration

Transformed by Emigration

Author: Ivan Foletti

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-07

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9788021097094

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The thematic framework of this special issue is an examination of the impact Russian emigres had on the humanities and art. From art history to philosophy, artistic creation to ecumenical dialogue, the volume is dedicated to figures who, through their emigration from Russia, transformed their places of arrival and relevant fields. The articles in the volume assess these topics from an interdisciplinary point of view, extending the usual horizons of Convivium to other fields as well. The volume was published as the proceedings of the conference Transformed by Emigration. Welcoming Russian Intellectuals, Scientists, and Artists 1917-1945 held at the Hans Belting Library in February 2019.


Transition in Post-Soviet Art

Transition in Post-Soviet Art

Author: Octavian Esanu

Publisher: Central European University Press

Published: 2013-06-10

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 6155225532

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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.


Soviet Dissident Artists

Soviet Dissident Artists

Author: Matthew Baigell

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9780813522234

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If life was hard for all under the Soviet regime, how much more difficult was it to be a dissident artist? For those who did not belong to the dominant school of Socialist Realism, it could be a life of great risk. Often forced to scavenge for materials to use in paintings and sculptures, these artists led both a sometimes dangerous, illicit underground life, as well as an acceptable public life. In Soviet Dissident Artists, Renee Baigell and Matthew Baigell interview nearly fifty former dissident artists to better understand their struggles under Soviet rule and their desires to maintain their sense of inner freedom. In these probing interviews, the artists chronicle their hardships and their friendships under the old Communist regime from the 1950s to the 1980s. They relate their confrontations with the KGB and other government organizations--sometimes with tragic consequences--and how they managed to survive and create subversive work in their spare time. Recording experiences largely unknown to Western artists, these interviews describe one of the great heroic stories of the last half of the twentieth century.


Russian Émigré Culture

Russian Émigré Culture

Author: Christoph Flamm

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1443863661

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A quarter of a century ago, glasnost opened the door for a new look at Russian émigré culture unimpeded by the sterile concepts of Cold War cultural politics. Easier access to archives and a comprehensive approach to culture as a multi-faceted phenomenon, not restricted to single phenomena or individuals, have since contributed to a better understanding of the processes within the émigré community, of its links with the lost home country, and of the interaction with the cultural life of the countries of adoption. This volume offers a collection of critical articles that resulted from the international interdisciplinary symposium which was held at Saarland University in November 2011 as part of a one-week festival, “Russian Music in Exile”. Scholars from around the world contributed essays reflecting current perspectives on Russian émigré culture, shedding new light on cultural diplomacy, literature, art, and music, and covering essentially the whole 20th century, from pre-revolutionary movements to the present. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume shows that émigré networks were not confined to a particular segment of culture, but united composers, artists, critics, and even diplomats. On the whole, the contributions to this volume document the fascinating diversity, the internal contradictions, as well as the impact that the largest and most durable émigré movement of the 20th century had on European cultural life.


Painting by Numbers

Painting by Numbers

Author: Vitaly Komar

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0520218612

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This book complements a national traveling exhibition of Komar and Melamid's interpretation of the "most wanted' and "most unwanted" paintings of fourteen countries titled: The People's Choice, organized and circulated by ICI - Independant Curators International, touring to museums from September 1998 to December 2000.


Reclaiming and Redefining American Exhibitions of Russian Art

Reclaiming and Redefining American Exhibitions of Russian Art

Author: Roann Barris

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-08-23

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 100092761X

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This book examines the history of American exhibitions of Russian art in the twentieth century in the context of the Cold War. Because this history reflects changes in museological theory and the role of governments in facilitating or preventing intercultural cooperation, it uncovers a story that is far more complex than a chronological listing of exhibition names and art works. Roann Barris considers questions of stylistic appropriations and influences and the role of museum exhibitions in promoting international and artistic exchanges. Barris reveals that Soviet and American exchanges in the world of art were extensive and persistent despite political disagreements before, during, and after the Cold War. It also reveals that these early exhibitions communicated contradictory and historically invalid pictures of the Russian or Soviet avant-garde. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, and Russian studies.


Soviet Naval Operational Art: The Soviet Approach to Naval War Fighting

Soviet Naval Operational Art: The Soviet Approach to Naval War Fighting

Author: Dr. Russel H. S. Stolfi

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 178289991X

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A category of military art called naval operational art exists in the Soviet Union. For the Soviets the art is the scientific skill of planning and conducting the interlinked engagements, strikes, and maneuvers that comprise the modern naval operation. The Soviets exercise naval operational art according to principles of the art which the Soviets emphasize with a stiff formalism that can be exploited by the West. This study describes the art and its style and suggests Soviet naval war fighting scenarios based on the application of the principle of naval operational art.