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LOT 214:

Matthew Bown - Contemporary Russian Art. Phaidon Press, 1989

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Matthew Bown - Contemporary Russian Art. Phaidon Press, 1989

The author discusses how Russian art has evolved from icon painting through to Socialist Realism. He examines the work of approximately 50 contemporary artists, all of whom are living [at the time of publication, 1989] and working in the Soviet Union and conveys a general view of life in the USSR.

CONTENTS: Russian artistic heritage; Socialist realism today; Tradition of monumental art; Figurative painting and the rejection of socialist realism; Social themes in the Gorbachev era; Russian artists' spiritual search; Text and image; Art and ideology; Russian artists and international culture; Performance art.


Hardcover with DJ

Fully illustrated. 128 pages.25x29 cm.

good condition