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 the state spells out a new state cultural policy, 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 besides its focus on the visual arts also some discussion of contemporary theatre. The book is interdisciplinary: its authors include artists, art historians, theatre critics, historians, linguists, sociologists and political scientists from Russia, Europe and the United States.

About the Author

Lena Jonson is a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of

International Affairs.

Andrei Erofeev is a widely published art historian, curator, and former head

of the contemporary art section of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Reviews

Shortlisted for the 2021 Kandinsky Art Prize, in the the section for books on art.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367886578
Author Lena Jonson
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g