Moscow Conceptualism: The Artistic and Literary Movement of the Late Soviet Period

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Gerald James Janecek
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY 40506-0001)

Moscow Conceptualism was arguably the most innovative and significant postmodern artistic and literary trend of the late Soviet period (mid-1970s to 1990s). Its focus was to examine the effect of ideological and other stereotypical images and language on the Soviet mind by assembling them into works which reveal and critique established the patterns of everyday thought lying just below the surface of consciousness. The works range in profile and intent from parody to mysticism. The project will result in a book devoted to a detailed examination of the context and major artists and writers in the movement, incl. Kabakov, Bulatov, Komar & Melamid, Prigov, Rubinshtein, Monastyrsky, Sorokin.

Associated Products

Citationality in Lev Rubinstein's "Sestikrylij serafim" (Article)
Title: Citationality in Lev Rubinstein's "Sestikrylij serafim"
Author: Gerald Janecek
Abstract: Analysis on one of Rubinstein's major poems. Translated into Russian in Poetika slova, ed. N. A. Fateeva and L. L. Shestakova (Moscow: Lenand, 2010) 235-48
Year: 2009
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Russian Literature LXVI I: 37-50

Vsevolod Nekrasov i russkii literaturnyi konceptualizm (Article)
Title: Vsevolod Nekrasov i russkii literaturnyi konceptualizm
Author: Gerald Janecek
Abstract: Study of Nekrasov's contributions to the development of Moscow Conceptualism
Year: 2009
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie 5'2009: 201-09
Publisher: NLO

Seriinost' v tvorchestve D. A. Prigova (Article)
Title: Seriinost' v tvorchestve D. A. Prigova
Author: Gerald Janecek
Abstract: Seriality in the work of one of the major Russian Conceptualist poets
Year: 2010
Format: Other
Periodical Title: Nekanonicheskii klassik: D. A. Prigov
Publisher: NLO

Seriality in Dm. Prigov's Poetry (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Seriality in Dm. Prigov's Poetry
Author: Gerald Janecek
Abstract: Discussion of seriality in Prigov's work
Date: 7/11/2008
Conference Name: D. A. Prigov, Berlin

The Roots and Development of Moscow Conceptualism (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: The Roots and Development of Moscow Conceptualism
Author: Gerald Janecek
Abstract: Conceptualism from Vs. Nekrasov to Lev Rubinstein
Date: 11/8/2011
Conference Name: ANZSA conference Christchurch, NZ

Moscow Performance Art: The Collective Actions Group (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Moscow Performance Art: The Collective Actions Group
Author: Gerald Janecek
Abstract: Muiltimedia presentation of selected works by Collective Actions
Date: 11/10/2011
Conference Name: Crossed Lines Synposium, University of Otago, NZ

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