Moscow Vanguard Art: 1922-1992

by Margarita Tupitsyn

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A comprehensive survey of art in Moscow in the era of the Soviet Union that champions the unquenchable spirit of artistic experimentation in the face of political repression

Ambitious and interdisciplinary, Moscow Vanguard Art: 1922-1992 tells the story of generations of artists who resisted Soviet dictates on aesthetics, spanning the Russian avant-garde, socialist realism, and Soviet postwar art in one volume. Drawing on art history, criticism, and political theory, Margarita Tupitsyn unites these three epochs, mapping their differences and commonalities, ultimately reconnecting the postwar vanguard with the historical avant-garde. With a focus on Moscow artists, the book chronicles...Read more
  • ISBN10 0300179758
  • ISBN13 9780300179750
  • Publish Date 4 July 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press