Empty zones : Andrei Monastyrskiĭ and Collective Actions / edited by Boris Groĭs ; Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Stella Art Foundation.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Black Dog Publishing, [2011]Description: 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmISBN:

9781907317347
1907317341

Other title:

Andrei Monastyrskiĭ and Collective Actions

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DDC classification:

709.2 MON

Contents:

Art clearings / Boris Groĭs -- Zones of indistinguishability: the Collective Actions group and participatory art / Claire Bishop -- Trips out of town -- Collective Actions and Trips out of town: the aesthetics of Collective Actions / Andrei Monastyrskiĭ -- Earth works -- Videos from Podjachev\'s YouTube channel.

Summary: Empty Zones is a sensitive exploration of Andrei Monastyrski\'s contemplative and complex work, starting from his foundation and involvement in the Collective Actions in the 1970s all the way to his more recent work. This volume includes original visual and textual documentations of Trips out of Town and selected video-stills from Podjachev\'s YouTube Channel as well as the artist\'s photographic Earth Works.Summary: Monastyrski\'s groundbreaking engagement with participatory art in the context of socialist Russia laid the scene for decades of Russian performance art that followed. His influence in Russia cannot be overemphasised and, while his work resonates internationally, there are parallels as well as important differences between his artistic practice and those that characterise Western performance art.Summary: To explore this difference is to probe the underlying ethos of Monastyrski\'s performances, rooted in the Collective Actions\' necessary mediation of the socialist reality against which they operated. These themes are pondered and investigated through specially commissioned essays written by the foremost authorities on the subject as well as by Monastyrski himself.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.2 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100590455

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Empty Zones: Andrei Monastyrski and 'Collective Actions' is the first book to document the work of Russian Conceptual artist Andrei Monastyrski and his collaborative practice since the 1970s. Andrei Monastyrski is a unique figure in Russian contemporary art history, and he created the theory and practice of 'Collective Actions'. The Collective Actions group, founded by Monastyrski in the 1970s, was the first instance in Russia of the kind of participatory art that removes the viewer from his usual passive condition and gives him an active role in the creation of an artistic event. Monastyrski does not restrict himself to any specific method or genre; his artistic statements make equal use of performance, poetry, essay-writing, photography, video, objects and installations. The 'Collective Actions' are one-off aesthetic space-time events that involve artists and participants in huge rural spaces. Empty Zones brings together a cross-section of the actions for the first time in a unique volume with photographs and sketches by Andrei Monastyrski. The book includes texts describing the actions, photographs and theoretical articles about the contemporary aesthetic the artist and some of his contemporaries continues to develop. Includes essays from renowned critic and historian Boris Groys. AUTHOR: Boris Groys is an art historian and New York Times writer. Boris Groys is currently Visiting Mellon Professor at The Courtauld, and Professor of Slavonic and Russian Studies, at NYU; he was previously Professor and curator at ZKM Karlsruhe (Philosophy and Media theory). Claire Bishop is Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art at Warwick University. Claire was an art critic for the London Evening Standard and regularly contributes to art magazines, including Artforum, October and Tate. ILLUSTRATIONS: 80 colour & b/w illustrations

Exhibition organized by: Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow.

Exhibition held at the Russian Pavilion, 54th International Art Exhibition--La Biennale di Venezia, 2011.

Artists featured: Andrei Monastyrskiĭ and the \'Collective Actions\' group (Andrei Monastyrskiĭ, Nikolai Panitkov, Igor Makarevich, Elena Elagina, Sabine Hänsgen, Sergei Romashko).

At head of title: La Biennale di Venezia. 54. Esposizione Internazionale d\'Arte. Partecipazioni nazionali.

Includes bibliographical references.

Empty Zones is a sensitive exploration of Andrei Monastyrski\'s contemplative and complex work, starting from his foundation and involvement in the Collective Actions in the 1970s all the way to his more recent work. This volume includes original visual and textual documentations of Trips out of Town and selected video-stills from Podjachev\'s YouTube Channel as well as the artist\'s photographic Earth Works.

Monastyrski\'s groundbreaking engagement with participatory art in the context of socialist Russia laid the scene for decades of Russian performance art that followed. His influence in Russia cannot be overemphasised and, while his work resonates internationally, there are parallels as well as important differences between his artistic practice and those that characterise Western performance art.

To explore this difference is to probe the underlying ethos of Monastyrski\'s performances, rooted in the Collective Actions\' necessary mediation of the socialist reality against which they operated. These themes are pondered and investigated through specially commissioned essays written by the foremost authorities on the subject as well as by Monastyrski himself.