Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--2016, University of California, Berkeley, under the title: What's the matter with Moscow? developing a field of art in a postsocialist, global world. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Toward a Postsocialist Field of Art -- From Last to First: Two Generations of Postsocialist Russian Artists -- Collecting for the Nation -- Building the Field through the Market: The Role of Galleries -- "History is Repeating Itself": Russian Art and the State -- Neither Here nor There: Russia in the Global Art World -- Conclusion: The Field of Art in Russia and Beyond.
Summary:
"Art of Transition offers an unprecedented ethnographic view of the field of art in Russia between two eras of world-historical significance, socialism and global capitalism, and shows how the Russian art world has negotiated its cultural standing in an unequal, globalized present"-- Provided by publisher.
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