The revolution is dead - long live the revolution!
Subtitle: from Malevich to Judd, from Deineka to Bartana
By: edited by Michael Baumgartner, Kathleen Bühler, Nina Zimmer ; translations: Rebecca van Dyck, Ian Pepper
Contributors: Kunstmuseum Bern; Zentrum Paul Klee; Prestel Verlag
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9783791356358; 9783791367514
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Socialist realism in art; Abstract Art; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Exhibitions; History
Other titles: Revolution is dead - long live the revolution! :; Revolution is dead - long live the revolution! :
Description: The point of departure for the present publication is the strikingly innovative artistic spirit of the Russian avant-garde, along with the "Socialist Realism" that became established after the revolution. It addresses the radical conceptions of the revolutionary artistic movements of the early 20th century and their significance for the breakthroughs to abstraction and Constructivism. It also traces the implications and the traces of "Socialist Realism" as an ideologically motivated pictorial formula up to the present day. Also investigated is the actuality and viability of revolutionary ideas and art with reference to numerous examples of both abstract and representational art. For those interested in the works and ideas of these movements, and in the artistic consequences of the October Revolution in general, this sumptuous publication offers fascinating insights and a comprehensive overview.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the joint exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Bern and the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, April 13-July 9, 2017.

"An exhibition organized by Kunstmuseum Bern and Zentrum Paul Klee."

Book in two parts bound back to back and inverted.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"The Revolution is Dead - Long Live the Revolution! from Deineka to Bartana, from  Malevich to Judd" : April 13-July 9, 2017, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

"The Revolution is Dead - Long Live the Revolution! from Deineka to Bartana, from  Malevich to Judd" : April 13-July 9, 2017, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland.

Text in English, translated from the German.