Frozen Dreams. Contemporary Art from Russia

Russia has undergone an amazing cultural and political transformation over the past forty years. How has its rapidly changing social landscape shaped its art? And how does art effect social and cultural change within Russia? This generously illustrated volume explores these questions by presenting a broad but balanced selection of work by eighty Russian artists working from the 1970s to the present day.

Before Perestroika, artistic practice in Russia was either ‘official’ or ‘unofficial’; Frozen Dreams focuses on the ‘unofficial’ art of the Communist era, many of whose creators fled to the West. The book is an essential guide to this neglected area and an up-to-the-minute cultural portrait of an exciting artistic arena.

It features many newcomers, including Alexei Kallima, Kerim Ragimov and Olga Chernysheva alongside such well-established names as Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Eric Bulatov, Boris Mikhailov and AES+F.

Hossein Amirsadeghi is a writer, publisher, editor and documentary film maker. Among his other books are Different Sames, New Vision and Unleashed, all published by Thames & Hudson.

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