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Alexander Kosolapov : sots art / [texts by Boris Groys, Alexander Borovsky and Lyudmila Novikova].

Title
Alexander Kosolapov : sots art / [texts by Boris Groys, Alexander Borovsky and Lyudmila Novikova].
Author
Kosolapov, Alexander, 1943-
Publication
Bielefeld : Kerber Art, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Borovskiĭ, A. D. (Aleksandr Davydovich)
  • Groĭs, Boris
  • Novikova, Lyudmila.
Description
184 p. : chiefly col. ill.; 32 cm.
Summary
Alexander Kosolapov is one of the most remarkable "go-betweeners" of contemporary art, a nomadic presence across ideologies and cultures and a hero of Russian Conceptualism alongside Ilya Kabakov, Boris Mikhailov and Dmitri Prigov. In 1973, he cofounded the Sots-Art movement, which satirically conflated Soviet and American capitalist iconographies; in 1975 he relocated to New York, remaining there for 30 years and immersing himself in the American art scene. Dovetailing Russian political art with American Pop, Kosolapov created such well-known images as the "Lenin Coca Cola" (1985), "Malevich Marlborough" and "Lenin McDonald's." In his most recent works, Kosolapov proposes new, nonexistent brands for post-Soviet Russia. This substantial survey appraises the entirety of his career to date.
Alternative Title
Sots art
Subject
  • Kosolapov, Alexander, 1943-
  • Sots art > Catalogs
Genre/Form
Bildband.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9783866782273 (English edition : hd.bd.)
  • 3866782276 (English edition : hd.bd.)