Jonson Lena and Erofeev Andrej

Russia — Art Resistance and the Conservative-Authoritarian Zeitgeist. 

Edited by Lena Jonson and Andrei Erofeev

Routledge, 2019

This English-language collection edited by Lena Jonson and Andrei Erofeev is an up-to-date study of the cultural and political processes within the Russian art scene. Essays by Russian and non-Russian researchers and artists — including Ilya Kalinin, Alexander Bikbov, Peter Pavlensky, Jonathan Brooks Platt, Anna Titova, Stas Shuripa, and Maria Engström — examine Russian art post-2012 that takes a stand against authoritarianism and the conservatism of the modern state. Narratives on general cultural processes alternate with examples of individual creative strategies; the discussion of visual art is complemented by references to contemporary theatre practices.

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Lena Jonson – born in 1948 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Associate Professor of Political Science and former Head of the Russian programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs with work experience in London, Moscow, and Dushanbe. In 2005-2009, she was cultural advisor to the Swedish Embassy in the Russian Federation. Lives and works in Stockholm.

Andrei Erofeev – born in 1956 in Paris. Art historian and curator. Graduated from the Department of History and Theory of Art at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Curator of numerous exhibitions and author of several hundred publications on contemporary art. Lives and works in Moscow.