Contemporary Oppositional Art in Russia
The Artistic Non-Commitment Strategy of Shimmering
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2026
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2327-8 (ISBN)
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2327-8 (ISBN)
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Examines Moscow Conceptualism through the prism of “shimmering”, an artistic tactic structuring how artists belonging to this underground group in the USSR of the 1970s-1980s modeled space, subject and their own authority.
This book focuses on an artistic tactic from the late Soviet underground called “shimmering,” characterized by rapid shifts between various opposing perspectives and ideologies, with the artist embracing all and betraying all in turn.
The Moscow Conceptualists designed shimmering to avoid repeating what they saw as the fatal flaw of the Soviet avant-garde: the collusion between artistic and political authority. Shimmering was intended to prevent artists from ever slipping into authoritarianism, making their words, works and selves slippery instead. Inspired by American Pop Art’s nonchalant critique of the hegemonic visuality of capitalism, Moscow Conceptualists forged shimmering to similarly represent Soviet official culture. Daniil Leiderman traces how shimmering developed from experiments with painterly space exploring the contentious legacy of the Soviet avant-garde, to re-negotiations of the artist’s relationship to their own authority, ultimately becoming a model for constructing new social collectives, outside the norms of Soviet society. The author argues that shimmering remains an important tactic for dismantling hierarchical power in contemporary Russian protest art.
This book focuses on an artistic tactic from the late Soviet underground called “shimmering,” characterized by rapid shifts between various opposing perspectives and ideologies, with the artist embracing all and betraying all in turn.
The Moscow Conceptualists designed shimmering to avoid repeating what they saw as the fatal flaw of the Soviet avant-garde: the collusion between artistic and political authority. Shimmering was intended to prevent artists from ever slipping into authoritarianism, making their words, works and selves slippery instead. Inspired by American Pop Art’s nonchalant critique of the hegemonic visuality of capitalism, Moscow Conceptualists forged shimmering to similarly represent Soviet official culture. Daniil Leiderman traces how shimmering developed from experiments with painterly space exploring the contentious legacy of the Soviet avant-garde, to re-negotiations of the artist’s relationship to their own authority, ultimately becoming a model for constructing new social collectives, outside the norms of Soviet society. The author argues that shimmering remains an important tactic for dismantling hierarchical power in contemporary Russian protest art.
Daniil M. Leiderman is a professor of Art History and Game Design in the Visualization program at Texas A&M University.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Origins of Shimmering
Chapter 2: The Shimmering Sacred
Chapter 3: Shimmering Space
Chapter 4: Shimmering Object
Chapter 5: Author, Audience, and the Politics of Shimmering
Conclusion: Shimmering in the Time of Putin
Appendix: List of Interviews Conducted by the Author
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 b/w photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-2327-3 / 1666923273 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-2327-8 / 9781666923278 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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