New Film on Russian Non-Conformist Art

[Ruder, Cynthia A]

Colleagues:

For those of you studying or interested in contemporary Russian/Soviet Art, please note the recent release of the film described below.  The DVD will be available on Amazon.com.  The film runs 56 minutes and is in Russian & English.  It must be ordered directly from Amazon.


The Russian Concept:  Reflections on Russian Non-Conformist Art

A documentary film by Igor Sopronenko  (Signature Media Production, 2009)

This documentary explores non-conformist Russian art and features several Russian artists whose works are considered masterpieces and classic examples of world conceptual art. Artists interviewed include V. Komar, A. Kosolapov, O. Vasiliev, V. Bakhchinian, L. Sokov and others. The film also includes interviews with American and Russian art critics and contains works illustrative of more than 60 non-conformist artists from The Norton & Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University and from private collections.  It also tells the story of art collector Norton Dodge whose efforts have resulted in the largest collection of Russian-Soviet non-conformist art in the world, which is located in the US.

Cynthia A. Ruder, Associate Professor
University of Kentucky
MCL/Russian & Eastern Studies
1055 Patterson
Lexington, KY  40506-0027
859.257.7026
cynthia.ruder at uky.edu<mailto:cynthia.ruder at uky.edu>

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