The Revolutionary Aesthetics of the Second Russian Avant-Garde: Michail Grobman's Subversive Art. (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ioffe, Dennis G.
• Is Part Of: Russian studies in literature. Volume 53:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 172
• Page End: 200
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Periodicals; 891.7
• DOI: 10.1080/10611975.2017.1400272
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1061-1975

Abstract

Abstract : The text focuses on the stiob (the Russian word for a particular form of parody) and subversive aesthetic praxis of the Second Russian Avant-Garde. In particular, Ioffe analyzes Michail Grobman's oeuvre from the perspective of various irreverent techniques associated with the political left and the cynic tradition, drawing a conceptual parallel between the avant-garde's life-creational outrage and Surrealist patterns of discursive terror. Ioffe reflects on the synthetic nature of the avant-garde, which puts equal emphasis on visual and verbal arts. His analysis explores the radical artistic gesture that represents one of the unique contributions of this cultural paradigm.