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In 1986, the Soviet government created a statute enabling citizens to form associations and clubs for the first time since the 1920s. This-and the 1988 law on cooperatives which permitted private enterprise-gave rise to the first official organizations created by unofficial artists, as well as the beginning of a vibrant gallery scene. Run by artists, curators, and cultural entrepreneurs, these spaces unleashed the creative energy that now characterizes early post-Soviet Russia. Access Moscow examines the key role which the first independent galleries played in the emergence of Moscow's art scene in the 1990s. Through historical texts from leading practitioners of the period-some of which are translated into English for the first time-and essays by Valentin Diaconov, Kate Fowle, Andrei Kovalev, and Elena Selina, this book provides a first-hand account of an art community in formation. A chronology of art and political events shows the development of art life in Moscow over the course of the decade. Access Moscow is the second in a new series of books by Garage Museum of Contemporary Art on research and materials in Garage Archive Collection.

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Exhibit Russia: The New International Decade 1986-1996 is the first publication to explore how the Russian art scene connected to the rest of the world during the turbulent decade following perestroika. Focusing on the exhibitions and events which propelled Russian artists to international attention and introduced Russian publics to Western art stars-Exhibit Russia provides a unique perspective on the dawning of the contemporary global art world. Through first-hand accounts, curators, artists, and writers share their behind-the-scenes experiences, which are further elucidated through rare installation documentation, articles, and press coverage of the exhibitions and events they organized. The book concludes with an archive of selected texts that conveys the zeitgeist of the emerging art scene, as well as a chronology of key exhibitions and socio-political events. Contributors include: Ruth Addison, Mikhail Bode, Andrei Erofeev, Kate Fowle, Boris Groys, Alanna Heiss, Jean-Hubert Martin, Andrey Misiano, Viktor Misiano, Sasha Obukhova, Simon de Pury, David A.Ross, Tair Salakhov, Aidan Salakhova, Sergei Serp, Lisa Schmitz, Mary Angela Schroth, Zelfira Tregulova, Margarita Tupitsyn, and Carl Michael von Hausswolff. Exhibit Russia is the first in a new series of books by Garage Museum of Contemporary Art on research and materials in Garage Archive Collection.

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Since the beginning of his career in the 1960s, Russian artist Erik Bulatov has investigated the potential of painting as social commentary. A founder of the school of Moscow Conceptualism-alongside Ilya Kabakov, Collective Actions, and Komar & Melamid among others-Bulatov developed what has been described as conceptual painting, using text and image to explore spatial preoccupations that mirror his understanding of social relations. This book follows the making of the artist's largest work to date: a thirty-two-feet high monumental diptych made in his trademark graphic style, reminiscent of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky's advertising posters from the 1920s. Introducing an innovative assessment of Bulatov's oeuvre, this richly illustrated publication includes an essay by Garage curator Snejana Krasteva exploring his use of monumental scale, an interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and several of Bulatov's texts spanning the period 1978-2006, which are translated into English for the first time.

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