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Book Reviews: Prigov: Ocherki khudozhestvennogo nominalizma

Book Reviews Dmitrii Prigov (1940-2007) has now achieved the status of a full-scale classic of contemporary Russian literature. The book touches upon the protagonist's multiple activities as poet, playwright, draughtsman, and performance artist. Some of these terms, however, happen to be artist...

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Published in:Slavic review 2017, Vol.76 (2), p.571
Main Author: Kurbanovsky, Alexei
Format: Review
Language:English
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Summary:Book Reviews Dmitrii Prigov (1940-2007) has now achieved the status of a full-scale classic of contemporary Russian literature. The book touches upon the protagonist's multiple activities as poet, playwright, draughtsman, and performance artist. Some of these terms, however, happen to be artists' self-definitions (Kazimir Malevich's Suprematism); some eyewitness testimonies (such as of Impressionism) ought to be considered part-and-parcel of the phenomena themselves.
ISSN:0037-6779
2325-7784
DOI:10.1017/slr.2017.139