The past tense of the imperfective aspect... and more than that
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Grisha Bruskin is one of the most famous artists in the world who emerged from the Soviet unofficial art scene. Until 1986, his artistic works were known to few, but in 1988, they became a sensation at the first Moscow auction by Sotheby's, where they were sold for a record sum for that time. This episode is just a small part of the documentary-biographical canvas in which Bruskin shows the paradoxical encounter of a private individual and grand history. His texts are characterized by wit and lightness, as well as attention to grotesque details of everyday life on two continents, the small and large dramas of the 20th-century person. They reflect both personal biography and the fate of a whole generation: from growing up in a Jewish family in post-war USSR, the first encounters with anti-Semitism and the absurdity of late Soviet life to the world of unofficial art and life in emigration. Bruskin uses a detached, childlike view of the surrounding world, making his short documentary sketches as expressive as the visual images of his artistic works. For the first time, the works that placed Bruskin among the most significant writers of his generation are collected under one cover, and the visual materials from the author's personal archive reveal another dimension of these texts to the reader, helping to feel the breath of history in them.
Author:
Author:Grisha Bruskin
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Humor & Entertainment
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21x13.5x3.7 cm
Series:
Series:Fiction series
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-2140-4
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