The Avant‑Garde: Before and After

This book contains essays by Russian and other international experts, describing the problems and the evolution of the Russian Avant‑Garde, its major artistic strategies and ideas, its main forms and styles. The book includes works from leading Russian collections, numerous provincial museums and private Russian and foreign collections. It contains almost all exhibited works, their legends and detailed annotations as well as short biographies of artists. Part of material is published for the first time.