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Doubtful Lustration

Author(s): Mikhail Ryklin
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: Intelighetzia and power; Putin; I believe; The Cultural Optimism Project; Attention; Religion!; art in Russia; politics in Russia; art and faith in Russia; Oleg Kulik;

Summary/Abstract: The author exemplifies the new meanings of the word “lustration” in Russia (invitation to conformity, or religious fanaticism) with the exhibition I believe. The Cultural Optimism Project, organized in Moscow. The author considers it to be a king of reaction to the highly controversial and devastated exhibition of 2005, Attention, Religion!. Also the new ideology in Russia and the artists’ condition is tackled.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 62
  • Page Range: 116-117
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Romanian
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