Olga Kopenkina, Author at post https://post.moma.org notes on art in a global context Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:57:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://post.moma.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Olga Kopenkina, Author at post https://post.moma.org 32 32 5 Questions with Olga Kopenkina https://post.moma.org/5-questions-with-olga-kopenkina/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:52:00 +0000 https://post.moma.org/?p=2526 Curator Olga Kopenkina describes her curatorial practice, which moves away from grand historical narratives toward specific, national histories producing intersectionalities that she feels are missing in art history today.

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]]> In this 5 Questions interview, Olga Kopenkina describes her curatorial practice, which moves away from grand historical narratives toward specific, national histories producing intersectionalities that she feels are missing in art history today. She advocates for a study of Russian art, including the historical avant-garde, that goes beyond aesthetics to include the literature and politics of the corresponding period. Considering contemporary Russian art, she is compelled by artists, who “entertain lost avant-garde utopias and unrealized Soviet dreams” in their works.

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