Konst i ruinerna av en utopi : en analys av nominerade bidrag till Kandinsky- och Innovatsijapriserna 2019/2020

Sammanfattning: This thesis examines contemporary Russian art in selected works by nominees to the latest editions of the Kandinsky- and Innovation Prize. The analysis applies the concepts of dissensus, mimetic mourning and Soviet Antiquity. It is found that there is a tendency among the nominees to address the Soviet legacy in their art, in which some of them aim to preserve some aspect of it from being erased from memory and history. Art with elements of dissensus are also found among the nominees, and in some cases these two categories coincide.