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Elementary Poetry RU

Elementary Poetry
Andrei Monastyrsky
Elementary Poetry Elementary Poetry
Information
Realm
Russian
Author
Andrei Monastyrsky
Title
Elementary Poetry
Paratexts
Preface by: Boris Grois Introduction by: Elena Kalinsky; Brian Droitcour
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Ugly Duckling Presse
Date of Publication
2019
Illustrations
Yes
Material Type
Book
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
360
OCLC Number
1028833296
ISBN
9781937027681
Language
English
Genre
Poetry
Editor
Elena Kalinsky
Translator
Brian Droitcour
Elena Kalinsky
Andrei Monastyrsky. Elementary Poetry. Edited by Elena Kalinsky. Translated by Brian Droitcour, Elena Kalinsky. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2019.
Description
In recent years Andrei Monastyrski has received international recognition for his work with Collective Actions, a group of artists who have organized actions in the fields around Moscow since 1976. Though his poetry is less well known, that is where it all began. After writing poetry in the manner of Russian modernists, newly available to Soviet readers during Khrushchev’s thaw, Monastyrski’s interest in John Cage and ideas about consciousness from Western and Eastern philosophical traditions led him to deepen his dialogue with poetry of the past through experiments with sound, form, and the creation of artistic environments involving carefully conceived objects and situations. Elementary Poetry collects poems, books, and action objects from the ’70s, tracing a genealogy of the art action in poetry. With a preface by Boris Groys, and a translators’ introduction by Yelena Kalinsky and Brian Droitcour. Co-published with Soberscove Press.
In recent years Andrei Monastyrski has received international recognition for his work with Collective Actions, a group of artists who have organized actions in the fields around Moscow since 1976. Though his poetry is less well known, that is where it all began. After writing poetry in the manner of Russian modernists, newly available to Soviet readers during Khrushchev’s thaw, Monastyrski’s interest in John Cage and ideas about consciousness from Western and Eastern philosophical traditions led him to deepen his dialogue with poetry of the past through experiments with sound, form, and the creation of artistic environments involving carefully conceived objects and situations. Elementary Poetry collects poems, books, and action objects from the ’70s, tracing a genealogy of the art action in poetry. With a preface by Boris Groys, and a translators’ introduction by Yelena Kalinsky and Brian Droitcour. Co-published with Soberscove Press.