Understanding Russia: The Holy Fool in Russian Culture. By Ewa M. Thompson. Lanham, Md.; New York; and London: University Press of America, 1987. xi, 229 pp. $24.50, cloth. $12.75, paper.

Slavic Review ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 320-321
Author(s):  
Nancy Shields Kollmann
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
Holy Fool

scholarly journals Figura świętego głupca w twórczości Andrieja Tarkowskiego

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 175-186
Author(s):  
Bartosz Wieczorek
Keyword(s):  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
Russian Orthodoxy ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Holy Fool ◽  
Strong Reflection ◽  
The World ◽  
Andrei Tarkovsky ◽  
Over Time

The figure of the “holy fool” in the work of Andrei TarkovskyThe article analyzes the figure of the “holy fool” — a specific cultural phenomenon of Russian Orthodoxy, which found its strong reflection in the work of Andrei Tarkovsky. After showing the essence of the work of the Russian director, i.e. the internal conflict in man between the material and spiritual sphere, the Christian pedigree of the figure of the “holy fool”, which finds a special expression in Russian culture, is presented. Over time, it undergoes significant transformations. In Tarkovsky’s films, the figure of the “holy fool” allows the director to manifest his opinions and his view of the world, the role of art or the vocation of the artist. Tarkovsky’s “holy fool” evolves from a purely Christian figure, a humble and trusting figure fighting with all evil, through the original loner seeking consolation for others, to a figure, which destroys the existing order while awaiting the reaction of God connected with the restoration of the harmony to the world.

scholarly journals Artists from Primorsky Krai at the New York’s exhibition facilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Y.I. Volkogonov
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Art Criticism ◽  
Primorsky Krai ◽  
Jersey City ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
Russian Art ◽  
American Press ◽  
The Creation

The article describes the conditions and prerequisites for the creation of the Center for Contemporary Russian Culture and the Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Vladivostok. The chronology of personal and group exhibitions at the sites of New York and Jersey City (USA), with the participation of artists from the Primorsky Krai, is indicated. The article describes the activities of Alexander Glezer and Alexander Gorodny in organizing exhibitions in Russia and abroad. The author gives an overview of the personal exhibitions of Alexander Pyrkov, Ilyas Zinatulin, Lilia Zinatulin, Fernan Zinatulin, Evgeny Makeev, Vladimir Ganin, Valery Shapranov, Anatoly Zaugolnov. Fragments of statements by art criticism and assessments of the works of Primorye artists by the American press are given. В статье изложены условия и предпосылки создания в г. Владивостоке Центра современной русской культуры и Музея современного русского искусства. Указана хронология персональных и групповых выставок на площадках Нью-Йорка и Джерси-Сити (США) с участием художников Приморского края. Описана деятельность Александра Глезера и Александра Городнего по организации выставок в России и за рубежом. Дан обзор персональных выставок Александра Пыркова, Ильяса, Лилии и Фернана Зинатулиных, Евгения Макеева, Владимира Ганина, Валерия Шапранова, Анатолия Заугольнова. Приведены фрагменты высказываний арт-критики и оценок творчества приморских художников американской прессой.

A Sinner or a Criminal? The Judgment of Oleg Mavromatti under Article 282

Poetics Today ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-460
Author(s):  
Darja Filippova
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Church And State ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
The Public ◽  
Holy Fool ◽  
Behavioral Paradigm ◽  
Performance Events ◽  
Sociopolitical Climate

This article discusses the performance events “Do Not Believe Your Eyes” (2000) and “Ally/Foe” (2010) by Russian artist Oleg Mavromatti in the framework of a single durational event that critiques the sacralization of public space in Russia. The public reception of the performances is mediated by attitudes toward Russian Criminal Law Article 282, the so-called law against religious offenses, in a sociopolitical climate where Orthodoxy is conflated with state patriotism. Through the appropriation of the colloquially resonant behavioral paradigm of the holy fool, the author analyzes how Mavromatti’s performance event critiques the concept of “judgment” (by an Orthodox state and by an Orthodox public) from within a culturally resonant religious tradition. The artist’s intervention calls for a secular separation of church and state, but by doing so from within a religious tradition, it illuminates the function of the postsecular as a mode of engagement in contemporary Russian culture.

scholarly journals VYACHESLAV IVANOV AND HIS GERMAN-LANGUAGE PUBLISHERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 257-259
Author(s):  
Konstantin Iur’evich Lappo-Danilevskii ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
German Language ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
Vyacheslav Ivanov

Review: Vjačeslav Ivanov und seine deutschsprachigen Verleger / Hrsg. von Michael Wachtel und Philip Gleissner; unter Mitwirkung von Vladimir Janzen. Berlin; Bern; Bruxelles; New York; Oxford; Warszawa; Wien: Peter Lang, 2019. 374 S., 22 Abb. (Russian Culture in Europe; vol. 14).

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