Vladimir Paperny: The Origins of the Sots Art Movement (Virtual)

In conjunction with Komar and Melamid in America, Julia Tulovsky, the Zimmerli's Curator of Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art, moderates a conversation with Vladimir Paperny:

Contrary to what some journalists claim, I was not the inventor of the term. However, I was a participant in the discussion that led to the term "sotsart" — a socialist version of pop art. During our five years at the Stroganov Art School, Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid, and I became friends. In this presentation, I will trace the development of their collaboration as well as their individual work after the breakup.

Vladimir Paperny graduated from the Stroganov Art Academy in Moscow with an MA in Design. He received his PhD in Cultural Studies from the Russian State University for the Humanities. His thesis Architecture in the Age of Stalin: Culture Two (2002, Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism) was later published in Russian, English, Czech, and Italian. The French edition is scheduled for next year. Since moving to the United States in 1981, Dr. Paperny was a visiting professor and lecturer at USC, UCLA, Bristol University, UK, and other American and European universities. He has received grants and stayed at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1984 and 2008. In addition to his teaching and writing (both academic and fiction), he continues his work as a designer and filmmaker.