
Mnemonics of Difference
Kazimir Malevich and Visual Parody (1907-1913)
Beniamino Foschini(Author)
Böhlau (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 12. October 2026
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-3-412-53243-7 (ISBN)
Description
Since about the middle of the nineteenth century, a specter has haunted the European mass media entertainment market: the caricature of art, or visual parody. Originating in the pages of satirical magazines, it was initially intended to provoke laughter among the readers, but it quickly evolved into a new form of pictorial criticism by artists toward or against other artists.
The thesis of this book is that in the cultural context of late imperial Russia, visual parody moved from the periphery of vernacular culture to the center of artistic practice. The impatient Kazimir Malevich, in particular, found in it an ideal device for challenging the artistic authority of the historical and contemporary canon.
So is this book an art historical uchronia? Does the focus on visual parody offer a supplementary or rather an alternative vision of Malevich's early work up to Victory over the Sun?
Through the intense interpictorial and transdisciplinary analysis of the case studies, the raising of the centrality of the artist's theatrical experience in general and the reception of Symbolism in particular, and the recourse to early Soviet parody scholars (Tynianov, Freidenberg, Bakhtin), this book leads the reader into a place where opposition and resemblance coexist in the attempt to subvert aesthetic conventions.
More details
Series
Thesis
Doctoral thesis
2021
LMU München
Edition
1. Edition
Language
German
Place of publication
Köln
Germany
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
inkl. 103, teils farb. Abb.
Weight
757 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-412-53243-7 (9783412532437)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Beniamino Foschini received a doctorate in Art History at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and is currently a lecturer at the Theaterakademie August Everding.
Series Editor
Robert Born ist Kunsthistoriker und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Bundesinstitut für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa.
Ada Raev ist Professorin für Kunstgeschichte an der Universität Bamberg.