Anti-Shows: Aptart 1982-84, Exhibition Histories Vol. 8

by Margarita Tupitsyn

A collective of artists, a gallery and a movement, APTART was a series of self-organized "anti-shows" that took place in a private apartment and outdoor spaces in Moscow between 1982 and 1984. These covert and anarchic actions, which soon came into conflict with the Soviet authorities, represented a collective attempt to rethink the politics of exhibition-making and the making of a public in the absence of a public sphere.

The first comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 396098023X
• ISBN13: 9783960980230
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Afterall Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.4"