A Moscow-based conceptual art group that emerged in 1976, initiated by Andrey Monastyrsky. Each performance, typically held on the outskirts of Moscow, ...
Works in collections
State Tretyakov Gallery.
Exhibitions and auctions
Selected exhibitions:
1977 La nuova arte sovietika. Venice Biennale.
1980 Nonconformists, Art Gallery, University of Maryland.
1981 Russian...
"...The group 'Collective Actions' (1976-1989) revealed the second, 'metaphysical' aspect of performance art, drawing from the Kabakov tradition of absence..."
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Appearance, 1976, , The audience was offered invitations for an action titled “The Appearance”. When everybody gathered (30 persons), two participants of the action distributed to the audience papers (“Documentary verification”) to certify one’s presence at “The Appearance”. SLOGAN-1977, 1977, , A red banner with inscription was hung: “I DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING AND I ALMOST LIKE IT HERE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PLACE”. (a quote from A. Monastyrski’s book “Nothing happens”). THE EXIT, 1983, , BEHIND C.A., 1987, , Three participants of the action buried in snow along the Moscow Circular Road 16 maps and fragments of maps. SLOGAN - 2003, 2003, , On the fringes of a forest, amongst the trees, was hung a framed portrait of Heidegger. The portrait was framed under glass and had the following dimensions 6.5 x 9 cm. THE LIBRARY- 2005, 2005, , A drawing taken from a set of 13 Chinese postcards defined which book from 13 possible titles, which had been buried during “The Library” performance (1997), was to be unearthed. The book selected was “Chinese documents from Dunkhuan” published in 1983. Intersection-3, 2009, , Having discovered on April 11, 2009 that the circle with the number 113 from the action “Intersection-2” had fallen from the tree onto the ground, it was decided to transfer it to the place containing the buried books from the action “The Library”.
