Specific Techniques
English
Collage in Russia: XX Century (Hardcover) by David Bernstein. Palace Editions; illustrated edition, 2006. Hardcover, cloth-bound, 288 pages.
The publication includes essays by St. Petersburg and Moscow experts describing the uniqueness of development of collage in Russia and its history in the 20th century. The structure of the book contains the following sections: texture, applications, decoupage, assemblage, "rag paintings", photomontage, reproduction collage, objects and computer collage. The main distinctiveness of the publication is a detailed description of a technique of each work. This is an attempt to show the "formula of author's world-building". Many works are published for the first time. The catalogue is supplemented with biographies of artists. (editorial review from Amazon)
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