{"product_id":"komar-and-melamid-9783777441092","title":"Komar and Melamid","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the most compelling artists in the history of conceptual art, the Russian-Americans \u003cem\u003eKomar and Melamid\u003c\/em\u003e used humour and irony to lambaste Soviet officialdom. With new scholarship and full-colour illustrations, the book explores their journey from working under an oppressive regime to finding new subjects in the US for their provocative critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the invention of Sots Art, a conceptual movement that emerged in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union, to their sardonic Most Wanted Paintings project, based on market research, to the end of their joint career in the US, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid challenged viewers with provocative, witty and ironic art. Lavishly illustrated, the book includes the latest scholarship on the duo and historically important texts, offering a renewed interpretation of the artists' social and political concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431404716268,"sku":"9783777441092","price":110.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783777441092.jpg?v=1774557860","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/komar-and-melamid-9783777441092","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}