Everything and Nothing. Symbolic Figures in the Art of the Second Half of the 20th Century

The book presents an analytical history of key moments in the development of contemporary art.

Based on a series of lectures given in the early 2000s, the book incorporates a comparative description and analysis of the works of Western (J. Pollock, Andy Warhol, Yves Klein) and Russian, in particular, St. Petersburg (K. Malevich, V. Sterligov, E. Mikhnev-Voytenko, Timur Novikov) artists.

Their biographies, the histories of artistic movements, and new technologies form the main narrative of the research.