Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art

Profile

Ph. D.in art history, docent. Specialist in Russian art in the 20thcentury.

Graduated from the Department of History of Russian art, Lomonosov State university in 1996. Her thesis was supervised by A.I. Morozov. In 1999 she completed her PhD “Art life overview and the image of artist in Soviet literature of the 1920–70s.”

Teaching

She has been working at the Department of History of Russian from 1996, from 2003 as a docent.

  • History of Russian art of the 20thcentury

  • Major problems of Russian art of the 20thcentury

  • Moscow artists’ studios (along with V. Turchin and S. Khachaturov).

Alexandra Salienko actively takes part in international conferences.

Her publications are mostly dedicated to Soviet art and literature of the 1920–1970s.

Publications

  • “Sweet life” or the image of Italy in Soviet literature of the mid-20thcentury // Russia and the West: cultural dialogue. Moscow, 1997

  • A number of articles on theatre artists for the “All 75 years of theatre” book, marking the anniversary of the Mayakovsky theatre. Moscow, 1998

  • Articles on Russian artists for "La Pittura in Europa – Il Dizionario dei Pittori". Milano, 2003.

  • Portrait of an artist in Soviet literature of the 1920–1970s // Phenomenon of creative personality in culture. Moscow, 2006

  • The “Jack of Diamonds” successors. Life images of art of contemplation. Tradition of succession in Moscow art: G. Sretensky, N. Stenshynskaya. Libri di arte. Moscow, 2008