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John Ellis BowltProfessor of Slavic Languages and LiteraturesContact Information E-mail: bowlt@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-2735 Office: THH 255 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Bowlt studies the history of late 19th and early 20th Century Russian art. This includes the careers of individual artists such as Bakst, Benois, Filonov, Kandinsky, Malevich, Somov and Tatlin and philosophical issues such as the concept of zero in the avant-garde and the occult dimension of Symbolism. He currently studies the material culture of Russia's Silver Age. | |
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| history of 20th century russian painting, architecture, and design, russian modernism | |
Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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 cocurator, Co-curator of the exhibition, "Fuoco e ghiaccio. L’Avanguardia russa, la Siberia e l’Est" [Fire and Ice. The Russian Avant-Garde Siberia and the East], scheduled to open in September, 2013, at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, 2012-2013
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compiler and author, Preparing catalogue raisonné of the Jose Marie Castané collection (Madrid) of Russian art , 2012-2013
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curator, co-curator and consultant for exhibition of Russian stage designs from Nakhrushin Museum Moscow, fir the Theatre Museum, London, in 2014, 2012-2013
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co-organizer, consultant and catalog author for exhibition of collection of Mikhail Baryshnikov at ABA Gallery, NY, 2011-2012
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Honors and Awards |
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Fulbright Award, Study of the work of Leon Bakst in Russia, 2007-2008
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Borchard Award for study of Ferris collection, 2007-2008
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Service to the Profession |
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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General Editor, Experiment, 1990-
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