A. Borovskii, V. Gruzdev

[Vladlen] Gavril'chik: zhivopis', grafika, ship-ob"ekty ( [Vladlen] Gavril'chik: painting, graphic art)

St. Petersburg: KGallery, 2015. pb. These works from a gallery exhibition in St. Petersburg show Gavril'chik's remarkable versatility. His paintings draw on many forms of art always aptly and with originality: icon-painting, realism, naive and grotesque art. He satirizes Soviet society in a Horatian tone pointedly but without bitterness. His works form a rich branch of nonconformist art of Leningrad in the late Soviet period. n.p., 27 cm, approx. 150 color illus., Rus. Item #1246

run: 300. This edition is part of a series based on gallery exhibitions of paintings and drawings by artists of the late twentieth century working in Leningrad. These catalogues make accessible to historians of twentieth-century art and visual culture a vital branch of Soviet-Russian art. Curators draw on private collections to show works characterizing various stages of the artists' careers.

Price: $68.00