Moi druz'ia — geroi mifov: A. Aref'ev, R. Vasmi, O. Grigor'ev, V. Gromov, S. Levin, V. Nekrasov, G. Usti u gov, V. Shagin, Sh. Shvarts, V. Iashke (My friends — the heroes of myth: A. Aref'ev, R. Vasmi, O. Grigor'ev, V. Gromov, S. Levin, V. Nekrasov, G. Usti u gov, V. Shagin, Sh. Shvarts, V. Iashke)
St. Petersburg: NP Print, 2014. Sewn pb. The artists whom the author knew intimately were the pleiad of Leningrad nonconformist painters of the last few decades of the Soviet period. Their art was not abstract but it was also far from the socialist realism of sanctioned art. Stylistic quirks and earthy subjects put them in a class by themselves that is difficult to define. Absolutely clear, however, is their virtuosity in their chosen styles such as naive and neo-primitive, and their sharpness of their satirical and comical tone. They seemed to acquiesce to an oppressive political system while finding their own satisfactions in the simple and everyday. 177 p., 24 cm, approx. 150 color illus., Rus. Item #2742
ISBN: 9785905942631
CHAPTER TITLES: In memory of Solomona Davidovich Levin; About the artists of Aref'ev's circle; Aleksandr Aref'ev; Sholom Shvarts; Drawings of Rikhard Vasmi; Shagin's first drawing; Vladimir Shagin's drawings; Gennadii Ustiugov; Iashke; Towards a portrait of Oleg Grigor'ev; Volodia Nekrasov. Run: 300.
Price: $48.00