Ekho ekspressionizma (Echo of Expressionism)
St. Petersburg: Rus muz, 2019. Sewn cl. One of the distinctive aspects of Soviet-Russian twentieth-century art is the way schools or circles of artists with very different interests arose in different cities. Ideas inspired Moscow artists to new forms and the art that became known as Conceptualism, while in Leningrad the art of the 1950s to the 1980s, contend the curator, has parallels with Western European expressionism. Most of the artists were outcasts who could neither exhibit nor sell their works in the Soviet period, but who are now recognized as major figures of the period like Vladimir Sterligov (who trained with Malevich), Tatyana Glebova, Rikhard Vasmi, Vladimir Shagin, Alexander Aref’ev, Georgii Traigot and Timur Novikov; and the sculptors Konstantin Simun, Alexander Ignat’ev, and Pelageia Shiriga. Biographical sketches of 59 artists enhance the reference value of the catalogue. 107 p., 24 x 23 cm, approx. 150 color illus., Rus. Item #3315
ISBN: 9785933326588
The city that was the cradle of the 1917 revolutions was relegated to non-capital status after the Bolshevik revolution. The austere neoclassical architecture and the spirit of many literary works set in St. Petersburg imparted to its successor Leningrad a mythopoeic quality that impelled unofficial art in different directions. The curators group paintings in five sections: the blockade (for example ,Tatiana Glebova's paintings of interiors during the war)); post-war (e.g., Alexander Afefiev's apolitical and naive cityscapes); abstract (as in paintings by Mikhnov-Voitenko); and mystical (such as many of Vladimir Sterligov's works).
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