Student Tatlin and Rodchenko, the artist, who was awarded a solo exhibition in the state Tretyakov gallery in peak for the "other art" 2008-m to year, the author is interesting, original, high quality and very beautiful works presented at auction AI

When discussing the creative biography Okorokova Valentin Mikhailovich, researchers usually distinguish two crucial stages: cetlinski and balutansky@

So, if you open the directory "Other art", not just most, but all 13 of lifetime exhibitions Okorokova years 1959-1974 — this exhibition with the Studio Elia teacher. Moreover, the next four posthumous exhibition Okorokova were also organized Belyutin. Not by chance in the "no time to explain" ] referred to velutinum. But if you look at the birth year, 1959, when Hams started exhibiting with the artists of the city Committee of artists books, prints, poster, involving creative Studio under the guidance of the teacher, he was 68 years old. By the way, the same exhibitions in the early years were exhibited and Oleg Vasiliev, Julo Sooster, Igor Snegur. But the main thing is to begin with the Studio Hams was already Mature, much-traveled man and the artist, which is needed in energy rather young team or in dialogue with him, but not in the mentoring and maintaining the common facilities in common with belotintsi. Ham died in 1974. Last, posthumous exhibition was held at the Patriarch's ponds, in the Studio teacher, in January 1976. And then, alas, almost 30 years, the name of the artist fell from the exhibition process. A sufficient period of time to get into the forgotten imena@

the Revival of interest in the Valentine legacy Okorokova occurred only in 2008, when in the Tretyakov gallery, in the hall in Tolmachev, Victor Spengler (the Fund's "Old years") organized an exhibition "Valentin Okorokov. The object and outside the object: 1920-е — 1970-е". At the same time many have learned that the artist-самоучка with drawing skills acquired in the Moscow higher technical school, in the mid 1910-х — the early 1920-х worked in the Studio Tatlin and practiced in the workshop Rodchenko, was familiar with Malevich. Then he went to his home in the town of Kozlov, where he worked "Commune Kozlowski creative artists" founded Sergei Gerasimov, participated in dozens of exhibitions. In the mid 1920-х Ham graduated from art class-графиков and began working in Usedsize. Earned book illustration, and continued to do experimental work. Worked with color, quietly developed philosophical ideas micro- and of the macrocosm. But in General lived in intellectual isolation, without communication with peers. So, there were many "leftists". Since 1930-х of years to advertise the avant-garde experiments in art was already unsafe. Before the advent of the "thaw" was still a long 30 years. Oh, and then you znaete@

Now on the market. Here, we can say that the price level is just being formed and work Okorokova while can cost any money. Formal price records for the artist — is 60 and 25 thousand dollars at Sotheby's respectively in 2008 and 2010. Do not be alarmed. It was on the background of the exhibition in the Tretyakov gallery and in the era of high economic optimism. Today is there to rely on such pictures? Of course, no. It's no secret that at the present time, for the money it is hard to sell even the sixties of the first row. And in the new sellers are willing to a much more friendly prices — an order of magnitude lower than ranise@

so, the market "pros" — it's involvement in the avant-garde 1910-30-х years, the exhibition in the Tretyakov gallery in 2008-м, high quality and beauty on offer in the market works. "Cons" — disorderly auction history (of 12 works sold 2) and lack of price consensus. What does this mean for collectors? At the very least, interesting possibilities. Watch the work of Valentina Okorokova at our auctions. the First of them is represented on the current 87-м auctione@

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI