The two-day exhibition and presentation of a new book - catalog the collection of works of art of the Soviet underground artists, collected by Mark Kurtzer, a famous Russian doctor

Vladimir Weisberg
Portrait of Ani Blinova ( Gudzenko ) . 1958
oil on canvas

In the atrium of the Department of Private Collections Pushkin Museum. Pushkin 16 and October 17, an exhibition of the most significant works from the collection of Mark Kurtser . Among the exhibits - works Vladimir Weisberg , Dmitry Krasnopevtseva , Y. Rabin , Edward Steinberg , Hulot Sooster , Oleg Oleg Vasiliev , Dmitry Plavinsky , Nemukhin , Valeria Yurlova , Andrew Grositsky , Yuri Yuri Zlotnikov , etc.

The exhibition is accompanied by a presentation of the book " In Search of the other art " - art collection catalog of the Soviet underground artists from the collection of Mark Kurtser , the famous Russian doctor , professor , corresponding member of the Academy of Medical Sciences , MD , Chairman of the Board of directors of "Mother and Child" . The presentation will take place on October 17 in Department of Private Collections Pushkin Museum. Pushkin ( beginning at 18:00 , entry is strictly by invitation only ).

Collectibles was for Mark Kurtser way to implement it in-depth and focused interest in one of the most brilliant and original phenomena in our culture - the so-called " other art " to artists of this circle , to communicate with them .

The book features more than 150 works by 50 artists with detailed comments that include stories about the fate of paintings, their authors depicted characters and plots , collectors , artists statements about each other , the memories of his contemporaries. This mosaic of facts creates the atmosphere of the time and brings out the essence of this remarkable phenomenon in the history of Russian art , which was called "other art" . And despite the global socio -political and cultural changes that have occurred in our country over the past two decades , interest in the " other art " (1950 -70s ) , which has become an alternative to social realism , is constantly growing. As noted by Mark Kurtzer , " having the same canvas and paint, and that our colleagues, these artists painted entirely " other " side of life ».

Source : arts-museum.ru