Famous sixties Sretensky group and one of the most expensive post-war artists will open their exhibition in the foyer of the New stage of Pyotr Fomenko Workshop on 25 October

the Hallmark of Erik Bulatov (1933) in the history of art are the "text pattern" — innovative format developed in the early 1970-х combining text and visual symbols. The symbolism was clear, Soviet, therefore the artist often mentioned in the context of social-арта. What, however, not all agree.

Bulatov is in the top-5 the most expensive living Russian artists. The highest price was paid for his painting "glory to the CPSU" (variant 1975) at the Phillips auction in 2008 — $2.15 million In recent years, the auction guidelines for the following works: painting — from $100 000 (top work $350 000-1 000 000), pictures — $10 000-30 000, depending on popularity and specificity of the plot. Draw graphics — $1 000-2 000 per sheet.

Today, together with Bulatov, Ilya Kabakov and Oleg Vasiliev is the three most famous Russian artists in the West.

opening day in the theater will be held on Tuesday at 15:00, open will be the artist himself. the website of the Workshop of Peter Fomenko reported that the exhibition of Erik Bulatov will be available to all spectators of the performances of the New stage with the exception of "Ruslan and Lyudmila" and "Triptych" in connection with the peculiarities of the organization of their stage space. RIA Novosti reported that on opening day the invited Director of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin Marina Loshak, the Director of the Tretyakov gallery Zelfira Tregulova and the General Director of the Bolshoi theatre Vladimir urin. The exhibition will run until the end of December.

Sources: ria.ru, fomenko.theatre.ru, artinvestment.ru

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