Boris Sveshnikov
Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov
Boris Sveshnikov was born 1927 BirthMoscow, Russia.
Died 1998
Categories: Drawing Painting Soviet Nonconformism
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Contemporary art is constantly re-writing its history, discovering in the bygone decades certain radical ideas and new visual strategies hidden in the layers of time. The art of Boris Sveshnikov(1927-98) is precisely this phenomena…
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Last Way’ and ‘Ruaway’
My work falls into two periods which differ strikingly. The first was my labor-camp period; the second began after my release…
Boris Sveshnikov was one of the leading artists of Underground in the USSR, and one of the many unfortunates who was packed off to the gulag for "anti-Soviet propaganda." Sveshnikov’s imprisonment began when he was just 19 years old and lasted 8 years…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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