Nonconformist art
Nonconformism is unofficial Soviet art of the 1960s-1980s. It is characterized by liberation from the standards of Soviet ideology, by new forms of expression and by the lyrical tone of the image. The emphasis in the work of nonconformists shifts from the collective to the individual – they delve into themselves and work with their unique psychological material, giving it those same unique forms.
The unfolding of this quiet “existential rebellion” coincided with the Khrushchev Thaw, which, however, did not contribute to the direction’s out from the underground. Nonconformism, that brought national art in line with world artistic trends, was persecuted for “lacking progressive ideas” by the Soviet regime. That is why a collector’s activity played the role of its main support from the beginning.

I’m flying
101,3х75,9 cm, oil on canvas

Girl’s head
H-19,5 cm, terracotta

Homage to El Lissitzky
6,5x6,5x3,5 cm, bronze

Green Man
26x21 cm, hardboard, oil

Shawl and Violin
90x110 cm, oil on canvas, 1974

Passage of Parashi Kultyapkina
50,5x112 cm, oil on canvas

Where the curve will lead
62,5x145,5 cm, oil on canvas, 1987

Predator Feast
114x114 cm, oil on canvas, 1987

Lenin and Giacometti
117x42x154 cm, bronze, 1994

Small in the mouth of the big
161,5x130 cm, canvas, oil

Head with a Fork
65x81 cm, oil on canvas, 1990

Rider
46x46 cm, canvas, oil

She
43x59 cm, canvas, oil

Two
43x49 cm, сanvas, oil

Portrait of a young man
43,1x47,6 cm, oil pastel on paper, 1963