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.
Lamm Leonid I’m flying
101,3х75,9 cm, oil on canvas
Purygin Leonid Green Man
26x21 cm, hardboard, oil
Rabin Oscar Shawl and violin
90x110 cm, oil on canvas, 1974
Sitnikov Vasily Passage of Parashi Kultyapkina
50,5x112 cm, oil on canvas
Sitnikov Vasily Where the curve will lead
62,5x145,5 cm, oil on canvas, 1987
Sitnikov Alexander Predator Feast
114x114 cm, oil on canvas, 1987
Tselkov Оleg Head with a Fork
65x81 cm, oil on canvas, 1990
Yankilevsky Vladimir Portrait of a young man
43,1x47,6 cm, oil pastel on paper, 1963