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The New Artists • Новые художники

Leningrad, Sverdlov House of Culture, 22-25 April 1988



The Display of Works

The four sides of the exhibition can be approximately described in the following way:

The front side with the stage had three of Kozlov’s “constructivist” White on Red works from 1987: CCCP, Star, and Star. 6 Figures  – as described in the introduction.

The right wall (right when looking towards the stage) had a large number of high windows, which made it unsuitable for hanging paintings. To gain space, the artists closed the windows with the curtains installed along the window front – curtains with intricate patterns, so it seems. Selecting mainly large canvases without stretchers, they fixed their works directly to the curtain rack. In some cases, they attached yet another painting to a canvas so as to make full use of the vertical surface. Below, on the floor, several paintings on stretchers were leaning against the wall. (Maslov, Zaika, Kozlov, Verichev, Bugaev, Savchenkov, Novikov)

At the rear end of the hall, partitions left and right of a wide passage created a separate space where chairs were stored. This passage had been closed with movable walls which were used for displaying paintings. On the right was a large work on textile, wrapped around a metallic construction; Novikov’s flyer was attached to this construction. Four paintings hung from a rope fixed like a washing line between the two walls left and right. (Tsoi, Bugaev, Sotnikov, Kotelnikov).

The wall left to the stage was used for paintings of a medium size, many of them mounted on stretchers. They were fixed to the wall in two rows, top and bottom, and even on top of doors. (Zaika, Novikov, Sotnikov, Gutsevich, Ovchinnikov)

In order to help compare what can be seen in these pictures, I have numbered all works directly in the images, starting at the stage and continuing clockwise: stage, right wall, rear wall, and left wall.

Notes: No. 27 might not correspond to a work, but just show a pattern of the curtain. Works I overlooked were numbered subsequently (Nos. 86, 87 and 88).

The following table mentions several exhibitions from 1988 or 1989 where works from the Sverdlov House of Culture were displayed. The list is not exhaustive since the author has no comprehensive knowledge of these exhibitions.

“Brushstroke” and “New Artists” refer to the following exhibition catalogues:
Brushstroke, The State Russian Museum, 2010
New Artists, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 2012
The name of the photographer or archive is indicated directly in the pictures.

Artist

Selected exhibitions and  reproductions

1.

(E-E) Evgenij Kozlov, CCCP (1987)

Kulturhuset 1988

Tate Liverpool (1989)

2.

(E-E) Evgenij Kozlov, Star (1987)

Kulturhuset 1988

Bluecoat Gallery 1989 (poster)

3.

(E-E) Evgenij Kozlov Star. 6 Figures (1987)

Kulturhuset 1988

(catalogue)

4.

Oleg Maslov, Alexei Kozin
Attribution: Oleg Maslov, 2020

Exhibition Poster «От «неофициального» искусства к «перестройке» Leningrad, 8 Jan 1989

5.

Oleg Maslov, Alexei Kozin
Attribution: Oleg Maslov, 2020

6.

7.

Oleg Maslov, Alexei Kozin
Attribution: Oleg Maslov, 2020

Kulturhuset 1988

8.

Maya Khlobystina
Патриотический алфавит
Attribution: Maya Khlobystina, 2020

9.

Maya Khlobystina
Метрополитен
Attribution: Maya Khlobystina, 2020

10.

Igor Verichev

12. Exhibition TEII LDM
7. May thru 5 June 1988

11.

12.

Inal Savchenkov

Exhibition «От «неофициального» искусства к «перестройке» 8 Jan 1989. TEII p. 453

13.

14.

15.

16.

(E-E) Evgenij Kozlov

Kulturhuset, 1988
12. Exhibition TEII LDM
7. May thru 5 June 1988

17.

18.

Oleg Zaika

19.

Oleg Zaika

20.

Sergei Bugaev

Kulturhuset 1988

21.

Maya Khlobystina

Майя Хлобыстина:  Арманд Хаммер, Микоян и Свердлов осматривают осматривают американскую сельскохозяйственную технику на демонстрационном поле
Attribution: Maya Khlobystina, 2020

12. Exhibition TEII LDM
7. May thru 5 June 1988

22.

Andrey Khlobystin
Маяковский в зоосаду

12. Exhibition TEII LDM
7. May thru 5 June 1988

23.

Timur Novikov

24.

Timur Novikov
 Подводная лодка Submarine, 1986

Bluecoat Gallery, 1989
New Artists, 2012, p. 212

25.

Timur Novikov

26.

Timur Novikov

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Viktor Tsoi

12. Exhibition TEII LDM

 7. May thru 5 June 1988

32.

33.

34.

Sergei Bugaev

Kulturhuset 1988

35.

36.

37.

Sergei Bugaev

Kulturhuset 1988

38.

Oleg Kotelnikov untitled (1983)

Brushstroke, 2010 p. 100

39.

Oleg Kotelnikov I want Rozin(1983)

Brushstroke, p. 101

40.

41.

Ivan Sotnikov?

42.

43.

Ivan Sotnikov

44.

45.

46.

Ivan Sotnikov
Attribution: Tanya Sotnikova, 2020

47.

48.

49

Timur Novikov (Flyer)

50.

51.

Oleg Zaika

52.

Alexander Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Igor Khadikov, 2020

53.

Alexander Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, Igor Khadikov, 2020

54.

Inal Savchenkov?

55.

56.

Ivan Sotnikov
Attribution: Tanya Sotnikova, 2020

57.

Ivan Sotnikov
Attribution: Tanya Sotnikova, 2020

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

Ivan Sotnikov

Kulturhuset, 1988

64.

65.

Ivan Sotnikov

Kulturhuset, 1988 part of triptych displayed upside-down

66.

Timur Novikov, Portrait of Georgy Guryanov (1987)

Exhibition «От «неофициального» искусства к «перестройке» 8 Jan 1989. TEII p. 458

Brushstroke, 2010 p. 175

67.

Timur Novikov Portrait of Africa (Sergei Bugaev) (1984

Brushstroke, 2010, p. 128

68.

Vladislav Gutsevich

69.

Vladislav Gutsevich Portrait. Intelligent from Kenya1(984)

Brushstroke, 2010 p. 114

70.

Vladislav Gutsevich

71.

Vadim Ovchinnikov ?

72.

Vadim Ovchinnikov

73.

Vadim Ovchinnikov, Spring in Chukotka
Attribution: Ekaterina Andreeva, 2022

74.

Andrey Krisanov?

75.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020
possibly: Petrol Station
Attribution: Ekaterina Andreeva, 2022

76.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

77.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

78.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

79.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

80.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

81.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

82.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

83.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

84.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

85.

Vadim Ovchinnikov
Attribution: Andrey Khlobystin, 2020

86.

Ivan Sotnikov Рыба Fish (Second half of the 1980s)

New Artists, 2012, p. 173

87

Ivan Sotnikov

88.




Front wall (stage)

1. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov
The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 1. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov


1., 2., 3. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 4., 5. Oleg Maslov

1., 2., 3. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov

4., 5. Oleg Maslov




The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 1., 2. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov
1., 2. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov



View of the Right Wall



The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 4., 5., 7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 8.,9. Maya Khlobystina 10. Igor Verichev, 12. Inal Savchenkov
4., 5., 7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin, 8., 9. Maya Khlobystina
10. Igor Verichev, 12. Inal Savchenkov



The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 9. Maya Khlobystina10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov Igor Verichev standing in front of his painting
7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 9. Maya Khlobystina 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov
Igor Verichev standing in front of his painting


12. Inal Savchenkov
12. Inal Savchenkov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 8., 9. Maya Khlobystina10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov New Composers Valery Alakhov (left) and Igor Verichev (right)
7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 8., 9. Maya Khlobystina 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov
New Composers Valery Alakhov (left) and Igor Verichev (right)


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – View from the stage towards the rear wall 7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 20. Sergei Bugaev
View from the stage towards the rear wall
7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 20. Sergei Bugaev


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlo
7. Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov The picture is from Andrey Khlobystin's archive
10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov
The picture is from Andrey Khlobystin's archive


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 18. Oleg Zaika
10. Igor Verichev 12. Inal Savchenkov 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 18. Oleg Zaika


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 18. Oleg Zaika
16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 18. Oleg Zaika


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov
16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 18., 19. Oleg Zaika
18., 19. Oleg Zaika


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev 21 Maya Khlobystina 22. Andrey Khlobystin 23. , 24. Timur Noviko
18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev 21 Maya Khlobystina 22. Andrey Khlobystin
23. , 24. Timur Novikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev 21. Maya Khlobystina 22. Andrey Khlobystin 23. , 24. Timur Novikov
18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev 21. Maya Khlobystina 22. Andrey Khlobystin
23. , 24. Timur Novikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 21. Maya Khlobystina
21. Maya Khlobystina


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 23., 24., 25.,26. Timur Novikov
23., 24., 25.,26. Timur Novikov


View of the Rear Wall



The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev, 23. Timur Novikov, 31. Viktor Tsoi 63., 65. Ivan Sotnikov 66., 67. Timur Novikov 68. Vladislav Gutsevich, 71. , 72., 73 Vadim Ovchinnikov
18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev, 23. Timur Novikov, 31. Viktor Tsoi 63., 65. Ivan Sotnikov 66., 67. Timur Novikov
68. Vladislav Gutsevich, 71. , 72., 73 Vadim Ovchinnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 12. Inal Savchenkov, 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev, 23. Timur Novikov, 31. Viktor Tsoi 63., 65. Ivan Sotnikov 66., 67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70. Vladislav Gutsevich, 71. , 72., Vadim Ovchinnikov
12. Inal Savchenkov, 16. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 18., 19. Oleg Zaika 20. Sergei Bugaev, 23. Timur Novikov,
31. Viktor Tsoi 63., 65. Ivan Sotnikov 66., 67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70. Vladislav Gutsevich, 71. , 72., Vadim Ovchinnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 31. Viktor Tsoi 34. 37 Sergei Bugaev 38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov
31. Viktor Tsoi 34. 37 Sergei Bugaev 38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 31. Viktor Tsoi 34. Sergei Bugaev
31. Viktor Tsoi 34. Sergei Bugaev


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 31. Viktor Tsoi 38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov 43. Ivan Sotnikov
31. Viktor Tsoi 38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov 43., 46. Ivan Sotnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 34. 37. Sergei Bugaev 38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov 43. Ivan Sotnikov
34. 37. Sergei Bugaev 38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov 43., 46. Ivan Sotnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 31. Viktor Tsoi 32., 34., 37. Sergei Bugaev
31. Viktor Tsoi 32., 34., 37. Sergei Bugaev


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov, 41. Ivan Sotnikov? 43. Ivan Sotnikov, 46. Ivan Sotnikov
38., 39. Oleg Kotelnikov, 41. Ivan Sotnikov? 43., 46 Ivan Sotnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 –  39. Oleg Kotelnikov 49. Timur Novikov
39. Oleg Kotelnikov 49. Timur Novikov 43., 46. Ivan Sotnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 49. Timur Novikov
49. Timur Novikov


View of the Left Wall



The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 51. Oleg Zaika
51. Oleg Zaika, 52. Alexander Ovchinnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 54. Inal Savchenkov? 63. 65. Ivan Sotnikov, 66. Timur Noviko
52., 53., Alexander Ovchinnikov, 54. Inal Savchenkov? 56., 57., 63. 65. Ivan Sotnikov, 66. Timur Novikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 63., 65., 86., 87. Ivan Sotnikov
63., 65., 86., 87. Ivan Sotnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 86., 87. Ivan Sotnikov 2. 1. 3. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 4., 5. 7 Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin
86., 87. Ivan Sotnikov 2. 1. 3. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov 4., 5. 7 Oleg Maslov and Alexei Kozin


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 63., 65. 86., 87. Ivan Sotnikov 66. 67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70 Vladislav Gutsevich
63., 65. 86., 87. Ivan Sotnikov 66. 67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70 Vladislav Gutsevich


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 66. 67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70 Vladislav Gutsevich 71., 72., 73. Vadim Ovchinnikov 74. Andrey Krisanov?, 75.-84. Vadim Ovchinnikov
66. 67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70 Vladislav Gutsevich 71., 72., 73. Vadim Ovchinnikov 74. Andrey Krisanov?
75.-84. Vadim Ovchinnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70 Vladislav Gutsevich 71., 72., 73. Vadim Ovchinnikov
67. Timur Novikov 68. 69. 70 Vladislav Gutsevich 71., 72., 73. Vadim Ovchinnikov



The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 74. Andrey Krisanov?, 75.-84. Vadim Ovchinnikov 2. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov
74. Andrey Krisanov?, 75.-84. Vadim Ovchinnikov, 2. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov



The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 75.-78. Vadim Ovchinnikov
75.-78. Vadim Ovchinnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 77.-84. Vadim Ovchinnikov
77.-84. Vadim Ovchinnikov


The New Artists, Sverdlov House of Culture, 1988 – 77.-83. Vadim Ovchinnikov, 1., 2. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov
77.-83. Vadim Ovchinnikov, 1., 2. (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov


Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Reconstructing the exhibition
Page 3: The display of works
Page 4: Performance New Composers
Page 5: Conclusions
Page 6: Exhibition catalogue (booklet)
Page 7: April Pioneers (article from 2001)
Page 8: (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov‘s works


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