Sots Art

Date

Place

Garage Education Center

Description

A COURSE OF LECTURES "THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN ART"

May 24, Friday, 19:30
Social Art
Sasha Obukhova

The seventh lecture is dedicated to one of the most famous trends of Soviet underground art, - social art. Sasha Obukhova will talk about how social art evolved, what are its main stylistic features and who are the key representatives (Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid, Leonid Sokov, Boris Orlov and Alexander Kosolapov). The lecture will cover the famous Bulldozer Exhibition in 1974 and the first officially allowed social art exhibitions of 1974-1975.

Entrance is free, space is limited, please arrive early