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n art
troupe founded in 1984 in St. Petersburg
. Formed by Igor Polyakov
, Alina Rappoport and Alexander Rappoport, the group shortly came to be an underground
society of artists, writers and intellectuals on the outs with Soviet
officialdom.
Russia
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n art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
troupe founded in 1984 in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. Formed by Igor Polyakov
Igor Polyakov
Igor Nikolayevich Polyakov was a Russian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.He died in Moscow in 2008.In 1952 he won the silver medal as coxswain of the Soviet boat in the eights event.-External links:* *...
, Alina Rappoport and Alexander Rappoport, the group shortly came to be an underground
Underground art
Underground art, as with underground music and underground film, is a term that seeks to describe art forms that are aloof to the mainstream art world, are illegal, taboo, unconventional, rebellious or revolutionary...
society of artists, writers and intellectuals on the outs with Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
officialdom.
Members
- Igor PolyakovIgor PolyakovIgor Nikolayevich Polyakov was a Russian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.He died in Moscow in 2008.In 1952 he won the silver medal as coxswain of the Soviet boat in the eights event.-External links:* *...
- Alina Rappoport
- Alexander Rappoport
- Alexander Yatzkevich
- Alexander Bazarin
- Damian Kudriavtsev
- Eugeny Zhilinski
- Natalia Dubrovsky
Selected exhibitions
- 1991 Gallery Gimel: 13 artists, Jerusalem.
- 1990 Z.O.A. House: National Exhibition of Olim Artists, Jerusalem, New York, Washington Philadelphia.
- 1990 Zion Gallery: exhibition HILTON HOTEL, Jerusalem.
- 1990 Sadnah Hall: 'Battle Elephants Croup' exhibition, Jerusalem.
- 1990 Ariel Gallery: exhibition, Jerusalem.
- 1990 Cultural Center of Susane Delal: exhibition, Tel-Aviv
- 1990 Soviet Jewry Cultural Center: exhibition of opening days. Jerusalem
- 1990 JERUSALEM ARTISTS: New Olim Arts Exhibition, Jerusalem.
- 1990 EXPOCENTER: New Art Biennale Leningrad.
- 1990 Ariadna Gallery: Battle Elephants Group, (B.E.G.) exhibition, LeningradSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. - 1989 Pera & Ballet Theatre: Free Artists Association (FAA) and B.E.G. Joint Exhibition Leningrad.
- 1989 Journalist House: FAA exhibitions Leningrad.
- 1989 TELEVISION BUILDING: B.E.G. and Leningrad Television Painters.
- 1988 EXPOCENTER: 'Non-formal Art for Perestroika* exhibition, Leningrad.
- 1988 The Alexander Block Library: 'Cat 88' exhibition, Leningrad.
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. - 1987 NCH-VCH Gallery: exhibitions.
- 1987 The Kirov Culture House. Leningrad.
- 1986 Experimental Art Association (T.I.I.), Leningrad.
- 1986 CUTTY SARK (BATTLE ELEPHANTS GROUP) is established; private house exhibition on Igor PolyakovIgor PolyakovIgor Nikolayevich Polyakov was a Russian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.He died in Moscow in 2008.In 1952 he won the silver medal as coxswain of the Soviet boat in the eights event.-External links:* *...
's house, Leningrad.
One-man exhibitions
- 1989 Pan Art exhibition according to Polyakov, Leningrad.
- 1989 The Alexander Block Library: show, (FAA), Leningrad;
Film and actions
- 1990 "Art is Anarchy", Tel Aviv. 1987 "WORD"; Leningrad.
- 1987 Film 35mm "AE" (Adam and EveAdam and EveAdam and Eve were, according to the Genesis creation narratives, the first human couple to inhabit Earth, created by YHWH, the God of the ancient Hebrews...
); not screened.
Lectures
- 1989 Znanie Central Hall, Painters of Leningrad, free-group; Lecturer: Trophimenkov.
TV publications
- 1990 "Erev Hadach': Report on the show at Z.O.A. House, Te1 Aviv.
- 1990 "Matsav Haruah": Polyakov and Rappoport interviewed for Israeli Television on the B.E.G.
- 1990 "MONITOR": programme on the First Biennial in Leningrad.
- 1990 "MONITOR": Report on the B.E.G. show at ARIADNA GALLERY, Leningrad.
- 1988 MOVIE: on Non-Formal Art for the Perestroika, Leningrad; "Russian Video", the film was screened in the USA
- 1988 "Telecoureer": Report on the "CAT 88" show, Leningrad Television.
- 1988 "600 Seconds600 Seconds600 Seconds was an immensely popular TV news program that aired in the Soviet Union and briefly in the post-Soviet Russia. It was a nightly broadcast from Leningrad TV with anchor Alexander Nevzorov....
': Report on the "CAT 88" show, Leningrad Television.
Works in private collections
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