Moscow Union of Artists. A look from the XXI century. Book 2

On the basis of a large array of documentary and literary sources, the history of Mosha was analyzed in the 1960-1980s, the so-called late Soviet period. The evolution of the structure of Mosha is reflected, which has turned over the years into a gigantic multifunctional organization. The features of the artistic life of the Moscow Union of this period are shown, mainly the section of painting, in which, while preserving state ideology, various trends arose that go beyond socialist realism, and a new direction in criticism and art criticism was formed in parallel. These processes led to the creation of a peculiar corps of late Soviet art, the nature and content of which have become the subject of in -depth studies of modern experts