The time of hopes, the time of illusions. Problems of the history of Soviet unofficial art. 1950-1960

In this book, the unofficial art of the 1950-1960s is considered from different angles: both the participants in the process and the author, who attracts various archival materials (in a significant part of previously unknown) and critically comparing the evidence of heroes (E. Bulatov, are talking about it. , O. Rabin, O. Tselkov, I. Shelkovsky, M. Grobman and others) As a result, the history of artistic life in the era of "thaw" appears not just voluminous and polyphonic - it finds unexpected episodes that encourage a radical revision of art history cliches traditional to describe this period. And this may turn out to be interesting not only for specialists, but also for all those interested in the art of that time. George Kizwalter is an artist, historian of Soviet unofficial art