New Soviet-era exhibitions at the on-line Gamborg Gallery.

From time to time I reintroduce blog readers to my friend Allan Gamborg, who has enjoyed much success in his "second" (third? fifth?) career as a purveyor and advocate of Soviet-era art and artists.

Not only has he been able to make a living as a dealer, but his work has exposed to the world numerous underappreciated artists who may have been forgotten had not Allan taken an interest in them.

As in the past, permit me to thank Allan for his boundless hospitality and to share his latest posting. You need not be a Commie to enjoy the links to Allan's on-line galleries.

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Dear Friends,
We have a series of new exhibitions on the Gamborg Gallery on the web:

THEMES

Fire Safety
A collection of Soviet fire safety posters from the 1960s and 1970s

New Russian Women
From the late 1980s famous Moscow artist Marina Uspenskaya watched, and was inspired by, the changes in everyday life happening in the transition from the Soviet Union to the new Russia. This was reflected in her colourful, often red or orange, images of the New Russian Women – as she called them – which she boldly and virtuously depicted in scenes from every-day life.

ARTISTS

Vladimir Ratkin (born 1936)
Well know Moscow artist. The exhibition focuses mainly on his Siberian series, from the Gazprom fields in the 1960s and 1970s.

Irina Kulakova (1920-2001)
Irina Kazimirovna Kulakova studied at the Moscow Textile Institute from 1939-1948, with a break during WW2. After graduating, she worked at the famous Moscow textile manufacture Krasnaya Roza as a textile designer. The flowers and still-lives in this exhibition illustrate how she found the inspiration for her textile designs.

BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

Illustrations to Dostoyevsky Tales
Illustration by artist Mikhail Rojter to a number of Dostoevsky tales, including Netochka Nezvanova, and A Gentle Creature.

Donbass Coal Mines- (Донбасс)
Illustrations to book written by Boris Gorbatov, depicting the famous coal mines in the Donbass area of Ukraine. Illustrations by Dmitrii Minkov (1908-1998)

Grievance (Обида)
Illustrations by Marina Uspenskaya to the book from 1966 "Grievance (Обида) by Agnia Barto. The book is about a boy being jealous of the new baby in the family.

Enjoy the shows !