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Grisha BruskinStudy 8 Russian protest Unique signed gouache Marlborough Gallery w/label Framed1990
1990
About the Item
Grisha Bruskin
Study 8, 1990
Ink and Gouache on paper
Hand signed and inscribed by the artist on the front
Original vintage frame with Marlborough Gallery label included
This work is a unique original drawing by Grisha Bruskin.
During the era of Peterstroika, when this work was created, Grisha Bruskin was the star of the Sotheby's Moscow auction. Soon after he emigrated to the US and was represented by the prestigious Marlborough Gallery in New York.
In Russia, Bruskin had been accused of creating “subversive” Soviet art and “Jewish propaganda". But he's said, “We have no prejudice here. Even Russians can feel something for art. Some Russians understand the Jewish paintings and some stupid Jewish people do not. It depends upon the person.” Below is an excerpt from a 1988 New York Times profile on Bruskin:
“It is my intention to create two lines of mythology based on the mentality of socialism and Judaism,” he solemnly declares, while acknowledging the “difficulty of looking at Soviet art with Western criteria.” Bruskin’s paintings of Jewish characters are equally perplexing to some Soviets, though their meaning is not as evident because he has invented his own symbols. “In Egyptian or Assyrian art, there were symbolic equivalents of beliefs, but not in Judaism,” he says. “I was interested in creating them not at a secular level but at an artistic level.” In his Jewish-themed works, gnome-like characters may appear upside-down, carrying an angel, a menorah or a strange beast. Snippets of Hebrew text on the background call attention to the importance of the written word to Judaism. “The authority of the text is total in the Torah,” he says. “It is necessary to know how to read, but the Hebrew text in the paintings is only fragmentary. That leaves the meaning open and equivocal. “Some people have wondered if this is serious or a joke. I don’t want to dot all the I’s or cross all the T’s. Nobody will know what it means, but everybody asks.”
Measurements:
Frame:
18 x 16.25 x 1 inch
Artwork:
11 x 9.25 inches
Examined inside the frame from Marlborough Gallery and it appears fine
- Creator:Grisha Bruskin (1945, Russian)
- Creation Year:1990
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 16.25 in (41.28 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Examined inside the vintage frame from Marlborough Gallery and the artwork appears fine.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1745212628502
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