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Oleg SohanievichLarge Oil Painting Oleg Sohanievich Non Conformist Art Avant Garde Ukrainian1989
1989
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£6,444.17
€7,428.42
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About the Item
Red, White and Black
Oil on canvas
1989
Dimensions: 39.5 X 39.5
This came from an important collection of Russian and Ukrainian art.
Oleg Sohanievich (1935, Tulchin, Ukraine – 2017, New York) was a Ukrainian-American abstract artist, sculptor and poet famous for his escape from the USSR on an inflatable row boat to Turkey. His work is part of the legacy of the Post Soviet Avant Garde, Sots art influenced by Post Modernism, Minimalism and Arte Povera. These paintings have Futurist and Russian Constructivist elements to them.
Both of his parents were engineers. His teenage artworks were shown to Igor Grabar who recommended Oleg Sohanievich to be admitted to the Art School in Kyiv. After graduating from the art school got admitted to Mukhin Art School in Leningrad, Russia and transferred to Ilya Repin Leningrad Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture which he graduated from in 1962.
Sohanevich's art was highly criticized by the Soviet authorities for being abstract and not following Soviet art guidelines. His art career and artistic development was not possible under such restraints. Authorities would refuse permission to exhibit his work.
Hence the label unofficial art. Sohanievich firmly decided to leave the USSR, and since he had no legal means to get abroad, he decided on an extremely dangerous escape by sea. In 1965, he made an unsuccessful attempt to reach Turkey by swimming from a beach near Batumi. With only 11 miles to Turkey, the border was extremely well guarded. Sohanievich hid his clothes under the rock on the beach and started swimming hiding his head with the hoodie from border patrol lights scanning the area. Unluckily the strong current was fighting his progress and he finally gave up and returned to the shore. This failure did not lessen his desire to escape. On August 7, 1967, he and his friend who decided to run away with him climbed overboard the Russian Rossiya cruise liner, which was making a flight between Yalta and Novorossiysk. In the water, they inflated a rubber boat hidden in a bag and began to row south. On the ninth day, they reached the Turkish coast, having swum over 300 km in 119 hours. Soon Sohanievich was allowed to emigrate to the United States.
From 1969 to 1970, Sohanievich was a Fellow at MacDowell art colony (when Louise Nevelson was honored there). Sohanievich has lived in New York. The aura of New York, it's skyscrapers and East Village Bohemian culture has made a significant impact on Sohanievich's artistic vision. In 1972, in his own words, he has picked a piece of metal from the street, started bending it with his hands and created a minimalist sculpture, which among others, made by him in a short period of time was exhibited in a group show in Union Carbide building in 1972. Influenced by the Pop Art Combine sculptures of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. In 1973, Sohanievich had joined "14 Sculptors" gallery in SoHo, organizing solo exhibitions every 10 months for 4 years. They showed Harold Olejarz, Henry Chalfant, Cusi Masuda and Walter Weissman.
In 1975, participated in a group show "Russian Emigre Artists" at the Andre Emmerich Gallery with Igor Galanin. John Russell spoke highly of his artwork in his articles in the NY Times both in December 1975 and March 1976. Amei Wallach reviewed the exhibition in 1976. In 1979, participated in a group show at Frank Marina Gallery in New York. The exhibition was reviewed in ArtNews in September 1979 and by Robbie Enrich in Art Magazine in 1979, page 34. In 1986, group show "Russians in America" at "Gallery International 52" with Mihail Chemiakin, Oleg Tselkov, Ernst Neizvestny, Vitaly Dlugy and others. In 2004, solo exhibition at Caestecker Art Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College, Wisconsin. In the US, Sohanievich worked as a mover in order to support himself and create art that did not depend on commerce.
Sohanievich referred to the art style of his paintings as "Abstract Minimalism" and his sculptures as "Stress sculpture". He is loosely identified with Sots art, a Soviet Pop Art movement and was a contemporary of Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid, Grisha Bruskin, Eric Bulatov, Alexander Kosolapov, Igor Novikov and Dmitri Prigov.
Public Collections
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, North , USA
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
C. J. Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College, Wisconsin
The Kolodzei Art Foundation, US
The Tabakman Collection, US
- Creator:Oleg Sohanievich (1935 - 2017, Ukrainian, Russian)
- Creation Year:1989
- Dimensions:Height: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)Width: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38216879022
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