This late 80's - early 90's?
A painter born in the year 1925 was probably 30 or the second?
Well, when a justice should prevail? Not all of the lack of money and needs to suffer. Even in old age not to think about zevtrashnem piece of bread.

Artist Alexander vague: "The picture gave the money received and goodbye. That's it. Although, of course, is punished. For example, the Union of Artists dismissed the rumor that those that sell paintings, will be excluded from the Union. But it was all lies, once tyuley. Because their bosses all by yourself trading patterns. But we really do not care, because were not members of the Artists Union. We generally do not care. Including the Soviet regime.

- How do these stores operated: as a contemporary of the same name of business or do they only exhibited paintings, but did not sell them?
- How the current businesses. I - participant in all these apartments vystavok.U Sychev was just such a salon. I know for myself: In the evening I brought Sychou now, and next morning he phoned me and said: "Sasha, come for a salary." I came to him, he gave me money and said: "In you have five more people. All go to work and make pictures. "

- But if you want the power to quickly kill the three compartment ...
- Can.
- But for some reason did not.
- We did not do.
... I have the windows all the time stood escort diplomatic vehicles. ".

UPS

Where you only find this game?

I have never a word of this type will not believe ...
:D

Cyril Syzransky, Wait a glance the artist, 1953 p.

Who's with us so early and already at the end of the Gorbachev era was "a famous artist of underground art"?

"The future general Conceptualism in the Soviet Union has made a living drawing book illustrations, especially for children's literature. Draftsman Professionalism is beyond doubt. According to his colleagues, Kabakov even paraded the fact that he was capable of the night before the surrender of illustrations to fulfill the order Publishing jolting train. Colleagues remember him as a good-natured man who was friends with everyone dressed in a Soviet tasteless, but differed rare for artists of his circle of practicality , even the "Volga" had. "

Hence we have about practicality.

You, more ...
:)

Madam, you can more details, please, as OR lived official artists?

Cyril Syzransky, well, there is such .. then it was in vogue, and now .. he is known in the ranks ...
however, engaged in painting a little, found a more lucrative occupation.

I do not think so.
Very recommended: I. Kabakov. "60-70. Notes on the informal lives in Moscow, Moscow, 2008
There - very little about the practicality, but on their fears and insecurities did not hesitate to write.
Another fairly detailed description of when, what work did, and who they may be, that agree that nowadays almost that provenance.
Very interesting in his classification of the artists, it's not that contradict the classification Grobman, but built on other principles and criteria. Pretty much explains in the sense of "like - not like" and not in the sense of artistic and socio-social significance.