Exhibition George Agapov (1924-1992) in the gallery Didi

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The Gallery of Modern Art DiDi from 25 February to 22 March will be held solo exhibition Agapova George (1924 - 1992), "Spring Wind". The name of George Agapov, avant-garde artist 70 - ies. Well known to collectors of St. Petersburg, the task gallery to open his work to the public and to introduce her to a unique and subtle world of his painting.
Agapov, Georgy was born in 1924 in Leningrad. During the Great Patriotic War in the 16 years he volunteered for the front.
Since 1955. attended the art room at the Palace of Culture. SM Kirov, where he first led OG Bonch-Osmolovskaya, then PA Sidorov, these masters of Gorgias Agapov, and received his first lessons of artistic skill. Since that time he was professionally engaged in painting. Georgy Zhukov was a workshop on the Kryukov Canal. Participated in the city exhibitions. Since 1963, attended seminars on the schedule at LDHS. In 1964 he held his solo exhibition. Agapov, George has worked in the genre of urban landscapes, creating works in a sufficiently expressive manner, where the main emotional key was always bright and full of flavor. Canals and embankments on his work with the always recognizable foreshortening city belong to a certain type to another world filled with the spirit of a forgotten past. There is the artist and the period of fascination with linocut, when they were created unique graphics, similar in style avant second half of 20 century. In 70-ies. Agapov was closely associated with artists, organizers of the legendary shows in DC. Them. Gas and Nevsky, ushered in the so-called "gazanevskoy" culture.
The opening exhibition at the gallery DiDi first time since his death in 1992, will present a collection of his works: the urban landscapes and still lifes.

Gallery of Modern Art DiDi, Saint-Petersburg, Bolshoi Prospect VO 62
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