The first session of the Sotheby's Russian auction brought $ 10 million

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Сообщение от SergeiSK

Russian non-conformism,

Interesting opinion:
.... Smallest success enjoyed by contemporary artists nonconformists. At the auction were not sold the work of Komar and Melamid, Oleg Tselkov, Alexander Kosolapov. Series Grisha Bruskin "Birth of a hero", consisting of 15 sculptures was unveiled Sotheby's as one of the most significant works of contemporary art and is estimated at 200 thousand dollars. But she could not find a buyer. There had been sold and sign work Leonid Sokov "Stalin and Marilyn.

Natalia Kolodzei, which, together with his mother, Tatiana Kolodzei possessor, according to experts, the world's largest private collection of contemporary Russian art, explained by the fact that at some point the market was crowded with works of artists nonconformists.
"In the first galaxy of collectors already classical works of this genre, - said Natalia Kolodzei. - We should spend a little time before they grow a second generation of collectors, who have no these artists. Maybe it will take a year or two. I never expected that the work of Komar and Melamid will be sold, because for the last 3-4 years the market was quite a lot of their works, as this market is quite narrow. Not so many people gather conceptual art.
http://www.voanews.com/russian/2009-04-23-voa8.cfm