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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spent much of my last full day in Moscow at the apartment of an "unofficial" -- i.e., banned -- artist, the late Vasily Sitnikov. A true eccentric who built kayaks by hand in the vain hope of exporting them to the West, Sitnikov scorned "socialist realism" in his art. His most serious paintings alternated between a touching optimism and a profound morbidity. During our afternoon together, we discussed the plight of Soviet artists, and I left with two paintings hidden under my jacket (in case KGB watchers were about). On my return to Moscow this year, I saw a fully sanctioned exhibition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Union: Then and Now | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

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