The Art of Oleg Vassiliev October 15, 2011

A graduate of the Surikov Art Institute, Oleg Vassiliev actively participated in the non-conformist art scene of Soviet Moscow from the 1950s through the 1980s. Vassiliev's art is rooted in the rich tradition of the Russian Realist style and the early Soviet avant-garde. Full of personal memories, his masterful works are an energetic meditation on human memory, forgetting, and a return to one's home. The exhibition will include approximately twenty oil paintings by Oleg Vassiliev dating from different periods of his life. Also featured in the Lower Gallery will be his drawings, collages and some of his book illustrations that he did in the 1960s and 1970s together with his friend Erik Bulatov. The exhibition opens in two stages. The Lower Gallery opens August 14 and features works on paper; a collection of oil paintings opens September 17 on the Mezzanine Level.