Exhibition of “Blo” Association
Author: "pARTisan"/ Olga Kopenkina
Keywords: abstract art, avant-garde, environment / installation, painting, performance
- Exhibition “Blo Association”. View of the installation. Courtesy: pARTisan.
- Exhibition “Blo Association”. General view. House of Cinema. 1987. Courtesy: pARTisan.
- Exhibition “Blo Association”. View of the installation. Courtesy: pARTisan.
- Exhibition “Blo Association”. View of the installation. Courtesy: pARTisan.
Date: 1987
Participants: Ilona Baradulina, Huzel Zalayeva, Artur Klinau, Lus (Andrej Lusikau), Siathej Pilat, Valery Pesin, Vital Charanbrysau
Location: House of Cinema, Minsk
The exhibition of artists group called “BLO Association” in the House of Cinema (now – The Red Cathedral) comprised individual and collectively-produced paintings, installations and performances. “The Songs of a Superman” was performed by Artur Klinau at the opening. The exhibition was the first group show presenting the works of artists who were not associated with official Art Academy and felt unrestrained in their methods and approaches. As opposed to ‘academic’ artists who emphasized the importance of the early avant-garde tradition, geometrical abstraction, picture-based works, they used pop-culture imagery and trash in their installations.