Painter’s Studio – exhibition

1/6Exhibition "Painter's Studio". Republican House of Art and Theater Union, Minsk, 1987. Painting by Volha Sasikina. From the collection of Andrej Pliasanau. Courtesy: pARTisan.

1/6Exhibition "Painter's Studio". Republican House of Art and Theater union, Minsk, 1987. Painting by Vladzimir Akulau. From the collection of Andrej Pliasanau. Courtesy: pARTisan.

1/6Exhibition "Painter's Studio". Republican House of Art and Theater Union, Minsk, 1987. Painting by Aleh Arlou. From the collection of Andrej Pliasanau. Courtesy: pARTisan.

1/6Exhibition "Painter's Studio". Republican House of Art and Theater Union, Minsk, 1987. Painting by Valery Churkin. From the collection of Andrej Pliasanau. Courtesy: pARTisan.

1/6Exhibition "Painter's Studio". Republican House of Art and Theater union, Minsk, 1987. Painting by Ihar Kashkurevich. From the collection of Andrej Pliasanau. Courtesy: pARTisan.

1/6Exhibition "Painter's Studio". Republican House of Art and Theater Union, Minsk, 1987. Painting by Viktor Shelko. From the collection of Andrej Pliasanau. Courtesy: pARTisan.

The idea for this exhibition came from Andrej Pliasanau who commissioned independent painters (meaning not associated to the Artists’ Unions) to produce works on the theme of the “painter’s studio.” It was the first time that an exhibition of individual artists’ work from a private collection was organized. It included sixty-four artworks by thirty-nine artists, and was one of the first major group exhibitions of independent art. Approximately four hundred people attended the exhibition opening, and 150–200 viewers came to see the show in the following days.

Source: Volha Archipava. Belarusian Avant-garde of the 1980s. ‘pARTisan’s Collection’ series. Minsk 2012. http://partisanmag.by/