Archives in Translation - Workshop of “Free Art” in Moscow, 1957KUMU, Tallinn, EST13 March - 18 May 2008Curator: Kädi Talvoja The
6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow in 1957 was one of
the first massive worldwide events in the Soviet Union in the
post-Stalin era. It was visited by more than 34000 young people from
130 countries. Besides official cultural programs, numerous
sporadic meetings and events took place. In art history, one of these
has been recorded: a demonstration of action painting by Harry Colman,
Jackson Pollock’s devoted follower. A young artist from Tartu, Lola
Liivat-Makarova, as well as several artists from Moscow, including
Oskar Rabin, Vladimir Namuhhin, Lidia Masterkova etc, are said to have
been “converted” to abstractionism after that event. For further reading see also the homepage of KUMU: |