Vremia nadezhd, vremia illiuzii 1950-1960 gody [Time of Hope, Time of Illiusion. 1950-1960]

In this book, the unofficial art of the 1950s and 1960s is viewed from different angles: it is spoken about by both the participants in the process and the author, who attracts various archival materials (mostly unknown) and critically compares the testimony of the characters , O. Rabin, O. Tselkov, I. Shelkovsky, M. Grobman and others). As a result, the history of artistic life in the era of "thaw" appears not just voluminous and polyphonic - it reveals unexpected episodes, prompting a radical revision of the art cliches traditional to describe this period. And this may be interesting not only for specialists, but also for all those interested in the art of that time. George Kizevalter - artist, historian of the Soviet unofficial art.