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Vladimir Yankilevsky

Vladimir Borisovich Yankilevsky (Russian: Владимир Борисович Янкилевский) (February 15, 1938 – January 4, 2018) was a Russian artist known mostly for his participation in the Soviet nonconformist art movement of the 1960s through the 1980s. Perhaps his most famous works are his triptychs, which use disorienting, often nightmarish imagery to represent restrictive mental states associated with daily life in the Soviet Union, and with the human condition in general. He also participated in the Manezh Art Exhibit of 1962, during which Nikita Khrushchev chastised the nonconformist art movement as degenerate.

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Vladimir Yankilevsky

Vladimir Yankilevsky, painter [Russian artist, Soviet Nonconformist art movement. New York]

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Name
Vladimir Yankilevsky
Born
February 15, 1938
Birthplace
Moscow, Russia
Died
January 4, 2018
Place of death
Paris, France
Nationality
Soviet Union, Russia and France.
Occupation
painter, artist and illustrator.
Fields
painting, graphics and illustration.
Education
Moscow Academic Art Liceum.
Languages
French and Russian.

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Vladimir Borisovich Yankilevsky (Russian: Владимир Борисович Янкилевский) (February 15, 1938 – January 4, 2018) was a Russian artist known mostly for his participation in the Soviet nonconformist art movement of the 1960s through the 1980s. Perhaps his most famous works are his triptychs, which use disorienting, often nightmarish imagery to represent restrictive mental states associated with daily life in the Soviet Union, and with the human condition in general. He also participated in the Manezh Art Exhibit of 1962, during which Nikita Khrushchev chastised the nonconformist art movement as degenerate.

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