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Pyotr Belenok (1938–1991) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor born in Korogod near Chernobyl. After an initial artistic education in Kyiv, he studied sculpture at the city’s art institute. He moved to Moscow in 1967 and joined the artists’ union. During the 1970s he participated in apartment exhibitions and events associated with unofficial art. A solo exhibition took place at the Blue Bird café in 1972.
He called his approach “panic realism”. Painting and collage construct spaces in which small human figures confront threatening phenomena. Black-and-white contrasts, low horizons and fleeing bodies suggest a catastrophe that remains difficult to identify. His works examine human vulnerability before overwhelming forces. The Moscow Museum of Modern Art and AZ Museum preserve examples of this distinctive investigation.
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Mixed media on paper
Exodus 24
Mischtechnik auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2022-03-25
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–4000
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