Leonid Sokolov “Old and New Russian Symbols”, 1941

Saturday, March 1, 2014

4:00 – 6:00 pm

Anna Garfunkel, lecture “Nonconformist Diaspora: the 1974 Bulldozer Exhibition”

Screening of clips from the BBC Documentary “The Art of Russia”

Panel Discussion: “Societal Implications of Unofficial Soviet Art in the United States”

Opening reception:

Friday, March 7, 2014 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Film Screening: “The Russian Concept: Reflections on Russian Nonconformist Art”

Grigory Gurevich, lecture: “An Exploration of Immigrant Artists in the USSR: Important Encounters between Russian and American Cultural Communities”

Saturday, March 8

5:00 – 9:00 pm

Film screening: “The Desert of Forbidden Art”
Margaret Dikovitskaya, lecture: “Evaluation of Nonconformist Diaspora”

Curator Daria Gradusova

Art Exibition and Photography by

Nina Alovert and Natasha Sharymova

The purpose of this project is to increase awareness of issues of immigration, censorship in the arts and radical socio-political movements spurred by repressive governmental institutions on example of former USSR. All participants will have outstanding knowledge or personal experience with Communist Russia of 20th century and seeking refuge for creative and expressive purposes in the United States. The focus of these programs will be on the struggle of expression amidst the repressive confines of the USSR.

This program was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.