Parygin Al 1989 Moja mansarda -1 Book spread-8

Parygin Alexey Kazan Cathedral from the Window Workshop 1989 oil

B M 1987 Nevsky Prospekt and Kazan Square Leningrad

Nevsky–25 () was a group of Russian underground culture artists (1987–1990). Association of artists and squatters’ workshop in the time of

perestroika ''Perestroika'' (; russian: links=no, перестройка, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated wit ...

in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Date of creation–March 13, 1987. The founder is

Alexey Parygin Alexey Borisovich Parygin (russian: Алексе́й Бори́сович Па́рыгин; (December 2, 1964 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian artist, philosopher, art historian, art theorist and curator. Author of philosophical art projects ...

. Location: Top floor of Kazan Cathedral House.

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Nevsky Prospect, 25 & Kazanskaya street, 1.

History

The history of art squat began on March 13, 1987—on that day, the former

shared apartment Communal apartments (singular: russian: коммунальная квартира, ''kommunal'naya kvartira'', slang. ''kommunalka'') appeared in the Soviet Union following the October Revolution of 1917. The term ''communal apartments'' is a produ ...

No. 20 in the apartment building under repair was annexed by artists. This association not only had no official status, but was literally

underground Underground most commonly refers to: * Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth Underground may also refer to: Places * The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston * The Underground (S ...

. In the workshop, poetry readings and debates on

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

were held. Young artists, musicians, and writers exchanged their ideas. Books were self-published. The series 'Pesok'' (The Sand. 1989), ''Tsvetnye zvuki'' (The Colored Sounds. 1989), ''Zelenaia kniga'' (The Green Book. 1989), ''Moia mansarda'' (My Attic. 1990)] and others. Experiments were conducted to create noise music. Members of the group included Leonid Kiparisov, Marina Parygina, Elena Grigoryants, Andrey Vermishev, Tamara Mitina, Andrey Korolchuk, Alexander Borkov, Vladimir Iosifov, Alexander Fedorov, Anatoly Yasinsky, Anton Nikolaev, Andrey Akishin, Evgenia Drigo and other artists. Having survived the persecution of the Militsiya, police, the invasion of

homeless Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...

people and fires in neighboring apartments, the association ceased to exist in June 1990, after all the residents were rehoused and all utilities were cut off.

Bibliography

Articles

br>Богема (записки художника)
// Volga.

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

. 2022, # 7-8 (499). — P. 138-145. (RUS) *

Про искусство (в ритме автобиографии) // St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 58, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2020. — P. 223-252. (RUS) * Elena Grigoryants Absorbing the Futurist heritage: Vasily Vlasov and Alexey Parygin
The Futurist Tradition in Contemporary Russian Artists’ Books
// International Yearbook of Futurism Studies / Special Issue on Russian Futurism. Ed. by Günter Berghaus. —

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

Walter de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. History The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...

. Vol. 9 — 2019, 520 p. pp. 269–296. . * Elena Grigoryants В мастерской Алексея Парыгина «Невский — 25» // St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 38, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2015, pp. 88–92. (RUS) *

Невский-25. Субъективные записки художника // St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 31, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2014. — P. 187-194. (RUS) * Elena Grigoryants «Автографическая книга» в рамках направления Artists book» (книга художника) // XX век. Две России — одна культура: сб. н. трудов по материалам 14-х Смердинских чтений, Volume 160. — St. Petersburg: SPb GUKI, 2006. — P. 96-108. (RUS) * Elena Grigoryants A"Книга художника": к феноменологии жанра // St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 7, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2006. P. 260-267. (RUS) *

Объединение художников "Невский-25″ в контексте своего времени // Bulletin of St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. — 2014. — Серия 3. № 1, SPb: SPb GUTD, 2014. — P. 84-92. (RUS) * Книги и стихи из сквота: Алексей Парыгин и другие // ACT Literary samizdat. Volume 15. St. Petersburg, August-November, 2004. — P. 21-22. (RUS) * Zhavoronkova S. M. Два художника — два мира // Evening Petersburg, 1991, December 20. (RUS) * Gorskaya M. В час равноденствия // Leningradskaya Pravda, 1991, June 26. (RUS) * Aleksandr Kamenskybr>Что значит быть современным? Ответ на этот вопрос ищут молодые художники
(Review of two youth Leningrad's and Moscow's art exhibitions) //

Pravda ''Pravda'' ( rus, Правда, p=ˈpravdə, a=Ru-правда.ogg, "Truth") is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the co ...

, 1988, September 9. (RUS)

Artist's book

Moia mansarda. —

: Nevsky-25. 1990. — 24 pp. (RUS)

Saxon State and University Library Dresden The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in german: Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library (german: ...

ächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
Parygin, Aleksej. Moja mansarda : stichi * Nevsky-25 (A poetry collection A. Parygin, A. Vermishev, A. Lukhityan, A. Razumets, D. Strizhov, S. Firsov). —

: Nevsky-25, 1990. — 37 pp. (RUS)

References

External links

{{Authority control Russian artist groups and collectives