The exhibition Geometric Abstraction: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection features several artistic generations who worked in the Soviet Union, post-Soviet Russia, and countries to which they immigrated, during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The show includes works in different media—paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture–focusing, however, on a single style, that of geometric abstraction. Among the illustrious names are the masters of Soviet unofficial art Lydia Masterkova (1927, Moscow–2008, Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain, France), Maria Elkonina (1935, Moscow–2018, Moscow), Leonid Borisov (1943, Leningrad–2013, St. Petersburg), Leonid Lamm (1928, Moscow–2017, New York), Gennadii Zubkov (1940, Perm–2021, St. Petersburg), Francisco Infante (born 1943, Vasilievka, Saratov, Russia; lives and works in Moscow) as well as a bright constellation of artists, currently active.
Participating artists include: Leonid Borisov, Sergei Bordachev, Borukh (Boris Shteinberg), Maria Elkonina, Natalia Elkonina, Anton Ginzburg, Nonna Goriunova, Francisco Infante-Arana, Mukhadin Kishev, Vyacheslav Koleichuk, Leonid Lamm, Valentina Lebedeva-Lesin, Lydia Masterkova, Mikhail Molochnikov, Alexander Ney, Slava Polishchuk, Andrei Proletsky, Igor Shelkovsky, Eduard Shteinberg, San San Kara (Alexander Karasev), Igor Snegur, Gennadii Sukhanov, Valerii Yurlov, Alexander Yulikov, Gennadii Zubkov
Celebrate the debut of Geometric Abstraction: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection with a special opening reception on Saturday, February 1, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. LEARN MORE
Geometric Abstraction: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery February 1 – June 1, 2025.
About the Kolodzei Art Foundation
The Kolodzei Art Foundation, a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit public foundation established in 1991, organizes art exhibitions in museums and cultural centers, often utilizing the considerable resources of the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art. The collection was founded by Tatiana Kolodzei in Moscow in the 1960s and is continued today with her daughter, Natalia. It chronicles five decades of nonconformist and contemporary art from the Khrushchev Thaw to the present. The collection comprises over 7,000 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, videos, and new media, by more than 300 artists from Russia and the former Soviet Union. The Kolodzei Art Foundation also facilitates cultural exchanges, publishes books on art, and encourages a more diverse arts world.
All images courtesy Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, Kolodzei Art Foundation, www.KolodzeiArt.org
Leonid Borisov (1943, Leningrad–2013, St. Petersburg)
Composition K. No.2, 1983
Oil on canvas, 23-5/8 x 29-5/8 in.
Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Francisco Infante-Arana (born 1943, Vasilievka, Saratov, Russia; lives and works in Moscow)
Spiral # 2, 1965
Tempera mixed media on fiberboard, 40-5/8 x 20-7/8 in.
Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, Kolodzei Art Foundation
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