Boris Mitawski

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Boris Mitawski ( Russian Борис Митавский ; born August 12, 1948 in Leningrad ; actually Boris Nikolajewitsch Ivanov ) is a Russian painter . He played a key role in the organization and implementation of the first exhibition of Russian artists in Leningrad, which was held in a private apartment.

Life

After completing his degree in chemistry, he studied art at the State Art School for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture I. Repin in Leningrad, the leading art school in the country.

Together with Sergei Kowalski and Wiktor Bogorad, he organized the first non-official art exhibition in Saint Petersburg in 1973, in which his works were presented to the public for the first time. The exhibition of this unofficial artist group Inaki took place in an only 11 m² apartment in Baskow-Weg.

In the further course of his artistic activity he appeared as a co-founder of the second wave of nonconformist art in the Soviet Union . In 1978 the artist group Letopis (= chronicle ) came into being, which organized exhibitions “in nature” and in a neglected church. An exhibition of this group held in the St. Petersburg Youth Palace in 1981 ended in scandal when the administration forbade contact between the artists and visitors and the exhibition ended three days earlier. In the same year Boris Mitavski and Jaroslaw Suchow founded the artist group Ostrow ( The Island ).

His artistic work was not limited to nonconformism, however, his earlier works show a journey through almost all styles of contemporary art, including abstractionism , constructivism , expressionism , surrealism and all forms of graphics . He also worked as an industrial designer for several years.

International exhibitions and auctions

  • 1988: Participation in the auction of the New York auction house Guernsey's : " Artwork of the Soviet Union "
  • 1989: Group exhibition of Saint Petersburg artists in Göttingen
  • 1990: Participation in the auction of the Paris auction house Drout : " Leningrad - Tradition et Perestroika "
  • 1997: Solo exhibition in Stadthagen
  • 1998: Solo exhibition in the LVA Hannover
  • 1999: Participation in the exhibition as part of the Russian Culture Days in Hanover : " Puschkin 1799 - 1999 "
  • 2003: Participation in the exhibition as part of the Russian Culture Days in Berlin
  • 2008: Participation in the exhibition of the artist group Insel "20 years after" Saint Petersburg

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  • [1] Sergej Kovalski: Chronicle of the unofficial art of Leningrad
  • [2] Sergej Kovalski: From self-expression to self-realization
  • [3] Sergey Kovalski: Apartment Exhibitions of Underground of Russia Avant-Gard Art
  • [4] Boris Mitavski's biography

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personal data
SURNAME Mitawski, Boris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitavsky, Boris; Митавский, Борис
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad , Soviet Union