"The works create new poetry, which involuntarily rivals with habitual esthetic stereotypes. For instance, we accept as a common notion to worship joyously the classic beauty of St. Petersburg, its harmony and stately grandeur. This exposition does have variations of that sort. But observe “Night Nevsky” by Parygin. Rough to the touch texture, dark abyss. In the darkness urgent lights explode. They bring forth immediate spiritual angst. One does not regard the regal magnificence of the urban landscape-it is neither cast aside, nor left behind the curtains, as dramatism of modern perception takes over. One regards not a city museum for curious crowds, but one beholds the habitat of our days where we seek, love, fight, suffer. That art defines perception."
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Aleksandr Kamensky Что значит быть современным? Ответ на этот вопрос ищут молодые художники. — Правда, 9 сентября 1988. (Rus)
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Nevsky-25
1987 – 1990
Nevsky-25 (Russian: Не́вский-25; 1987–1990) was a group of Russian underground culture artists. Association of artists and squatters’ workshop in the time of perestroika. Date of creation–March 13, 1987. The founder is Alexey Parygin. Location: Top floor of Kazan Cathedral House. Leningrad, Nevsky Prospect, 25 & Kazanskaya street, 1.
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