NYAB Event - Alexander Kaletski "Wet Dreams"

Alexander Kaletski "Wet Dreams"

Dillon Gallery

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In 1975, Alexander Kaletski left the USSR, carrying with him drawings and watercolors he had painted as an underground artist in Moscow. During that time in the Soviet Union, the works of unsanctioned or "non conformist" painters were forbidden and exhibiting as an outsider was considered a serious crime. Forgoing other necessary belongings, the artist has to pay for the release of his own pieces. The watercolors were immediately exhibited in many universities around the U.S., constituting some of the earliest non-conformist art to be viewed in America. These works surprised audiences as they showed unexpectedly that behind the iron curtain existed not only gloom and sadness, but also humor, beauty, and hope. 20 years and many exhibitions later, Kaletski has produced "Wet Dreams," a new series which has its genesis in those native Moscow studies and have the old patina of Russia combined with the heroic loneliness of an outsider artist.

[Image: Alexander Kaletski "Rain Maker" (2008) oil on linen 60 x 50 in.]