Russian (b. 1943)
Provenance:
Galina Popva, widow of the artist
Sol Del Rio Gallery, San Antonio, TX
(on consignment from the above Collection)
Private Collection, Abilene, TX
Evgeny Rukhin easily and swiftly entered the avant-garde culture. Studying geology, he easily switched from the structure of earth with its vertical visuality to the structure of artistic materials with their horizontal formations. His images were the waste products of civilization, disposed of items – this “unenriched uranium” started its new life cycle in Rukhin’s art.
The artist’s alternative viewpoint was inseparable from his artistic behavior. He lived in absolute opposition, even to the artistic circles of his native Leningrad, and often carried on a dialog with the Lianozovo group, closely associating with its leader – Oscar Rabin. At the end of the 1960s, Rukhin’s art created in Russia a peculiar rhyme with the American version of pop art by Robert Rauschenberg.
Evgeny Rukhin died in 1976.
Exhibitions:
1965 University of Leningrad, Leningrad (St. Petersburg)
1966 Betty Show 10 painting, NY USA
1969 Non Oficial Exhibition- Leningrad, Russia
1970 Museo Belle Arti- Switzerland, Lugano
1971 Konstkigalerie, Villa Egli-Keller -Zurich, Switzerland
1972 Wurttemberger Kuntstverein - Stuttgart,Germany
1974 Moscow 1st. exhibition of plain air - Moscow, Russia1974 Moscow 2nd. exhibition of plain air-Moscow, Russia 1974 "Gaza" Cultural palace, 50 Non-conforminst from Leningrad–Leningrad, Russia
1975 Sammlung Alexander Gleser Museum - Vienna, Austria
1975 Non-conformist Russian Artist-Braunschweig, Germany
1975 Non-conformist Russian Artist -Freiburg, Germany
1975 Non-conformist Artist from Leningrad - Leningrad, Russia
1975 Non-conformist Russian Artist -Berlin, Germany
1975 North Carolina Museum USE
1975 Galerie Banakh - NY, USA
1975 Musee Russe en Exil - Montgeron, France
1976 Non-conformist Russian Artist -Constance, Germany
1976 Non-conformist Russian Artist -Saulgau, Germany
1976 Non-conformist Russian Artist -Esslinger, Germany
