Vagrich Bakhchanyan: Accidental Absurdity

The 60 works on view in the exhibition are drawn from the Zimmerli’s Nancy and Norton Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union. Through collages, artist’s books, and other mixed media objects he revealed the fine line that can separate normality from madness, banality from absurdity, platitude from blasphemy. Through experimentation and the development of inventive artistic strategies, Bakhchanyan broadened the range of expressive possibilities for other nonconformist artists. Many of his puns became an intrinsic part of Soviet dissident culture.
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