VADIM SIDUR | Figure

signed in Cyrillic and dated '68' l.l.watercolor and ink on paperSidur’s only public lifetime exhibition took place in the House of Writers in Moscow in a one-day show in 1968. The problem of pain and human suffering was a major theme in his artworks, which have since become symbols of opposition to any kind of totalitarianism.  The curvilinear human forms of the present work on paper are hallmarks of his paintings as well as his sculptures. In 1987 the Vadim Sidur Museum of Sculpture was established in Moscow, following the artist’s death. During a 2015 exhibition at Manezh a number of Sidur’s sculptures were smashed by an activist who deemed the works blasphemous.

St Petersburg, The State Russian Museum; Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery; Frankfurt am Main, Städel et al., 'Nonkonformisty: vtoroy russkiy avangard 1955-1988', 1996-1997, illustrated on p.223 of the catalogue
Ashdod, Art Museum Ashdod, 'Persecuted Art & Artists under Totalitarian Regimes in Europe During the 20th Century', 22 June - 21 September 2003, illustrated on p.170 and listed on p.283 of the catalogue
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, 'Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera', 3 February - 24 April 2005, illustrated on p.97 and listed on p.174 of the catalogue

The top and right edges are uneven and there is light creasing to the top left corner. The sheet has discolored and there is some very slight scattered foxing. The sheet is hinged to the mount in the corners and along the edges. Held in a simple wooden frame behind plexiglass. Unexamined out of frame.
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