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NONCONFORMIST ART FROM SOVIET UNION

The Zimmerli Art Museum presents selections from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union. It is the first major exhibition in the United States that focuses on Georgian artists. It features more than 60 objects, primarily mixed media collages and works on paper, that were created from the 1960s through the 1990s. Otar Chkhartishvili, Amir Kakabadze, Levan Magalashvili, Sergei Parajanov and Avto Varazi are among the featured artists. Organized by Sopio Gagoshidze, a Dodge Fellow at the Zimmerli Art Museum and a PhD candidate in Art History at Rutgers University, in consultation with Jane A. Sharp, PhD, Professor and Research Curator for Soviet Nonconformist Art. The exhibition and brochure are made possible by the Avenir Foundation Endowment Fund and the Dodge Charitable Trust–Nancy Ruyle Dodge, Trustee. Music by Irakli Charkviani (1961-2006)