October 24 at DiDi Gallery An exhibition of nonconformist artists opened, united by their opposition to the Soviet regime and the blessing of the famous archimandrite—Father Alipy. In the 1970s, the artists learned about Alipy (in the world I.M. Voronov), the abbot of the Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery, who was a major collector of Russian painting and supported young free-thinking artists, and decided to name their association in his honor.
On exhibition The DiDi exhibition features works by members of the association – Alena, Vika, Sergeev S., Skrodenis V., Trofimov V. – which had been kept in private collections in St. Petersburg for over thirty years and were shown to the general public for the first time. The art group "Alipiy" had its own unique artistic handwriting. It manifested itself in an interest in medieval art, Art Nouveau, and Chinese calligraphy.
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