Artist Information:
Mihail Chemiakin
Claverack, NY
United States
Member Since: May 2003
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Artist Statement:
Mihail Chemiakin was born in
Moscow in 1943, grew up in
occupied East Germany, and
returned to Russia in 1957
where he was admitted to the
Special High School of the
Repin Academy of Art in
Leningrad. He was expelled
from art school for failing to
conform to Socialist Realist
norms, and from 1959-1971
worked as a laborer in various
capacities. He was subjected
to compulsory treatment at a
mental institution, which was
a standard way of dealing with
ideological dissidents at that
time. For five years he worked
on the maintenance crew of the
Hermitage Museum. In 1967, the
artist founded the St.
Petersburg Group and developed
the philosophy of Metaphysical
Synthesism, dedicated to the
creation of a new form of icon
painting based on the study of
religious art of all ages and
peoples.
In 1971 Chemiakin was forced
out of the USSR by the Soviet
authorities. He settled first
in France, then moved to New
York City in 1981. While in
Paris he edited and published
Apollon-77, an almanach of
post-Stalinist art, poetry and
photography in which many of
the “non-conformists” were
first published. Chemiakin
also recorded and published
the first disks of ...
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