С Новым годом / Happy New Year. Exhibition 1985. Timur Novikov's catalogue and list of works

Happy New Year: Timur Novikov’s catalogue. List of works

Timur Novikov’s typescript catalogue consists of twelve pages and was edited in several copies in 1986, after the exhibition (see introduction). The catalogue has not yet been republished, and I would like to express my gratitude to Masha Novikova-Savelieva (Маша Новикова-Савельева) for supplying me with digital copies.

Novikov calls the show, simultaneously, the six / the fifth exhibition of the New Artists; it is the fifth, if the first is called the “zero” exhibition. Ekaterina Andreyeva discusses this "double counting" in the exhibition catalogue "Brushstroke" (Saint Petersburg, 2010, p. 33). Novikov's catalogue contains a short introduction and one page dedicated to each of the participating artists, with the exception of Arkady Tager and Natalya Batishesva; they are both referred to as “two invited artists”, without names. The artists’ presentations differ: some were given small descriptions or texts, other appear with a list of exhibited works only. Novikov presents himself with a long list of exhibitions, but does not specify any of his works.

Novikov indicates “Бег / The Flight”, one of Kotelnikov’s paintings, as a joint work with Medvedev. Another joint work from Kotelnikov’s list is the one co-authored with Yufit, “Твистуны / Twisters”. Novikov’s catalogue lists no other works by Evgeny Yufit, and the same goes for Andrey Medvedev. Novikov, however, reacted differently to this somehow ‘marginal” participation: while Yufit is presented as participating artist, there is no other mention of Medvedev, neither in the catalogue nor in his article “ПРАЗДНИК ИСКУССТВ” (The Celebration of Art), a review he published under his pseudonym Igor Potapov, dated 1985. In the catalogue, Novikov calls Yufit “a well-known film director, actor, master of photography and painter, one of the founders of the literary style of Necrorealism”. It could be that in 1985, he attached great importance to Yufit’s artistic achievements and less importance to Medvedev’s, but there might be another reason. According to Ekaterina Andreyeva, “Бег / The Flight” was done by Oleg Kotelnikov after a landscape study by Andrey Medvedev. In other words, Medvedv was only indirectly involved in creating this painting.

The works' sizes should be considered as approximative. For instance, the size of Kotelnikov's / Sotnikov's “Portrait of Kovalsky” is 308 x 105 cm, and not 400 x 180 cm, as indicated by Novikov. The English translations are taken from the catalogue "Brustroke", 2010, p. 58 (English edition), with the exception of two graphic works by Kozlov which were not included in the Brushstroke listing: "Portrait of Tinur Novikov" and "Portrait of a Woman".

So far, five works in (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov's pictures could be identified.

Page 3: Oleg Kotelnikov

1. Портрет Ковальского / Portrait of Kovalsky (+ I. Sotnikov) 400 x 180 cm (1983) identified

2. Портрет Саши / Portrait of Sasha 60 x 60 cm (1984)

3. Бег / Flight (+ A. Medvedev), 40 x 55 (1985) identified

4. Твистуны / Twisters (+ E. Yufit), 80 x 120 cm (1985)

5. Это здорово / It is Good 140 x 200 cm (1985) identified

6. Битва за «Абхазию» / The Batttle for Abkhazia 60 x 400 cm (1985)

7. Е-Е / Yeah Yeah 80 x 110 cm (1985)

8. Африка / Africa 70 x 50 cm (1985)

9. Двое / Twosome 70 x 50 cm (1985)

Page 4: Evgenij Kozlov

1. Я-Я / Ya-Ya 180 x 450 cm (1985) identified

2. Мультфильмы / Animated Films 90 x 130 cm (1985)

3. Шик, Шок, Шой / Chic, Shock, Show 100 x 120 cm (1985);

Graphic works:

1. П-т Т. Новикова / Portrait of Timur Novikov 40 x 30 cm

2. Женский п-т. / Portrait of a Woman 40 x 30 cm

Page 5: Valery Cherkassov

88 pieces (of paper)

Page 6: Timur Novikov

Page 7: Ivan Sotnikov

1. Зимою / In Winter 160 x 200 cm (1985)

2. Матрос / Sailor 70 x 70 cm (1982)

3. Портрет Хазановича / Portrait of Khazanovich (1983)

4. Осень. Люди ходят по грибы / Autumn: People Go Mushrooming (+ Novikov) 110 x 200 cm (1982)

5. Портрет Ковальского / Portrait of Kovalsky (+ Kotelnikov) 400 x 180 cm (1983) identified (see above)

6. Сковорода / Frying Pan 65 x 65 cm (1983)

Page 8: Andrey Krisanov

Летающие тарелки – это миф / Flying Saucers are a Myth 100 x 180 cm (1985) identified

Декоративное сценическое панно группы «Кино» / Stage Backdrop for the Group KINO (+ Timur Novikov) 500 x 500 cm (1985)

Page 9: Evgeny Yufit

Twisters (with Kotelnikov)

Page 10: Kirill Khazanovich

1. Ротен Пнет / Rotten Kick 200 x 180 cm

Editor's note: According to Oleg Kotelnikov, the letter "П" (or "P") must be read as "Г" (or "G"). It then produces the word Гнет = yoke. In this case "Rotten" is a reference to the German adjective "rot" (red), and the title then reveals its hidden anti-communist meaning "The Red Yoke".

2. Биология / Biology 180 x 180 cm

3. Тимур / Timur 180 x 20 cm

Page 11: Vadim Ovchinnikov

ten paintings and two collages

Page 12: Sergei Bugaev

1. Пейзаж № 84 / Landscape No. 84, 70 x 50 cm (1984)

2. Анна Каренина / Anna Karenina 300 x 300 cm (fragment of a stage set, 1985)

3. Чти память погибших при раскопках египетских гробниц / Honour the Memory of Those who Died Excavating the Egyptian Tombs 200 x 160 cm (1983)

4. ЭЙДЗ / Aids 50 x 40 cm (1985)

С Новым годом / Happy New Year

New Artists and Friends:Nataliya Batishcheva, Sergei Bugaev, Valery Cherkasov, Kirill Khazanovich, Oleg Kotelnikov, Evgenij Kozlov, Andrey Krisanov, Timur Novikov, Vadim Ovchinnikov, Ivan Sotnikov, Arkady Tager, Evgeny Yufit.

New Artists and Friends:
Nataliya Batishcheva, Sergei Bugaev, Valery Cherkasov, Kirill Khazanovich, Oleg Kotelnikov, Evgenij Kozlov, Andrey Krisanov, Timur Novikov, Vadim Ovchinnikov, Ivan Sotnikov, Arkady Tager, Evgeny Yufit.