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From January, 16 to March, 1 the Foundation hosted Tair Salakhov`s first retrospective exhibition. Tair Teimurovich Salakhov is an important proponent of Russian art, a pioneer of the «Grim style», an academician, a maitre. The art itself was not the only concern for Salakhov. Being one of the leaders of the USSR's art community organization, the Artists' Union, he has helped a lot of his colleagues, supporting young artists and students of the Surikov Institute for the arts, sometimes providing legal cover-ups for dissident non-conformist artists. Salakhov has contributed to organizing, in late 1980s and early 1990s, solo shows of works by Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Gunther Uecker, Francis Bacon, Jean Tingely, Giorgio Morandi, Iannis Kounellis, Gilbert & George. Still, Salakhov the government official cannot esclipse Salakhov the artist. In this latter incarnation Salakhov has produced hundreds of paintings and works on paper over the last 60 years. Dozens of them are truly considered the masterpieces of Russian art.
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