Gazanevsky

The exhibition lasted four days and aroused interest by many people, even though the regime blocked all information.

This art event was marked by 15,000 visitors, long queues and detailed reports in foreign press.

The exhibition delivered a mighty explosion of the inner spiritual power and triggered a dissidents' consolidation.

Although the Gazanevsky exhibitions had legalized Nonconformism, public authorities opposed permitting presentations of the unofficial art.

Artists of the Gazanevsky exhibition include A. Arefiev (ru), A. Basin (ru), Anatoly Belkin, G. Bogomolov, Anatoly Vasiliev, L. Borisov, V. Gavrilchik, A.Gennadiev, Igor V. Ivanov, Y. Zharkikh, Vitaly Kubasov, Y. Ljukshin, Valery Mishin, V. Ovchinnikov, Y. Petrochenkov, E. Ruchin, Igor Sacharow-Ross (Sacharov-Ross, Zakharov-Ross), G. Subkow, J. Tulpanov, G. Ustyugov, B. Schagin, M. Zerusch, and others.