Here is the first collection of its kind to be offered on the international auction market, this time a London da Sotheby's, where the main trends in photography of the last decades of theSoviet Union and the period of perestroika. Social documentary photography which stands as a post-modern aesthetic reflecting the influence of the avant-garde (in which the Russians played a key role), the auction also includes first-rate examples of important Baltic photographers. The Changing Focus – A Collection of Russian and Eastern European Contemporary Photography of 5nd June next has a catalog of 955 lots where there are names where works by artists such as:
BORIS MIKHAILOV- TWENTY-THREE WORKS FROM BY THE GROUND SERIES – Estimate: 60,000-80,000 GBP
KOMAR AND MELAMID - OUR MOSCOW THROUGH THE EYES OF MIKKI – Estimate: 50,000-70,000 GBP
VLADIMIR KUPRIYANOV - IN MEMORY OF PUSHKIN – Estimate: 25,000-35,000 GBP
ALEXANDER SLIUSAREV - TWELVE UNTITLED WORKS – Estimate: 15,000-20,000 GBP
ALEXEY TITARENKO - THREE WORKS FROM THE CITY OF SHADOWS SERIES AND FOUR WORKS FROM TIME… -Estimate: 12,000-18,000 GBP
ANDREI CHEZHIN - WHITE SQUARE; BLACK SQUARE, GRAY SQUARE, RED SQUARE, BLUE SQUARE, YELLOW...- Estimate: 12,000-18,000 GBP
ANDREI CHEZHIN- TWO WORKS FROM THE CITY SERIES, TWO WORKS FROM THE CITY-PRISM SERIES,…– Estimate: 12,000-18,000 GBP
ALEXANDER SLIUSAREV - NINE UNTITLED WORKS – Estimate: 12,000-18,000 GBP
MARIA SNIGIREVSKAYA- SEVENTEEN UNTITLED WORKS FROM ST PETERSBURG SERIES – Estimate: 12,000-18,000 GBP
ALEXANDER SLIUSAREV- FIVE UNTITLED WORKS – Estimate: 12,000-18,000 GBP
MARIA SNIGIREVSKAYA - SEVENTEEN UNTITLED WORKS FROM ST. PETERSBURG SERIES. – Estimate: 12,000-18,000 GBP
VLADIMIR KUPRIYANOV - SIX WORKS FROM THE WEDDING OF SWEEPERS SERIES– Estimate: 10,000-15,000 GBP
ALEXEY TITARENKO - TWO WORKS FROM CITY OF SHADOWS SERIES AND FIVE WORKS FROM ST PETERSBURG…– Estimate: 10,000-15,000 GBP
ALEXANDER SLIUSAREV - SIX UNTITLED WORKS – Estimate: 10,000-15,000 GBP
