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Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Oleh Sokolov
The Visual Symphony of Oleh Sokolov In the vibrant, salt-aired atmosphere of Odessa, a city where history and avant-garde experimentation often collide, the life of Oleh Sokolov (1919–1990) unfolded as a profound dialogue between disparate disciplines. Born in 1919, Sokolov was not merely a painter or a graphic artist; he was a polymath of the visual realm, an intellectual whose work sought to bridge the gap between the tangible world
and the abstract realms of music, poetry, and classical philosophy. His journey through the twentieth century saw him emerge as a pivotal figure in the second wave of the Odessa avant-garde, a movement defined by its non-conformist spirit and its refusal to let art be confined to mere decoration or political propaganda. Sokolov’s formative years were steeped in the rigorous traditions of the Odessa Art School, where he studied from 19…