Vladimir Yankilevsky

Vladimir Borisovich Yankilevsky was a Russian artist central to the Soviet nonconformist art movement from the 1960s through the 1980s. He is best known for his powerful triptychs employing disorienting and nightmarish imagery to explore restrictive mental states tied to Soviet daily life and the broader human condition. He gained notoriety through his participation in the landmark 1962 Manezh Art Exhibit, where Khrushchev condemned nonconformist art as degenerate.