SERGEY ALFEROV (1951 – 2004) Abstract composition

signed with initials and dated ‘96’ (lower right) mixed media on paper 86 x 61 cm 1996 Sergey Alferov was a Soviet and Russian artist, participating in the non-conformist movement. He worked as an artist-decorator in the Uzbek dramatic theatre, and later participated in numerous open-air openings and other exhibitions of alternative art in Moscow. An important role in Alferov’s formation was his friendship with the most brilliant representative of unofficial art of those years - Anatoly Zverev. The two artists often lived together and worked side by side, exchanging creative ideas.