Allen Tager

Born in 1955, Russia. I started to draw from age 9. In my early twenties, I was one of the 9 leaders in the largest artistic avant-garde movement in the long history of the former Soviet Union. In St. Petersburg (The Cultural Capital of Russia), this group of 300 artists gave regular art exhibitions of "new" art five years prior to the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev. As history notes, Mr. Gorbachev instigated the global shift of the totalitarian Russian regime to the new Russian Democracy. It is commonly believed that this "avant-garde movement" in St. Petersburg and these group of artists which risked their lives giving these art exhibitions created a foundation for change in the cultural and social climate of the country.
Throughout the 1980's, my paintings are regularly shown at exhibits of works by members of the St. Petersburg and Moscow artistic underground. In the last 18 years my art continues to be shown at various exhibits in Europe.

I was always interested in showing my paintings about how ancient emotions and thoughts, even those coming from the Stone Age, still exist in our contemporary minds. I was inspired by painted wooden sculptures made in the Middle Ages in Eastern Europe.



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