#11) “Memory” – Alexander Kalugin
EtchingDated 198321″ x 32″ I first met Alexander, or Sasha, Kalugin in Moscow in 1983 just after his release from the “White Posts” mental institution. He had been incarcerated with a diagnosis of “sluggish schizophrenia.” My late husband, Don McNeill, was the CBS News Moscow Bureau Chief at the time. We did a story about […]
#10) “Bubuka” – Alexander Kalugin
EtchingDated 198314″ x 10″ Kalugin spent a great deal of time incarcerated in Russian prisons and mental hospitals. His “crimes” and “medical diagnoses” were fabrications such as “sluggish schizophrenia” that kept him locked-up and quiet. He is a self-trained artist and liked to draw portraits of those around him while in confinement. According to Kalugin, […]
#9) Untitled – Alexander Kalugin
Oil on Canvas (framed)Dated 198335″ x 27″ Alexander Kalugin participated in the daring 1974 “nonconformist” art show in Moscow’s Izmailovsky Park. He was arrested after the art show and later released when he signed a letter agreeing to never create abstract art. Kalugin was never interested in abstract art but, as a form of rebellion, […]