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Front Page Project #4
Misha Pedan
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Misha Pedan (b. 1957, Kharkiv, lives in Stockholm, Sweden) appeared on the Kharkiv, Ukraine, art scene in early 1980’s. He was one of the founders of the Gosprom Group in 1986 - 1987.
Pedan curated the first grand-scale exhibitions of Kharkiv School photographers in 1987 and 1988 when Perestroika was just announced. Both shows were eventually closed by the Communist party authorities and the KGB, who were at a loss in recognizing the new reality and finding it difficult to adapt to the new rules for the old game.
Note: Misha Pedan is participating in the current VASA exhibition
"Kharkiv School of Photogrphy: Soviet Censorship to New Aesthetics - Part 2 -1980-90's
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