Sysoev, Viacheslav Dmitrievich [Viacheslavovich] (1937 - 2006)	Odnostishiia. Dvustishiia. M., Fond im. I.D. Sytina, 2000. (Programma: miniatiurnye knigi [Series])	€45,00

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48mo (83 mm x 61 mm), publisher´s binding with gilt tooling on front cover and spine, dust jacket. VERY GOOD TO MINT. TWO VERY SMALL TEARS (Ca. 1 mm) ON DUST JACKET. VERY RARE. ASKI - Fond razvitiia otechestvennogo knigoizdaniia imeni I.D.Sytina, a state sponsored program for publication of miniature books. Viacheslav [´'Slava'] Sysoev (1937 - 2004) was a prominent Russian caricature artist and cartoonist. Born in Moscow. He had no special art education, worked as a desktop publisher in the artistic enterprise. Since 1975 he participated in the informal exhibitions in Moscow and Leningrad as a caricature artist. First satirical drawings were printed in the West in 1976.He was accused for production of pornographic drawings in 1979. Claimed to cataloger that it was a plain KGB provocation with participation of two former Soviet prostitutes, residing in London and London publisher of Rumanian descent. Small album was published in 1980 in Paris.The first larger album was published also in Paris in 1983. Spent two years in labor camp (1983 - 1985). In the USSR his works were not published until 1987 because his creativity was considered to be anti-Soviet. Viacheslav Sysoev emigrated to Germany in 1989, and settled in Berlin. Since 1994 editor -in- chief of the literary and art almanac 'Ostrov'. Personal exhibitions in Berlin, Moscow, Leningrad, Paris, Oslo and Hamburg in 1989 - 2004. 'Curriculum Vitae of Vyacheslav ('Slava') Syssoyev [Adopted after Larissa Sysoeva and Slava Sysoev] Born in Moscow on 30 October 1937. Received no specialized art training. 1975 Began to take active part in underground exhibitions in Moscow and Leningrad. Syssoyev´s work never published in USSR because it was branded by the authorities as anti-Soviet. 1976 The first of Syssoyev´s publications in the West appeared. From this same year, Syssoyev is a member of the Moscow Committee of Graphic Artists. 1979 On the initiative of the KGB, criminal proceedings are brought against Syssoyev for disseminating pornography. NOT IN OCLC 1979-83 Syssoyev remains underground to avoid arrest. Numerous publications appear during this time in the Western press. 1980 An album of Syssoyev's work is published in Paris. 1983-85 Syssoyev under arrest and incarceration in Soviet prison camp in connection with above-mentioned charges. During this time, Syssoyev´s first book is published in Paris under the French title Silence, Hopital. 1986-87 Syssoyev works on a major graphic series in connection with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 1987 First publications in Russia. 1989 Syssoyev emigrates to Germany where he continues to live. 2003 New book of Syssoyev's 'Khodite tikho, govorite tikho' is published in Moscow by NLO Press. 2004 Monographie of Syssoyev's 'Vse v poriadke, mama!' is published in Moscow. Personal exhibitions, including Moscow and Leningrad (1989-2004), Paris, Oslo, New Jersey, Hamburg and Berlin.' See: Russian cartoonist sentenced to two years. Writers and Scholars Educational Trust.[ London, 1983] Briefing paper (Writers and Scholars Educational Trust), no. 103.; Human rights documents., General ;, 1034, doc. 129. See also: Viacheslav Sysoev. Azbuka zhizni : iz zapisnykh knizhek. M., Fond im. I.D. Sytina, 2000. Not in OCLC