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Komar and Melamid worked together from 1972 to 2003. They met as students at the Stroganov Art Institute in Moscow in the 1960s and soon joined the circles of Moscow nonconformist artists.
Komar and Melamid were the first artists in the Soviet Union who dared to openly parody the regime, exposing the absurdities of Soviet life.
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Their example was followed by many others, and they can be rightfully considered some of the most influential artists emerging from the Soviet nonconformist movement.
In 1977, after five highly productive years in Moscow, Komar and Melamid immigrated to America, where they worked together for twenty-five years, until their separation in 2003.
They settled in New York in 1978, after spending a year in Israel. By that time, they had already had two successful exhibitions at New York’s Ronald Feldman Gallery in 1976 and 1977, with rave reviews in major