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Vadim Ovchinnikov is one of the most outstanding characters of underground of Leningrad, a member of TEII (Association of Experimental Fine Art) and of the Fund of Free culture, a memder and theorist of a group New artists.
In 1989-1996 a workshop of V.Ovchinnikov in Pushkinskaya, 10, was a place where atmosphere of privacy and creation was carefully maintained. It was a posthumous exhibition of his works and presentation of a book Vadim Ovchinnikov. Transactions with which renovated Pushkinskaya, 10 was opened in 1998.
Works of V.Ovchinnikov were several times exhibited in the Russian museum. In 1993 his personal exhibition was held in the Marble palace. Later his works were showcased as a part of exhibitions of Contemporary Art Department. The first five years and Abstraction in Russia, XXc.
At the exhibition which opens in the Marble palace, letters, collages and about 30 works of painting of the end of 1970s - the first half of 1990s will be shown. They all come from collection of the Russian museum and from private collections in St.Petersburg.
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