Flower Hybrid
Vadim Sidur | Alexander Pozin
August 28 – October 5, 2025
Vadim Sidur Museum
August 28 – October 5, 2025
Vadim Sidur Museum
The Vadim Sidur Museum and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, with the support of Flor et Lavr Gallery, introduce Flower Hybrid — the third exhibition in this year’s series of temporary shows built around the metaphor of a blooming garden as a lost-and-found paradise.
The project brings into dialogue Vadim Sidur, a seminal figure of Soviet unofficial art, and Alexander Pozin, a sculptor whose practice is deeply rooted in Sidur’s legacy. Its framework is shaped by the synthesis of their artistic DNA: flower evokes the central metaphor of the garden of paradise, while hybrid stands for Sidur’s legacy being reinterpreted and expanded by Pozin. Pozin’s works are independent artistic statements, yet they have grown out of the soil enriched by Sidur’s art. They inherit its philosophical depth and dramatic form, while transforming them for a contemporary context.
The project brings into dialogue Vadim Sidur, a seminal figure of Soviet unofficial art, and Alexander Pozin, a sculptor whose practice is deeply rooted in Sidur’s legacy. Its framework is shaped by the synthesis of their artistic DNA: flower evokes the central metaphor of the garden of paradise, while hybrid stands for Sidur’s legacy being reinterpreted and expanded by Pozin. Pozin’s works are independent artistic statements, yet they have grown out of the soil enriched by Sidur’s art. They inherit its philosophical depth and dramatic form, while transforming them for a contemporary context.
Sidur had a profound influence on the development of Alexander Pozin’s art, particularly in the 1980s, when Pozin’s bronzes reflected a search for new forms and textures inspired by his predecessor. He absorbed Sidur’s precision of detail and emotional intensity, which became the foundation of his own style. In the 1990s, Pozin created monumental versions of Sidur’s key works — The Monument to Those Left Without Burial and The Formula of Sorrow — turning them into acts of both continuity and interpretation.
The exhibition presents bronze sculptures from the 1980s, wooden objects, and installations by Vadim Sidur and Alexander Pozin, drawn from the collections of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the artists themselves, and private lenders.
The exhibition presents bronze sculptures from the 1980s, wooden objects, and installations by Vadim Sidur and Alexander Pozin, drawn from the collections of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the artists themselves, and private lenders.
Alexander Pozin (b. 1957, Ufa) is a Russian sculptor and artist, a graduate of the Leningrad Art College named after Valentin Serov. Since 1977, he has participated in exhibitions, projects, and symposiums. He is a member of the Union of Artists, the creative association Village of Artists (St. Petersburg), and the project City as the Artist’s Subjectivity. His oeuvre includes monumental versions of Sidur’s sculptures (The Monument to Those Left Without Burial, The Formula of Sorrow), as well as Rupture, the group Human Virtues and Vices, and the monument to Olga Bergholz.
Vadim Sidur (1924–1986) was one of the foremost representatives of Soviet unofficial art of the mid-to-late 20th century. His biography tells the story of a man who endured the hardships of the 1930s, evacuation, a severe wartime injury, and the rejection of official culture. Through persistence and fidelity to his artistic path, he developed a uniquely precise language for expressing the inexpressible, securing his place in the history of postwar art. Sidur’s legacy comprises over five hundred sculptures and around a thousand graphic works, the experimental film Monument to the Modern Condition (1974), as well as a posthumously published collection of poems The Happiest Autumn and the autobiographical novel Myth. His monumental sculptures are installed in Russia, Germany, and the United States.
Since 2018, the Vadim Sidur Museum has been part of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. It has become not only a place for preserving and presenting the artist’s legacy, but also a space for engaging with the contemporary cultural agenda.
The collection includes over 1,000 sculptures and graphic works by Vadim Sidur, along with extensive archival materials. The museum works with this collection in a dynamic way, applying innovative approaches to exhibition design. It also houses Russian and international publications about Sidur, exhibition catalogues, research collections, fiction books illustrated by the artist, the poetry series Evenings at the Sidur Museum, as well as literature on contemporary cultural theory.
The collection includes over 1,000 sculptures and graphic works by Vadim Sidur, along with extensive archival materials. The museum works with this collection in a dynamic way, applying innovative approaches to exhibition design. It also houses Russian and international publications about Sidur, exhibition catalogues, research collections, fiction books illustrated by the artist, the poetry series Evenings at the Sidur Museum, as well as literature on contemporary cultural theory.