The PLIP concept and A. Dosuzhev’s work in the context of the developmentof the avant-garde of Belarus in the 1980s
In the late 1980s, a significant number of Belarusian artists and designers turned to the legacy of the 1920s. According to the authors themselves, that was a kind of continuation of the development of the avant-garde trend which was interrupted by the socialist realism imposed by the Soviet government. It can be noted that at the present stage of the development of national art, a significant contribution to the continuation of the traditions of the first avant-garde in Belarus was made by artists of Vitebsk who were part of the creative association “Kvadrat”. The article deals with the main directions of creativity of Aleksandr Dosuzhev, one of the representatives of the Vitebsk creative association “Kvadrat”, the founder of the theory of “PLIP” (Surface - Line - Spot), the successor of the traditions of the art association UNOVIS (“Founders of New Art”). The characteristic features of the creative method of the artist have been defined, and his role in the revival and popularization of the traditions of the first avant-garde in Belarus has been revealed. The author concludes that the concepts and creative methods of A. Dosuzhev, one of the most prominent representatives of informal art in Belarus at the end of the 20th century, are a continuation and reinterpretation of the creative achievements of artists such as Kazimir Malevich and Marc Chagall.