["One of the Creators of New Artistic Thinking"] Alexander Gennadyevich Kuzkin (1950–1983) "Hamlet". Poster for an Exhibition. 1977–1978. Paper, Silkscreen, 55×30.5 cm.

["One of the creators of a new artistic thinking"] Alexander Gennadyevich Kuzkin (1950–1983) "Hamlet." Poster for an exhibition. 1977-1978. Paper, silkscreen, 55×30.5 cm. On the reverse, a sticker with a printed inscription: "The poster was printed in an edition of 50 copies in memory of the exhibition of works by Alexander Kuzkin 1950-1983 / The exhibition was held from January 29 to February 17, 1986 at the A.A. Fadeev Central House of Writers (Moscow, Herzen Street, 53)." Graphic artist, illustrator, book designer, commercial graphic artist, poster artist, painter. From 1968 to 1973, he studied at the graphic faculty of the Moscow Printing Institute under M.T. Khazanov, Yu.K. Burdjelyan, P.G. Zakharov, A.D. Goncharov, V.N. Lyakhov. In 1976, he joined the association of young artists and art critics at the Union of Artists of the USSR. From that year, he became a regular participant in all-Union and international exhibitions. In 1977, he went on a creative assignment to the Magadan region, and in 1978 to the Far East. In 1979, he became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. In 1981, he completed work on illustrations and the layout of a book of selected poems by A.A. Akhmatova, created two series of easel drawings "Poems" and "French Pencil," and designed the novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by J.W. Goethe, presented at the International Exhibition of Book Art in Leipzig (IBA-82). He was a free, rapidly developing artist, mastering the most modern technologies and trends and offering his own original ideas, including "mail art." In the words of L. Bazhanov, he became one of the creators of a new artistic thinking. He died on January 19, 1983 in Moscow from a severe heart disease.