Interesting artists of our time. Talented artists creating extraordinary paintings
"Landscape Birch Grove Road" 120x100
Palette knife, oil, canvas
Konstantin Loris-Melikov
Art of the 21st century
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omnivore,
cynical, ironic-sarcastic, democratic - they call the sunset of a great era.
Postmodernists are in a situation where everything has been said before them. And all they have to do is use what they have created, mix styles, create, if not new, but recognizable art…
the brightest directions:
- Neorealism;
- Minimal art;
- Postmodern;
- Hyperrealism;
- Installation;
- Environment;
- Video art;
- Graffiti;
- Transavantgarde;
- Body art;
- Stuckism;
- Neoplasticism;
- Street art;
- Mail art;
- No-art.
1. NEOREALISM.
This is the art of post-war Italy, which struggled with post-war pessimism.
The new front of art united
abstractionists and realists and lasted only 4 years. But from
Famous artists came out of it: Gabrielle Muchi, Renato Guttuso, Ernesto
Treccani. They vividly and expressively depicted workers and peasants.
Similar trends have appeared in other
countries, but the most striking school is considered the school of neorealism, which
appeared in America through the efforts of monumentalist Diego Rivera.
Watch: Renato Guttuso
Frescoes by Diego Rivera - Presidential Palace (Mexico City, Mexico).
Detail of Diego Rivera's fresco for the Prado Hotel in Mexico City, “A Dream of a Sunday in Alameda Park,” 1948
2. MINIMUM ART.
This is the direction of avant-gardeism.
Uses simple forms and excludes any associations.
Karl Andre, 1964
This trend appeared in the USA at the end
60s. The minimalists called Marcel Duchamp their direct predecessors.
(ready-made), Piet Mondrian (neoplasticism) and Kazimir Malevich
(Suprematism), they called his black square the first work
minimal art.
Extremely simple and geometric
correct compositions - plastic boxes, metal bars,
cones - made at industrial enterprises according to sketches by artists.
Look:
Works by Donald Judd, Carl
Andre, Sol Levita – Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA), Museum
contemporary art (New York, USA), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
USA).
3. POSTMODERN. This is a large list of unrealistic trends of the late 20th century.
Vanchegi Mutu. Collage “Genital organs of an adult woman”, 2005
Cyclicity is characteristic of art, but
Postmodernity was the first example of the “negation of the negation.” At first
modernism rejected the classics, and then postmodernism rejected modernism, as
he had previously rejected the classics. Postmodernists returned to those forms and
styles that existed before modernism, but at a higher level.
Postmodernism is a product of the era
the latest technologies. Therefore, its characteristic feature is the mixing
styles, images, different eras and subcultures. The main thing for postmodernists
became quotation, deft juggling of quotes.
See: Tate Gallery (London,
UK), National Museum of Modern Art Center Pompidou
(Paris, France), Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA).
HYPERREALISM. Art that imitates photography.
Chuck Close. "Robert", 1974
This art is also called Superrealism,
Photorealism, Radical Realism or Cold Realism. This appeared
direction in America in the 60s and 10 years later became widespread in
Europe.
Hyperrealism, photorealism, Don Eddie,
Artists of this movement are exactly
copy the world as we see it in the photo. In the works of artists
one can read a certain irony over the man-made product. Artists mainly depict
stories from the life of a modern metropolis.
Richard Estes- love of depicting reflections of the metropolis in shop windows, on the hood of a car or on a cafe counter
Look:
works by Chuck Close, Don Eddie, Richard Estes - Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA), Brooklyn Museum (USA).
5. INSTALLATION.
This is a composition in a gallery that can be created from anything, the main thing is that there is a subtext and an idea.
Fountain (Duchamp)
Most likely this wouldn't happen
directions, if not for Duchamp’s iconic urinal. Names of the world's main
installers: Dine, Rauschenberg, Beuys, Kunnelis and Kabakov.
"Jim Dine. From the collection of the Pompidou Center"
The main thing in the installation is the subtext and the space where artists collide banal objects.
Look:
Tate Modern (London, UK), Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA).
6. ENVIRONMENT. This is the art of creating a 3-dimensional composition that emulates a real environment.
As a movement in the art of Environment
appeared back in the 20s of the 20th century. A few ahead of its time
decades, the Dadaist artist, when he presented to the public his
the work “Merz-building” is a three-dimensional structure made from various objects and
materials, not suitable for anything other than contemplation.
Edward Kienholz
History as a planterHalf a century later, this genre became
Edward Kienholz and George Siegel worked and succeeded. Into your work
they necessarily introduced a shocking element of delusional fantasy.
Look:
works by Edward Kienholz and George Siegel
— Museum of Contemporary Art (Stockholm, Sweden).
7. VIDEO ART. This trend arose in the last third of the 20th century thanks to the advent of portable video cameras.
This is another attempt to return art to
reality, but now with the help of video and computer technology.
American Nam June Paik made a video of the Pope passing through the streets
New York and became the first video artist.
Nam June Paik's experiments influenced
television, music videos (he was the founder of the MTV channel),
computer effects in cinema. The works of June Pike, Bill Viola did it
the direction of art is a field of activity for experimentation. They put
the beginning of “video sculptures”, “video installations” and “video operas”.
Look:
video art, ranging from psychedelic to social
(popular in China, Chen-che-yen on Youtube.com)
8. GRAFFITI. Inscriptions and drawings on the walls of houses, carrying a daring message.
Appeared for the first time in the 70s in Northern
America. Gallery owners from one of the districts were involved in their appearance
Manhattan. They became patrons of the creativity of those who lived next door to them.
Puerto Ricans and Jamaicans. Graffiti combines elements of urban
subculture and ethnic.
pop art genius Keith Haring
Names from graffiti history: Keith Haring,
Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Mathom, Kenny Scharf. Notorious personality
- British graffiti artist Banksy. There are postcards with his works in all
British souvenir shops
Look:
Graffiti Museum (New York, USA), works by Banksy - on the website banksy.co.uk.
9. TRANSAVANTGARDE.
One of the trends in postmodern painting. Combines the past, new painting and expressiveness.
Work of transavant-garde artist Alexander Roitburd
The author of the term transavantgarde is
contemporary critic Bonito Oliva. With this term he defined creativity
5 of his compatriots - Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco
Clemente, Mimmo Paladino, Nicolo de Maria. Their creativity is characterized by:
combination of classical styles, lack of attachment to national
school, focus on aesthetic pleasure and dynamics.
Francesco Clemente in Schirn (Frankfurt)
Watch: Peggy Collection Museum
Guggenheim (Venice, Italy), Museum of Modern Art at Palazzo
(Venice, Italy), Gallery of Contemporary Art (Milan, Italy)
10. BODY ART. One of the directions of actionism. The body acts as a canvas.
Body art is one of the manifestations of punk culture of the 70s.
Directly related to the then fashion for tattoos and nudism.
Living pictures are created right in front of
viewers, recorded on video and then broadcast in the gallery. Bruce
Nauman depicting Duchamp's urinal in the gallery. Duet Gilbert and
George are living sculptures. They portrayed the type of average Englishman.
See: for example, on the website of the artist Orlan orlan.eu.
11. STACKISM. British art association for figurative painting. Opposed the conceptualists.
The first exhibition was in London in 2007,
like a protest against the Tate gallery. According to one version, they protested in
connection with the gallery’s purchase of artists’ works in circumvention of the law. Noise
attracted attention to the Stuckists in the press. Now in the world there are
more than 120 artists. Their motto: an artist who does not draw is not an artist.
Billy Childish. Edge of the Forest"
The term Stuckism was proposed by Thomson.
Artist Tracey Emin exclaimed about her boyfriend Billy
Childisha: your painting is stuck, stuck, stuck! (eng. Stuck!
Stuck! Stack!)
Look:
on the Stuckist website stuckism.com.
Works by Charlie Thomson and Billy Childish at the Tate Gallery (London, UK).
12. NEO-PLASTICISM.
Abstract art. The intersection of perpendicular lines of 3 colors.
The ideologist of the direction is the Dutchman Piet
Mondrian. He considered the world an illusion, so the artist’s task is to cleanse
painting from sensual forms (figurative) in the name of aesthetic
(abstract) forms.
The artist suggested doing this
as succinctly as possible using 3 colors - blue, red and
yellow. They filled the spaces between perpendicular lines.
Piet Mondrian. Red, yellow, blue and black
Neoplasticism still inspires designers, architects and industrial graphic artists.
Look:
works by Piet Mondrian and Theo Vannoy Doesburg at the Municipal Museum of The Hague.
13. STREET ART.
Art for which the city is an exhibition or canvas
The goal of a street artist: to instantly engage a passerby in a dialogue with the help of his installation, sculpture, poster or stencil.
The world is full of creative people and every day hundreds of new paintings appear and new songs are written. Of course, in the world of art, there are some missteps, but there are masterpieces by real masters that are simply breathtaking! We will show you their work today.
Pencil Augmented Reality
Photographer Ben Heine continues to work on his project, which is a mixture of pencil drawings and photography. First, he makes a freehand sketch with a pencil on paper. Then he photographs the drawing against the background of a real object and refines the resulting image in Photoshop, adding contrast and saturation. The result is magic!
Illustrations by Alisa Makarova
Alisa Makarova is a talented artist from St. Petersburg. In an age when most images are created using a computer, our compatriot’s interest in traditional forms of painting evokes respect. One of her latest projects is the triptych “Vulpes Vulpes”, in which you can see charming fiery red foxes. Beauty, and more!
Fine engraving
Wood artists Paul Rodin and Valeria Lu have announced the creation of a new engraving called “The Moth”. The painstaking work and exquisite craftsmanship of the authors do not leave even the most stubborn skeptics indifferent. The print will be featured at an upcoming exhibition in Brooklyn on November 7th.
Ballpoint pen drawings
Probably everyone, at least once during lectures, instead of writing down the teacher’s words, drew various figures in a notebook. It is unknown whether the artist Sarah Esteje was one of these students. But the fact that her ballpoint pen drawings are impressive is an indisputable fact! Sarah simply proved that you don't need any special materials to create something truly interesting.
Surreal worlds of Artem Chebokha
Russian artist Artem Chebokha creates incredible worlds where only sea, sky and endless harmony exist. For his new works, the artist chose very poetic images - a wanderer traveling through unknown places and whales circling in cloud-waves - the flight of imagination of this master is simply limitless.
Spot portraits
Some people think about brush stroke technique, others think about the contrast of light and shadow, but the artist Pablo Jurado Ruiz paints with dots! The artist developed the ideas of the pointillism genre, inherent in the authors of the neo-impressionism era, and created his own style, where details decide absolutely everything. Thousands of touches to the paper result in realistic portraits that you just want to look at.
Paintings from floppy disks
In an era when many things and technologies become obsolete at the speed of a passing express train, it is quite common to get rid of unnecessary junk. However, as it turned out, not everything is so sad, and from old objects you can make a very modern work of art. English artist Nick Gentry collected square floppy disks from friends, took a jar of paint, and painted stunning portraits on them. It turned out very beautiful!
On the verge of realism and surrealism
Berlin artist Harding Meyer loves to paint portraits, but in order not to become another hyperrealist, he decided to experiment and created a series of portraits on the verge of reality and surrealism. These works allow us to look at the human face as something more than just a “dry portrait”, highlighting its basis - the image. As a result of such searches, Harding’s work was noticed by the Gallery of Modern Art in Munich, which will exhibit the artist’s work on November 7th.
Finger painting on iPad
Many modern artists are experimenting with materials to create paintings, but the Japanese Seikou Yamaoka outdid them all, taking his iPad as a canvas. He simply installed the ArtStudio application and began not only to draw, but to reproduce the most famous masterpieces of art. Moreover, he does this not with some special brushes, but with his finger, which is admired even by people who are far from the world of art.
"Wood" painting
Using everything from ink to tea, woodworking artist Mandy Tsung has created truly mesmerizing paintings filled with passion and energy. As the main theme, she chose the mysterious image of a woman and her position in the modern world.
Hyperrealist
Every time you find the work of hyperrealist artists, you involuntarily ask yourself the question: “Why are they doing all this?” Each of them has their own answer to this and sometimes quite contradictory philosophy. But artist Dino Tomic says it bluntly: “I just love my family very much.” Day and night he painted and tried not to miss a single detail from the portrait of his relatives. One such drawing took him at least 70 hours of work. To say that the parents were delighted is to say nothing.
Portraits of soldiers
October 18 at the London gallery Opera Gallery launched an exhibition of works by Joe Black (Joe Black) called "Ways of Seeing". To create his paintings, the artist used not only paints, but also the most unusual materials - bolts, badges and much more. However, the main material was....toy soldiers! The most interesting exhibits of the exposition are portraits of Barack Obama, Margaret Thatcher and Mao Zedong.
Sensual oil portraits
Korean artist Lee Rim was not so famous a couple of days ago, but her new paintings “Girls in Paint” caused a wide response and resonance in the art world. Lee says, “The main theme of my work is human emotion and the psychological state. Even though we live in different environments, at a certain point in time we feel the same when we look at an object." Perhaps this is why, looking at her work, I want to understand this girl and get into her thoughts.
We present an updated version of the rating that TANR published in 2014
Material updated: Alexey Alekseev, Konstantin Agunovich, Denis Belkevich, Anna Savitskaya, December 22, 2016. Dupdated the material on February 25, 2017 — Eduard Bassalaev.
We already published a similar list in 2014, and we present its updated version. The top 50 includes artists who were born and worked (or continue to work) in the USSR-Russia, whose works over the past ten years have been sold at international auctions for amounts exceeding £30 thousand (the British pound sterling was chosen, since 90% of domestic sales took place in London in this currency).
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
1. Ilya Kabakov
It seems that he is generally the main Russian artist, the founding father of Moscow conceptualism (one of), the author of the term and practice of “total installation”. Since 1988 he has lived in New York. Works in collaboration with his wife Emilia Kabakova , which is why the title should look like “Ilya and Emilia Kabakov,” but since Ilya Iosifovich became known before Ilya and Emilia, then let it remain so. Works are in the Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, Hermitage, Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), Kolodzei Art Foundation (USA), etc. Year of birth: 1933
Work: "Beetle". 1982
Date of sale: 02/28/2008
Price (GBP): 2,932,500
2. Erik Bulatov
Using techniques that would later be called social art, he combined figurative painting with text in his works. In Soviet times, a successful illustrator of children's books. Since 1989 he has lived and worked in New York, and since 1992 in Paris. The first Russian artist with a personal exhibition at the Pompidou Center. The works are kept in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Pompidou Center, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, etc., and are included in the collections of the Dina Verny Foundation, Victor Bondarenko, Vyacheslav Kantor, Catherine And Vladimir Semenikhin, Igor Tsukanov.
Year of birth: 1933
Work: “Glory to the CPSU.” 1975
Date of sale: 02/28/2008
Price (GBP): 1,084,500
3. Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid
The creators of Sots Art - an ironic movement in unofficial art that parodies the symbolism and techniques of officialdom. Since 1978 they have lived in New York. Until the mid-2000s they worked in pairs. As an art project, they organized the “sale of souls” of famous artists through an auction (soul Andy Warhol since then it has been owned by a Moscow artist Alena Kirtsova). Works are in the collections of MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, and in the collections Shalva Breusa, Daria Zhukova And Roman Abramovich and etc.
Year of birth: 1943, 1945
Work: “Meeting of Solzhenitsyn and Böll at Rostropovich’s dacha.” 1972
Date of sale: 04/23/2010
Price (GBP): 657,250
4. Semyon Faibisovich
A photorealist artist who remains the most precise realist even now, when painting captivates Semyon Natanovich less journalism. He exhibited on Malaya Gruzinskaya, where in 1985 he was noticed by New York dealers and collectors. Since 1987, it has been regularly exhibited in the USA and Western Europe. An active supporter of the repeal of the law on the promotion of homosexuality in Russia. Lives and works in Moscow. Works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow House of Photography (Multimedia Art Museum), museums in Germany, Poland, the USA, and are included in the collections Daria Zhukova And Roman Abramovich, Igor Markin, Igor Tsukanov.
Year of birth: 1949
Work: "Soldiers". 1989. From the series “Station Stations”
Date of sale: 10/13/2007
Price (GBP): 311,200
Grisha Bruskin
5. Grigory (Grisha) Bruskin
The protagonist of the first and last Soviet auction at Sotheby’s in 1988, where his “Fundamental Lexicon” became the top lot (£220 thousand). At the invitation of the German government, he created a monumental triptych for the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin. Winner of the Kandinsky Prize in the category “Project of the Year” for the exhibition “Time “H”” at the Multimedia Art Museum. Lives and works in New York and Moscow. The works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, and the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, MoMA, the Museum of Jewish Culture (New York), etc., are included in the collections of the Queen of Spain Sofia, Petra Avena, Shalva Breusa, Catherine And Vladimir Semenikhin, Milos Forman.
Year of birth: 1945
Work: “Logies. Part 1". 1987
Date of sale: 07.11.2000
Price (GBP): 424,000
6. Oleg Tselkov
One of the most famous artists of the sixties, in the 1960s he began and still continues a series of paintings in which he depicts rough human faces (or figures) as if sculpted from clay, painted with bright aniline colors. Since 1977 he has lived in Paris. Works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Hermitage, the Zimmerli Museum of Rutgers University, etc., and are included in the collections Mikhail Baryshnikov, Arthur Miller, Igor Tsukanov. The largest private collection of Tselkov's works in Russia belongs to Evgeniy Yevtushenko.
Year of birth: 1934
Work: "Boy with Balloons." 1957
Date of sale: 11/26/2008
Price (GBP): 238,406
Snow, darkness, dirt - and Moscow with Renoir in an embrace, Oscar Rabin
7. Oscar Rabin
Leader of the Lianozov group (Moscow nonconformist artists of the 1950s–1960s), organizer of the scandalous Bulldozer exhibition of 1974. He was the first in the Soviet Union to sell works privately. In 1978 he was deprived of Soviet citizenship. Lives in Paris. In 2006 he became a laureate of the Innovation Prize for his contribution to art. Works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Zimmerli Museum of Rutgers University, and are included in the collections Alexandra Glezer, Vyacheslav Kantor, Alexandra Kronika, Iveta And Tamaz Manasherovs, Evgeniy Nutovich, Aslana Chekhoeva.
Year of birth: 1928
Work: “City and Moon” (“Socialist City”). 1959
Date of sale: 04/15/2008
Price (GBP): 171,939
8. Zurab Tsereteli
The largest representative of already monumental art. Author of the monument Peter I in Moscow and the “Good Conquers Evil” monument in front of the UN building in New York. Founder of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, president of the Russian Academy of Arts, creator of the Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, which operates at the above-mentioned academy. Tsereteli's sculptures, in addition to Russia, adorn Brazil, Great Britain, Georgia, Spain, Lithuania, the USA, France and Japan.
Year of birth: 1934
Work: “Dream of Athos”
Date of sale: 12/01/2009
Price (GBP): 151,250
9. Viktor Pivovarov
One of the founders of Moscow conceptualism. Like Kabakov, inventor of the concept album genre; like Kabakov, Bulatov And Oleg Vasiliev- a successful illustrator of children's books, collaborating with the magazines “Murzilka” and “Funny Pictures”. Since 1982 he has lived and worked in Prague. The works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, and the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin, Kolodzei Art Foundation (USA), in the collections Catherine And Vladimir Semenikhin, Igor Tsukanov.
Year of birth: 1937
Work: “Triptych with a snake.” 2000
Date of sale: 10/18/2008
Price (GBP): 145,250
10. Alexander Melamid
Half of the creative tandem Komar - Melamid, which broke up in 2003. Together with Vitaly Komar participant of the Bulldozer Exhibition (where their “Double Self-Portrait”, the fundamental work of Sots Art, perished). Since 1978 he has lived in New York. There is no information about in which well-known collections the works of Melamid, created by him independently, are located.
Year of birth: 1945
Work: “Cardinal José Saraiva Martins.” 2007
Date of sale: 10/18/2008
Price (GBP): 145,250
11. Francisco Infante-Arana
The owner, perhaps, of the heaviest list of exhibitions among Russian artists. Member of the kinetic group "Movement", in the 1970s he found his own version of photo performance, or “artifact” - geometric forms integrated into the natural landscape.
Year of birth: 1943
Work: “Building a sign.” 1984
Date of sale: 05/31/2006
Price (GBP): 142,400
12. Vladimir Yankilevsky
Surrealist, one of the main heroes of post-war Moscow unofficial art, creator of monumental philosophical polyptychs.
Year of birth: 1938
Work: “Triptych No. 10. Anatomy of the soul. II". 1970
Date of sale: 04/23/2010
Price (GBP): 133,250
13. Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky
The painting project “Paintings to Order,” which they started in the hopeless 1990s for painting, received what it deserved in the 2000s. The duet became popular among collectors, and one painting ended up in the collection of the Pompidou Center.
Year of birth: 1963, 1964
Work: "Night Fitness". 2004
Date of sale: 06/22/2007
Price (GBP): 132,000
14. Sergey Volkov
One of the heroes of perestroika art, known for his expressive paintings with thoughtful statements. Participant in the Soviet Sotheby's auction in 1988.
Year of birth: 1956
Work: “Double Vision. Triptych"
Date of sale: 05/31/2007
Price (GBP): 132,000
15. AES+F (Tatyana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeniy Svyatsky, Vladimir Fridkes)
The AES+F projects were distinguished by their good presentation in the slapdash 1990s, which is why they were remembered. Now they are making large animated murals that are broadcast on dozens of screens.
Year of birth: 1955, 1958, 1957, 1956
Work: “Warrior No. 4”
Date of sale: 03/12/2008
Price (GBP): 120,500
16. Lev Tabenkin
A sculptor and painter with a sculptural vision, as if sculpting his heroes from clay.
Year of birth: 1952
Work: "Jazz Orchestra". 2004
Date of sale: 06/30/2008
Price (GBP): 117,650
"Dream of a Red Bird" 1988 Olga Bulgakova
17. Olga Bulgakova
One of the main figures of intellectual “carnival” painting of the Brezhnev era. Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Year of birth: 1951
Work: “Dream of a Red Bird.” 1988
Date of sale: 11/22/2010
Price (GBP): 100,876
Sergei and Alexey Tkachev. “Brothers” (“Double Self-Portrait”). 1981–1983. Tretyakov Gallery
18. Sergei and Alexey Tkachev
Classics of late Soviet impressionism, students Arkadia Plastova, famous for their paintings of Russian village life.
Year of birth: 1922, 1925
Work: "Saturday Day". 1973
Date of sale: 10/20/2016
Price (GBP): 97,935
19. Alexander Ivanov
An abstract artist who is primarily known as a businessman, collector and creator of the Faberge Museum in Baden-Baden (Germany).
Year of birth: 1962
Product: Love. 1996
Date of sale: 06/05/2013
Price (GBP): 97,250
20. Ivan Chuikov
An independent wing of Moscow pictorial conceptualism. Author of the series of paintings-objects “Windows”. Somehow in the 1960s, he burned all his paintings, which gallery owners still grieve about.
Year of birth: 1935
Work: "Untitled". 1986
Date of sale: 03/12/2008
Price (GBP): 96,500
21. Konstantin Zvezdochetov
In his youth, a member of the group "Amanita", whose members called themselves "fathers of the" new wave "in the Soviet Union" - with good reason; with the onset of creative maturity, he participated in the Venice Biennale and the Kassel Documenta. Researcher and connoisseur of the visual in Soviet grassroots culture.
Year of birth: 1958
Product: Perdo-K-62M
Date of sale: 06/13/2008
Price (GBP): 92,446
22. Natalya Nesterova
One of the main art stars of the Brezhnev stagnation. Loved by collectors for its textured, painterly style.
Year of birth: 1944
Work: “The Miller and His Son.” 1969
Date of sale: 06/15/2007
Price (GBP): 92,388
23. Maxim Kantor
An expressionist painter who performed in the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1997, as well as a publicist and writer, the author of the philosophical and satirical novel “Drawing Textbook” about the ins and outs of the Russian art world.
Year of birth: 1957
Work: “The Structure of Democracy.” 2003
Date of sale: 10/18/2008
Price (GBP): 87,650
24. Andrey Sidersky
Creates paintings in the style of psy-art he invented. Translated works into Russian Carlos Castaneda And Richard Bach.
Year of birth: 1960
Work: “Triptych”
Date of sale: 12/04/2009
Price (GBP): 90,000
25. Valery Koshlyakov
Known for paintings with architectural motifs. The largest representative of the “South Russian wave”. Often uses cardboard boxes, bags, and tape. The first exhibition with his participation was held in a public toilet in Rostov-on-Don in 1988.
Year of birth: 1962
Product: Moscow. 2006
Date of sale: 10/17/2013
Price (GBP): 84,629
fragment - Near the painting. 1987. Oil on canvas. 200x297. State Tretyakov Gallery.
26. Alexey Sundukov
He creates laconic, lead-colored paintings about the "lead abominations" of everyday Russian life.
Year of birth: 1952
Work: “The Essence of Being.” 1988
Price (USD) 103,363
Date of sale: 04/23/2010
27. Nikas Safronov
Year of birth: 1956
Work: “Dream of Italy”
Date of sale: 06/07/2011
Price (GBP): 63,650
28. Igor Novikov
Belongs to the generation of Moscow nonconformist artists of the late 1980s.
Year of birth: 1961
Work: “The Kremlin Breakfast, or Moscow for Sale.” 2009
Date of sale: 03.12.2010
Price (GBP): 62,092
29. Vadim Zakharov
Year of birth: 1959
Work: "Baroque". 1986–1994
Date of sale: 10/18/2008
Price (GBP): 61,250
30. Svetlana Kopystyanskaya
Known for installations of paintings. After the Moscow auction of 1988, Sotheby's works abroad.
Year of birth: 1950
Work: “Seascape”
Date of sale: 10/13/2007
Price (GBP): 57,600
31. Boris Orlov
A sculptor close to social art. He is famous for his works in the ironic “imperial” style and his masterful craftsmanship of bronze busts and bouquets.
Year of birth: 1941
Work: "Sailor". 1976
Date of sale: 10/17/2013
Price (GBP): 55,085
Year of birth: 1939
Artwork: “Self-portrait with a hang glider”
Date of sale: 11/29/2007
Price (GBP): 54,500
33. Evgeny Semenov
Known for his photo series with Down's disease patients playing the roles of gospel characters.
Year of birth: 1960
Work: "Heart". 2009
Date of sale: 06/29/2009
Price (GBP): 49,250
34. Yuri Cooper
He became famous for his nostalgic canvases with old household items. Author of the play “Twelve Pictures from the Life of an Artist,” staged at the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov.
Year of birth: 1940
Work: “Window. Dassa Street, 56." 1978
Date of sale: 06/09/2010
Price (GBP): 49,250
35. Alexander Kosolapov
A Sots Art artist whose works have become the target of all sorts of attacks. During the Art Moscow 2005 fair, one of his works was destroyed by a religious fanatic with a hammer.
Year of birth: 1943
Work: "Marlboro Malevich." 1987
Date of sale: 03/12/2008
Price (GBP): 48,500
"A bear hitting a sickle with a hammer." 1996 Sokolov Leonid
36. Leonid Sokov
A leading sculptor of Sots Art who combined folklore with politics. Among the famous works is “A device for determining nationality by the shape of the nose.”
Year of birth: 1941
Work: “A bear hitting a sickle with a hammer.” 1996
Date of sale: 03/12/2008
Price (GBP): 48,500
Year of birth: 1945
Artwork: The Last Supper. 2007
Date of sale: 02/18/2011
Price (GBP): 46,850
Dmitry Gutov and Anatoly Osmolovsky at the opening of the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Photo: Olesya Burlaka 2012.
38. Anatoly Osmolovsky
One of the main figures of Moscow actionism of the 1990s, art theorist, curator, publisher and head of the Baza Institute research and educational program, laureate of the first Kandinsky Prize.
Year of birth: 1969
Work: "Bread". 2009. From the series “Pagans”
Date of sale: 04/23/2010
Price (GBP): 46,850
Wall painting “Brother’s kiss” by Dmitri Vrubel at the East Side Gallery in Berlin.
39. Dmitry Vrubel
Photorealist painter, best known for his depictions of people kissing Brezhnev And Honecker on the Berlin Wall.
Year of birth: 1960
Work: Fraternal kiss (triptych). 1990
Date of sale: 11/25/2013
Price (GBP): 45,000
Year of birth: 1928
Work: "Apple II". 1974–1986 From the series “Seventh Heaven”
Date of sale: 12/16/2009
Price (GBP): 43,910
Left - Gallery XL - Irina Nakhova “Big Red” 1998-1999
41. Irina Nakhova
Muse of Moscow conceptualism. Winner of the 2013 Kandinsky Prize in the “Project of the Year” category. In 2015 she represented Russia at the 56th Venice Biennale.
Year of birth: 1955
Work: "Triptych". 1983
Date of sale: 03/12/2008
Price (GBP): 38,900
42. Katya Filippova
Avant-garde clothing designer who became famous during perestroika. Decorated the windows of the Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette, was friends with Pierre Cardin.
Year of birth: 1958
Composition: "Marina Ladynina". From the Russian Hollywood series
Date of sale: 03/12/2008
Price (GBP): 38,900
43. Yuri Albert
Year of birth: 1959
Artwork: "I am not Kabakov." 1982
Date of sale: 11/25/2014
Price (GBP): 37,500
44. Boris Zaborov
Theater artist, book illustrator. In 1980 he emigrated to Paris, worked on costumes for the Comedie Francaise.
Year of birth: 1935
Artwork: "Participant". 1981
Date of sale: 10/30/2006
Price (GBP): 36,356
Alexey Morozov and Sergey Minaev at the opening of the exhibition of the artist MMOMA 09.02.2017
45. Alexey Morozov
Sculptor and painter, often refers to ancient scenes. The future, well rooted in the past, has become the constant conceptual seed of his new works.
Year of birth: 1974
Artwork: "Carrus I (bronze)". 2011
Date of sale: 11/25/2014
Price (GBP): 35,000
46. Mikhail Shemyakin
Painter, graphic artist and sculptor, lover of macabre images. Since 1971 he has been living abroad - first in France, then in the USA. The author of several sensational monuments in Moscow, Samara, St. Petersburg and other cities. Successful theater artist. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
Year of birth: 1943
Artwork: "Untitled" 1985
Date of sale: 06/13/2008
Price (GBP): 34,450
47. Rostislav Lebedev
Classic Sots Art artist, colleague (and workshop neighbor) Boris Orlov And Dmitry Prigov. Creatively transformed visual propaganda from Soviet times.
Year of birth: 1946
Work: “Russian Fairy Tale”. 1949
Date of sale: 06/05/2008
Price (GBP): 34,000
48. Andrey Filippov
Belongs to the Moscow conceptual school. Author of paintings and installations united by the theme “Moscow - the third Rome”. Since 2009, together with Yuri Albert And Victor Skersis belongs to the group "Cupid".
Year of birth: 1959
Work: "Seven Feet Under the Keel." 1988
Date of sale: 05/31/2006
Price (GBP): 33,600
2005 “Untitled” Aidan Salakhova
Workshop of Aidan Salakhova 2016
49. Aidan Salakhova
Artist, sculptor, former gallery owner, one of the key figures in contemporary Russian art.
Year of birth: 1964
Work: “Without words No. 14 (marble).” 2015
Date of sale: 06/07/2016
Price (GBP): 32,500
50. Vladimir Shinkarev
Founder and ideologist of the art group "Mitki". In his novel “Mitki” this concept was first introduced. The novel was written out of boredom while working in the boiler room.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was a famous Italian painter, architect, philosopher, musician, writer, explorer, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, inventor and geologist. Known for his paintings, the most famous of which are The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, as well as numerous inventions that were far ahead of their time, but remained only on paper. In addition, Leonardo da Vinci made an important contribution to the development of anatomy, astronomy and technology.
Raphael Santi (March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520) was a great Italian painter and architect active during the Renaissance, covering the period from the end of the 15th century to the early years of the 16th century. Traditionally, Raphael is considered one of the three great masters of this period, along with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Many of his works are in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, in a room called Raphael's Stanza. Among others, his most famous work, “The School of Athens,” is located here.
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 - August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, portrait painter, court painter of King Philip IV, the greatest representative of the golden age of Spanish painting. In addition to numerous paintings depicting historical and cultural scenes from the past, he painted many portraits of the Spanish royal family, as well as other famous European figures. Velázquez's most famous work is considered to be the painting "Las Meninas" (or "The Family of Philip IV") from 1656, located in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Martir Patricio Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) - world famous Spanish artist and sculptor, founder of the movement in fine art - cubism. Considered one of the greatest artists who influenced the development of fine art in the 20th century. Experts recognized him as the best artist who has lived over the last 100 years, as well as the most “expensive” in the world. During his life, Picasso created about 20 thousand works (according to other sources, 80 thousand).
Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a famous Dutch artist who gained fame only after his death. According to many experts, Van Gogh is one of the greatest artists in the history of European art, as well as one of the most prominent representatives of post-impressionism. Author of more than 2,100 works of art, including 870 paintings, 1 thousand drawings and 133 sketches. His numerous self-portraits, landscapes and portraits are among the most recognizable and expensive works of art in the world. The most famous work of Vincent Van Gogh is perhaps considered a series of paintings called “Sunflowers”.
Michelangelo Buonarroti (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564) is a world-famous Italian sculptor, artist, architect, poet and thinker who left an indelible imprint on the entire world culture. The artist's most famous work is perhaps the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Among his sculptures, the most famous are “Pieta” (“Lamentation of Christ”) and “David”. Among the works of architecture - the design of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. It is interesting that Michelangelo became the first representative of Western European art whose biography was written during his lifetime.
In fourth place in the ranking of the most famous artists in the world is Masaccio (December 21, 1401-1428), a great Italian artist who had a huge influence on other masters. Masaccio lived a very short life, so there is little biographical evidence about him. Only four of his frescoes have survived, which, without a doubt, are the work of Masaccio. Others are believed to have been destroyed. Masaccio's most famous work is the Trinity fresco in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy.
Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish (South Dutch) painter, one of the greatest artists of the Baroque era, known for his extravagant style. He was considered the most versatile artist of his time. In his works, Rubens emphasized and embodied the vitality and sensuality of color. He painted numerous portraits, landscapes and historical paintings with mythological, religious and allegorical subjects. Rubens's most famous work is the triptych “The Descent from the Cross,” painted between 1610 and 1614 and which brought the artist worldwide fame.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (September 29, 1571 – July 18, 1610) was a great Italian artist of the early Baroque period, the founder of European realistic painting of the 17th century. In his works, Caravaggio skillfully used contrasts of light and shadow, focusing on details. He often depicted ordinary Romans, people from the streets and markets in the images of saints and madonnas. Examples include “Matthew the Evangelist,” “Bacchus,” “The Conversion of Saul,” etc. One of the artist’s most famous paintings is “The Lute Player” (1595), which Caravaggio called his most successful piece of painting.
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) is a famous Dutch painter and engraver who is considered the greatest and most famous artist in the world. Author of about 600 paintings, 300 etchings and 2 thousand drawings. Its characteristic feature is the masterful play with light effects and deep shadows. Rembrandt's most famous work is considered to be the four-meter painting "The Night Watch", painted in 1642 and now kept in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Modern art is usually called all kinds of artistic movements that emerged at the end of the 20th century. In the post-war period, it was a kind of outlet that again taught people to dream and invent new realities of life.
Tired of the shackles of the harsh rules of the past, young artists decided to break the old artistic norms. They sought to create new, previously unknown practices. Contrasting themselves with modernism, they turned to new ways of revealing their stories. The artist and the concept behind his creation have become much more important than the outcome of the creative activity itself. The desire to move away from the established framework led to the emergence of new genres.
Disputes began to arise among artists about the meaning of art and ways of expressing it. What is art? By what means can one achieve genuine art? Conceptualists and minimalists found the answer for themselves in the phrase: “If art can be everything, then it can be nothing.” For them, a departure from the usual visual means resulted in various events, happenings and performances. What is the peculiarity of contemporary art in the 21st century? This is what we will talk about in the article.
Three-dimensional graphics in the art of the 21st century
The art of the 21st century is famous in 3D graphics. With the development of computer technology, artists have access to new means of creating their art. The essence of three-dimensional graphics is to create images by modeling objects in three-dimensional space. If you consider most forms of contemporary art in the 21st century, 3D image making appears to be the most traditional. 3D graphics has many sides, in the truest sense of the word. It is used to create programs, games, images and videos on a computer. But it can also be seen right under your feet - on the asphalt.
3D graphics moved onto the streets several decades ago and have remained one of the most important forms of street art ever since. Many artists paint three-dimensional images in their “paintings” that can amaze with their realism. Edgar Müller, Eduardo Rolero, Kurt Wenner and many other contemporary artists today create art that can surprise anyone.
21st century street art
Previously, occupation was the lot of wealthy people. For centuries it was covered with the walls of special institutions, where access to the uninitiated was denied. Obviously, his enormous power could not languish forever inside the stuffy buildings. It was then that it got out into the gray gloomy streets. Chose to change our history forever. Although at first everything was not so simple.
Not everyone was happy about his birth. Many considered it the result of a bad experience. Some even refused to pay attention to its existence. Meanwhile, the brainchild continued to grow and develop.
Street artists faced difficulties along the way. For all its diversity of forms, street art was sometimes difficult to distinguish from vandalism.
It all started in the 70s of the last century in New York. At this time, street art was in its infancy. And his life was supported by Julio 204 and Taki 183. They left inscriptions in different places in their area, then expanding the distribution area. Other guys decided to compete with them. It was then that the most interesting began. Enthusiasm and the desire to show off resulted in a battle of creativity. Everyone was eager to discover for themselves and others a more original way to make their mark.
In 1981, street art managed to cross the ocean. Street artist from France BlekleRat helped him with this. He is considered one of the first graffiti artists in Paris. He is also called the father of stencil graffiti. His signature touch is the drawings of rats, which refers to the name of their creator. The author noticed that after rearranging the letters in the word rat (rat), the result is art (art). Blek once noted: "The rat is the only free animal in Paris, which is spreading everywhere, just like street art."
The most famous street artist is Banksy, who calls BlekleRat his main teacher. The topical works of this talented Briton can silence anyone. In his drawings, created using stencils, he exposes modern society with its vices. Banksy has a traditional style that allows him to leave an even greater impression on the audience. An interesting fact is that Banksy’s identity is still shrouded in mystery. No one has yet managed to solve the mystery of the artist’s identity.
Meanwhile, street art is rapidly gaining momentum. Once relegated to fringe movements, street art has ascended to the stage of auctions. Artists' works are being sold for incredible sums by those who once refused to talk about him. What is this, the life-giving force of art or mainstream trends?
Forms
Today there are several quite interesting manifestations of contemporary art. Review of the most unusual forms of contemporary art will be presented to your attention below.
Readymade
The term readymade comes from English, which means “ready”. In fact, the goal of this direction is not to create anything material. The main idea here is that depending on the environment of an object, a person’s perception of the object itself changes. The founder of the movement is Marcel Duchamp. His most famous work is the “Fountain”, which is a urinal with an autograph and date.
Anamorphoses
Anamorphosis is a technique for creating images in such a way that they can only be fully seen from a certain angle. One of the brightest representatives of this trend is the Frenchman Bernard Pras. He creates installations using whatever comes to hand. Thanks to his skill, he manages to create amazing works, which, however, can only be seen from a certain angle.
Biological fluids in art
One of the most controversial movements in contemporary art of the 21st century is drawing painted with human fluids. Often followers of this modern art form use blood and urine. The color of the paintings in this case often takes on a gloomy, frightening look. Hermann Nitsch, for example, uses animal blood and urine. The author explains the use of such unexpected materials by a difficult childhood during the Second World War.
Painting of the XX-XXI centuries
A brief history of painting contains information that the end of the 20th century became the starting point for many iconic artists of our time. In the difficult post-war years, the sphere experienced its rebirth. Artists sought to discover new facets of their capabilities.
Suprematism
Kazimir Malevich is considered to be the creator of Suprematism. Being the main theoretician, he proclaimed Suprematism as a way to cleanse art of all unnecessary things. By abandoning the usual methods of conveying images, artists sought to free art from the extra-artistic. The most important work in this genre is the famous “Black Square” by Malevich.
Pop Art
Pop art has its origins in the USA. In the post-war years, society experienced global changes. People could now afford more. Consumption has become the most important part of life. People began to be elevated to cults, and consumer products to symbols. Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol and other followers of the movement sought to use these symbols in their paintings.
Futurism
Futurism was discovered in 1910. The main idea of this movement was the desire for something new, the destruction of the framework of the past. Artists depicted this desire using a special technique. Sharp strokes, flows, connections and intersections are signs of futurism. The most famous representatives of futurism are Marinetti, Severini, Carra.
Contemporary art in Russia of the 21st century
Contemporary art in Russia (21st century) smoothly flowed from the underground, “unofficial” art of the USSR. Young artists of the 90s were looking for new ways to realize their artistic ambitions in a new country. At this time, Moscow actionism was born. His followers challenged the past and its ideology. The destruction of borders (literally and figuratively) made it possible to depict the attitude of the younger generation to the situation in the country. Contemporary art of the 21st century has become expressive, frightening, shocking. The kind that society has been closing itself off from for so long. Actions of Anatoly Osmolovsky (“Mayakovsky - Osmolovsky”, “Against everyone”, “Barricade on Bolshaya Nikitskaya”), the movement “ETI” (“ETI-text”), Oleg Kulik (“Piglet gives out gifts”, “Mad Dog or the Last Taboo” , guarded by a lonely Cerberus”), Avdey Ter-Oganyan (“Pop Art”) forever changed the history of modern art.
New Generation
Slava PTRK is a contemporary artist from Yekaterinburg. Some may be reminded of his work by Banksy. However, Slava’s works contain ideas and feelings that are familiar only to a Russian citizen. One of his most notable works is the “Land of Opportunity” campaign. The artist created an inscription from crutches on the building of an abandoned hospital in Yekaterinburg. Slava bought crutches from city residents who once used them. The artist announced the action on his social network page, adding an appeal to his fellow citizens.
Museums of Contemporary Art
Perhaps, at one time, contemporary fine art of the 21st century seemed like a marginal medium, but today more and more people are striving to join the new field of art. More and more museums are opening their doors to new means of expression. New York is a record holder in the field of contemporary art. There are also two museums here, which are among the best in the world.
The first is MoMA, which is a repository of paintings by Matisse, Dali, and Warhol. The second is a museum. The unusual architecture of the building is adjacent to the works of Picasso, Marc Chagall, Kandinsky and many others.
Europe is also famous for its magnificent museums of 21st century contemporary art. The KIASMA Museum in Helsinki allows you to touch the objects on display. The center in the capital of France amazes with its unusual architecture and works of contemporary artists. The Stedelijkmuseum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of paintings by Malevich. The capital of Great Britain has a huge number of contemporary art objects. The Vienna Museum of Modern Art has works by Andy Warhol and other talented contemporary artists.
Contemporary art of the 21st century (painting) - mysterious, incomprehensible, fascinating, has forever changed the vector of development not only of a separate sphere, but also of the entire life of mankind. It reflects and creates modernity at the same time. Constantly changing, the art of modernity allows a person who is constantly in a hurry to stop for a moment. Stop to remember the feelings that lie deep inside. Stop to pick up the pace again and rush into the whirlwind of events and affairs.