We present to you some of the most interesting artists of the XXI century. Of course, in addition to these authors, there are others contemporary artists world, worthy of your attention, but these five, in any case, should not leave you indifferent.
Megan Howland
Megan Howland is an American artist who produces contemporary oil paintings. She has a pragmatic approach to creative process and believes that painting allows her to express herself in a way that words cannot.
While painting, she thinks about human spirituality and nature, exploring the relationships between humanity and other living beings and organisms. Painting for Megan is about taking in information and creating a visual response to it. The main goal of her work is to create a complex of emotional portraits of the states in which we humans can find ourselves.
IN lately Megan paints human figures, intricately weaving a variety of birds and flowers into them. Her painting is an example of what she calls “an enlightening and terrifying struggle for balance,” that is, for the harmony of coexistence between people and nature.
The artist’s inspiration comes from listening to all kinds of podcasts, reading poetry and scientific journals.
Joe Francis Dowden
Joe Francis Dowden - professional British artist doing his work in watercolors. He specializes in creating landscapes (both forest and sea). Dowden's works are in private collections in the USA, Australia and the Far East.
When he turned twenty-three, he quit his job designing websites and took a part-time job as a window cleaner. In his free time, he paints pictures. And his work as a washer allows him to find previously unknown species for future landscapes.
Dowden's work is filled with detail and is striking in its realistic rendering of texture and volume. Key element watercolor painting the artist considers the light. And that’s why he advises everyone who wants to learn watercolor painting to pay attention to light, because it’s what brings any landscape to life.
Dowden not only loves to paint, but is also ready to willingly share his knowledge with everyone - videos of the artist’s master classes can be found on YouTube.
Philip Barlow
Recently, modern paintings by the artist Philip Barlow have spread all over the Internet, who managed to interest even the most sophisticated viewers with his unconventional view of painting. And the uniqueness of these paintings lies in the fact that he paints them as if he saw them the world around us myopic person.
Myopic people recognize themselves in these watercolors, and the lucky ones with good eyesight admire the original beauty and sunny atmosphere of the paintings.
Wide spots of light, imitation of bokeh effect, blurry shapes and boundaries flowing into one another bright colors— these watercolors look like failed photographs, as if the photographer forgot to adjust the sharpness before shooting.
But it is precisely this approach that gives the artist’s works an extraordinary charm and allows you to look at the world around you from a completely different angle. After all, even when we don’t see details, but only general shapes and silhouettes, the meaning still does not escape us.
Ai Xuan
Ai Xuan is a talented contemporary artist from Beijing who writes modern paintings in the style of realism. He was born in 1947, in the city of Chinghua. Xuan's nickname in China is "Master Ai". The main topic The author's works include Tibetan subjects, for which he is best known - mainly mountain snowy landscapes Tibet and local children.
Ai Xuan often visited Tibet, which greatly influenced his work - the boundless gloom and loneliness of this land forced the artist to reconsider his opinion about it.
In 1987, the artist studied for a year in the USA, at the University of Oklahoma. Ai Xuan also met others there contemporary artists, who helped him hold an exhibition of personal works.
Art critics highlight distinctive feature Ai Xuan's approach to his works: to emphasize the emotions of the picture, he always designs the background accordingly, mixing strict emotions with mysterious beauty. The concept of his paintings is moderate, but expressive. Viewers are attracted to Xuan's paintings by the isolation and pride of the characters' faces, despite the harshness of the natural environment and the hardships of life of the Tibetan people.
Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky
Is it possible to paint one picture together? Quite! An example is Dubossarsky and Vinogradov - famous contemporary artists of Russia, whose creative tandem was formed in the early 1990s, and has now earned worldwide popularity.
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Major international auctions are increasingly including contemporary Russian artists in their auctions of post-war and contemporary art. In February 2007, Sotheby’s held the first and almost sensational specialized auction of Russian contemporary art, which brought 22 auction records. "Artguide" decided to find out which of our contemporary artists has collected the most large amounts at international auctions and, having compiled the top 10 most expensive living Russian artists based on the results of auction sales, discovered some interesting patterns. All sales prices are based on auction house data and include buyer's premium.
Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky. Night fitness. Fragment. Courtesy authors (www.dubossarskyvinogradov.com)
Of course, there could be no doubt about who exactly became the leader of the auction race: Ilya Kabakov’s grandiose “Beetle”, sold in February 2008 at Phillips de Pury for almost £3 million, is probably remembered by everyone who is interested in contemporary art. Funny nursery rhyme, the text of which is written on a wooden panel with a beetle, even acquired a thoughtful intonation in the art history and market interpretation: “My beetle breaks out, jumps, chirps, it doesn’t want to get into my collection” - this metaphorically means the passion of the collector contemporary art, bargaining for this very beetle. (The verse quoted by Kabakov, written by the architect A. Maslennikova, an amateur poet from Voronezh, was published in the children’s collection of poems, rhymes and riddles “Between Summer and Winter”, published in 1976 by the publishing house “Children’s Literature” - and Kabakov illustrated this book True, that beetle in his black and white illustrations was not).
It should be added that if we were not making the top 10 most expensive living artists, but the top 10 of their most expensive works, then Kabakov’s paintings would take the first three places on this list. That is, the three most expensive works of a living Russian artist belong to him - in addition to “Beetle”, these are “Luxury Room” 1981 (Phillips de Pury, London, June 21, 2007, £2.036 million) and “Vacation No. 10” 1987 (Phillips de Pury London, 14 April 2011, £1.497 million). On top of that, the generous Kabakov “gave” another record to the Viennese Dorotheum auction- a year ago, on November 24, 2011, the painting “At the University” went there for €754.8 thousand, becoming the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at this auction.
The silver medalist will probably also be easily named by many - this is Eric Bulatov, whose canvas “Glory to the CPSU” was sold for a record amount for the artist at the same Phillips de Pury auction as Kabakov’s “Beetle.”
But the third place of the nonconformist Evgeny Chubarov, whose late work “Untitled” went to Phillips de Pury for £720 thousand in June 2007, could be called a surprise, if not for the fact that a few months earlier, in February the same year, Chubarov had already made a sensation at Sotheby's in London, at a specialized auction of Russian contemporary art, where his work with the same title (or rather, without it) was sold for £288 thousand (with an upper estimate of £60 thousand), not only beating the supposed top lot of that auction, Bulatov’s painting “Revolution - Perestroika” (sale price £198 thousand), but also becoming the most expensive work of a living Russian artist at that time. By the way, here it is, the irony of currency exchange rate fluctuations: in November 2000, Grisha Bruskin’s polyptych was sold in New York for $424 thousand, and then in pounds sterling it was £296.7 thousand, and in February 2007, when it was installed Chubarov’s first record is already only £216.6 thousand.
Works by fourth place winners Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid are frequent and quite successful lots at Western auctions, although their estimates rarely exceed £100 thousand. The duo’s second most expensive work is “The Yalta Conference. The Judgment of Paris" was sold at Macdougall's auction in 2007 for £184.4 thousand. But it should be taken into account, of course, that the painting that brought them fourth place belongs to fairly early works that rarely appear at auction and that it was exhibited in 1976 at the first (and very high-profile) foreign exhibition of Komar and Melamid at the Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York.
Following Komar and Melamid, Oleg Vasiliev and Semyon Faibisovich consistently hold a high bar at auctions. Vasiliev was third in that unusual successful auction Phillips de Pury 2008, which brought records to Ilya Kabakov and Erik Bulatov, and Faibisovich - fourth. Then Vasiliev’s painting “Variation on the theme of the cover of the magazine “Ogonyok”” from 1980 was sold for ₤356 thousand with an estimate of ₤120 thousand, and “Another look at the Black Sea” by Faibisovich from 1986 was sold for £300.5 thousand with an estimate of ₤120 thousand. Estimate £60-80 thousand Works by both artists often fetch six-figure sums at auction.
True, it was not the record-breaking “Soldiers” that brought Faibisovich fame at auction, but the painting “Beauty,” sold at Sotheby’s on March 12, 2008 - this was the second auction auction house contemporary Russian art, except for the Moscow auction in 1988. The painting (its other name is “The First of May”) then went for £264 thousand with an estimate of £60-80 thousand; a real battle broke out between buyers for it. Another painting by Faibisovich “On Moscow Street” at that auction exceeded the estimate twice and was sold for £126 thousand. We add that, according to the Artprice portal, Semyon Faibisovich is the only Russian artists, included in the top 500 best-selling in 2011-2012.
About the same can be said about Oleg Tselkov, who occupies eighth place in the top 10. Already half a century ago, having found his style and theme, he is a recognizable and authoritative artist, he regularly supplies auctions with his fluorescent round faces, which have continued success. The second most expensive painting by Tselkov, “Five Faces,” was sold in June 2007 at MacDougall’s for £223.1 thousand, the third, “Two with Beetles,” was sold in November of the same year at the same auction (MacDougall’s always puts up for auction several Tselkovs of different price range) for £202.4 thousand.
Grisha Bruskin has played a special role in the auction history of Russian contemporary art since 1988, with the Moscow Sotheby's auction entitled Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art, where his “Fundamental Lexicon” was sold for a sensational £220 thousand, 12 times higher estimate. About the same thing, and maybe even more sensational, happened with the polyptych “Logia. Part I” in 2000 at Christie’s in New York: the polyptych went for $424 thousand, exceeding the upper estimate by 21 (!) times - this alone can be considered a kind of record. Most likely, this extraordinary purchase is due not least to the significance of Bruskin’s name as the hero of the legendary Moscow Sotheby’s auction, because no other auction sales of Bruskin even come close to these amounts.
The price of Oscar Rabin does not fluctuate, but is steadily and very noticeably growing, especially for works Soviet period— all the most expensive works by this master sold at auction were painted in the late 1950s - early 1970s. These are (in addition to his record-breaking "Socialist City") "Baths (Smell the Cologne "Moscow", 1966, Sotheby's, New York, April 17, 2007, $336 thousand) and "Violin in the Graveyard" (1969, Macdougall's, London, November 27 2006, £168.46).
The top ten are completed by representatives of more than younger generation— Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky, whose most expensive paintings were sold at Phillips de Pury (the second most expensive is “The Last Butterfly”, 1997, Phillips de Pury, New York, $181 thousand). These artists, in general, continue a trend that is quite clearly visible in the ranking of the most expensive paintings living artists. We’ll talk about it a little lower, but for now here’s, finally, a list of the most expensive works of living Russian artists.
Top 10 works by living Russian artists
1. Ilya Kabakov (b. 1933). Bug. 1982. Wood, enamel. 226.5 x 148.5. Phillips de Pury & Company auction, London, February 28, 2008. Estimate £1.2-1.8 million. Sale price £2.93 million.
2. Erik Bulatov (b. 1933). Glory to the CPSU. 1975. Oil on canvas. 229.5 x 229. Phillips de Pury & Company auction, London, February 28, 2008. Estimate £500-700 thousand. Sale price £1.084 million.
3. Evgeny Chubarov (b. 1934). Untitled. 1994. Oil on canvas. 300 x 200. Phillips de Pury & Company auction, London, June 22, 2007. Estimate £100-150 thousand. Sale price £720 thousand.
4. Vitaly Komar (b. 1943) and Alexander Melamid (b. 1945). Meeting between Solzhenitsyn and Bell at Rostropovich's dacha. 1972. Oil on canvas, collage, gold foil. 175 x 120. Phillips de Pury & Company auction, London, April 23, 2010. Estimate £100-150 thousand. Sale price £657.25 thousand.
5. Oleg Vasiliev (b. 1931). Before sunset. 1990. Oil on canvas. 210 x 165. Sotheby’s auction, London, March 12, 2008. Estimate £200-300 thousand. Sale price £468.5 thousand.
6. Semyon Faibisovich (b. 1949). Soldiers. From the series “Stations”. 1989. Oil on canvas. 285.4 x 190.5. Phillips de Pury & Company auction, London, October 13, 2007. Estimate £40-60 thousand. Sale price £311.2 thousand.
8. Oleg Tselkov (b. 1934). Boy with balloons. Oil on canvas. 103.5 x 68.5. MacDougall's auction, London, November 28, 2008. Estimate £200-300 thousand. Sale price £238.4 thousand.
9. Oscar Rabin (b. 1928). City and Moon (Socialist City). 1959. Oil on canvas. 90 x 109. Sotheby’s auction, New York, April 15, 2008. Estimate $120-160 thousand. Sale price $337 thousand (£171.4 at the dollar to pound sterling exchange rate as of April 2008).
10. Alexander Vinogradov (b. 1963) and Vladimir Dubossarsky (b. 1964). Night training. 2004. Oil on canvas. 194.9 x 294.3. Phillips de Pury & Company auction, London, June 22, 2007. Estimate £15-20 thousand. Sale price £132 thousand.
It is known that auction prices are an irrational thing and one cannot judge by them the true role and significance of the artist in the artistic process. But from them and from the top lots one can roughly judge collector’s preferences. What are they? You don't need to be an expert to answer this question. They are obvious. Firstly, all the artists (except perhaps Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky) are “living classics” in years, and very respectable ones at that. Secondly, for almost each of them the records were not set by work recent years, but much earlier, that is, the pattern “the older, the better” is also relevant here. Thirdly, without exception, all works from the top 10 are easel paintings. Fourthly, these are all large and very large paintings. Only “The City and the Moon” by Oscar Rabin and “Boy with Balloons” by Oleg Tselkov can be considered more or less “standard” in this regard; all the others are much larger in height (not even in width) than human height. Finally, for all these artists, the theme of the Soviet (in particular, nonconformist) past is in one way or another relevant, in many cases accentuated in their works. It seems that our collectors experience acute nostalgia for this very Soviet past (it is well known that Russian art It is Russian collectors who buy in the West).
Younger than the other leaders of auction sales, Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky are somewhat stubbornly trying to break out of the dozens of harsh nonconformists, but this is only at first glance. In fact, if you imagine who from the next generation after Kabakov, Bulatov, Rabin, Vasilyev, Tselkov in the best possible way may meet the above criteria for purchase (large-sized easel paintings, rehashes of Soviet genres, motifs and stylistics), then it will probably be Vinogradov and Dubossarsky, worthy heirs of the masters of previous decades. At least judging by auction sales.
Levitan, Shishkin, Aivazovsky and many other names are familiar to every educated person in our country and abroad. This is our pride. There are many talented artists today. It’s just that their names are not yet so widely known to everyone.Bright Side collected 10 contemporary Russian artists (we are sure there are many more) who will undoubtedly write their name in the classics of 21st century painting. Find out about them today.
Alexey Chernigin
Most of Alexey Chernigin's oil paintings on canvas capture beauty, romance and moments true feelings. Alexey Chernigin inherited his talent and passion for art from his father, the famous Russian artist Alexander Chernigin. Every year they organize a joint exhibition in their native Nizhny Novgorod.Konstantin Lupanov
A young and incredibly talented artist from Krasnodar calls his painting “fun, irresponsible daub.” Konstantin Lupanov writes what he loves. The main characters of his paintings are friends, acquaintances, relatives and his beloved cat Philip. How simpler plot, says the artist, the more truthful the picture turns out.
Stanislav Plutenko
Stanislav Plutenko’s creative motto: “See the unusual and do the unusual.” The Moscow artist works in a unique technique of mixing tempera, acrylic, watercolor and the finest AirBrash glaze. Stanislav Plutenko is included in the catalog of 1000 surrealists of all times and peoples.Nikolay Blokhin
Discover a modern Russian artist who, without a doubt, centuries later will stand on a par with the world classics of painting. Nikolai Blokhin is known primarily as a portrait painter, although he also paints landscapes, still lifes, and genre paintings. But it is in the portrait that one of the most important aspects of his talent is most clearly demonstrated.Dmitry Annenkov
Looking at the hyper-realistic still lifes of this Russian artist, you just want to reach out and take from the canvas or touch what is drawn there. They are so alive and with soul. Artist Dmitry Annenkov lives in Moscow and works in different genres. And he is extremely talented in everything.Vasily Shulzhenko
The work of artist Vasily Shulzhenko leaves no one indifferent. He is either loved or hated, praised for his understanding of the Russian soul and accused of hating it. His paintings depict harsh Russia, without cuts and grotesque comparisons, alcohol, debauchery and stagnation.Arush Votsmush
Under the pseudonym Arush Votsmush hides the most talented artist from Sevastopol, Alexander Shumtsov. “There is a word called “conflict”: when you see something amazing that makes your inner wheels turn in the right direction. A good conflict, “with goosebumps” - it’s interesting. And goosebumps can come from anything: from cold water, from a holiday, from the fact that you suddenly felt something like in childhood - when you were surprised for the first time and began to play inside you... I’m not trying to prove anything to anyone with my works. First of all, I enjoy it. This is a pure drug of creativity. Or a clean life - without doping. Just a miracle."Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky
Vinogradov and Dubossarsky are the main hooligans and obscenities of modern Russian painting. The creative duo formed in the mid-90s of the twentieth century. And today he has already gained worldwide fame. It is no coincidence that the writer Viktor Pelevin designed one of his novels with illustrations from ready-made works by Dubossarsky and Vinogradov.Mikhail Golubev
Young Russian artist Mikhail Golubev lives and works in St. Petersburg. His works are paintings-thoughts, paintings-fantasies and philosophical reflections. Very interesting artist with his own, but very familiar to many, view of this world.Sergey Marshennikov
Is modern technology in demand now? Russian art? Auctioneers say no. According to Daria Chernenko, a specialist in Russian art at the Bonhams auction house, no more than two or three works by young Russian artists are sold at its auctions per year:
“Such works are purchased mainly for interior decoration, and much less often for private collections.”
The manager of the Moscow office of one of the international auction companies assures that “The market is not developing in this direction, there are no purchases, except for one-time gallery purchases.”
Gallery owners counter: interest in contemporary art has not disappeared. “There has been a joke going around the art community lately that says there is no market. Of course, it exists,” insists Sergei Gridchin, owner of the Gridchinhall contemporary art center. “It’s just that 2015 is a year of uncertainty for many markets, and the art market is one of them.”
According to the founder of the Pop/off/art gallery, Sergei Popov, if a few years ago it was possible not to follow young artists, now “The weather is set by those who are 25 years old”, and there are already collectors buying their works.
Time and again the market will tell who is right. In the meantime, Forbes represents the most promising young artists who are little known to the general public, but are already of interest to Russian and foreign museums, exhibitions and collectors.
- The selection of authors took place in two stages.
At first based on responses from exhibition and art award curators, gallerists, museum directors and famous artists a list of names was compiled (we only set an age limit - born in 1982 and younger). At this stage, we found out how many galleries work with the named young artists on an ongoing basis, whether they participated in exhibitions in Russia and abroad, and whether they received prizes and awards. As a result, a long list was formed, which included 35 people.
At the second stage We selected the 15 most successful of them. They were assessed according to the following criteria: personal exhibitions in Russia and abroad, participation in large group Russian and international exhibitions and biennale, presence of works in collections famous museums and galleries and in private collections, the presence of Russian and international awards.
The finalists included the artists with the maximum amount of points awarded. Each of them works in several genres, combining, for example, installations and painting, video and so-called objects ( art forms outside of specific styles).
- It is noteworthy that only two finalists have an art education in the traditional sense.
Year of birth: 1987
Where I'm from: Tashkent
Education:“Free Workshops” at MMSI, Institute of Contemporary Art
Genres: painting
Number of works: about 200
Of these in the collections: about 50
Collections: collection of the director of the Austrian Cultural Forum Simon Mraz, PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, Klaipeda Center for Cultural Communications (Lithuania), Victoria Foundation, Stella Art Foundation, Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation, Bela Horvath Collection (Budapest)
Venice Biennale (2014), Jewish Museum Vienna (2015)
Cost of work: from €100
“Actually, I want my work to be seen by schoolchildren and children, so that a generation of new people will grow up, together with whom we will build a world with a different type of relationship, where there will be no everyday exploitation and humiliation.”
photo by Evgeny Petrushansky for Forbes Year of birth: 1984
Where I'm from: Voronezh
Education: Voronezh state university(Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology)
Genres: installation, video, graphics
Number of works: 70
Of these in the collections: 40
Collections: Voronezh regional literary museum, private Russian and foreign collections
Azoikum (Büro für kulturelle Übersetzungen, Leipzig, Germany, 2014)
Cost of work: €800–2000
“I have a long production cycle: I collect plants, make herbarium specimens, identify them, draw. The process lasts for months, and I get along with them like friends. And it can be hard to part with friends. On the other hand, I'm glad someone else has them."
Dmitry Morozov (::vtol::)
photo by Evgeny Petrushansky for Forbes Year of birth: 1986
Where I'm from: Moscow
Education: Russian State University for the Humanities (Faculty of Art History)
Genres: hybrid art
Number of works: 70
Of these in the collections: 6
Collections: National Center for Contemporary Art, Polytechnic Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of Sound, Russian and foreign private collections
Group foreign exhibitions: Ars Electronica (Linz, 2015), CTM festival (Berlin, 2015); The Emperor's New Aesthetic, Emmanuel Gallery (Denver, 2014); Cyberfest (Berlin, 2013); Rhythm Assignment, Bonnefanten museum (Maastricht, 2013); Bent festival, Tank Theater (New York, 2010)
Cost of work:€10 000–30 000
“Sale is secondary for me. For many years I worked without attention from the market, and it did not upset me. The artistic elite and critics are very conservative in terms of accepting new styles and forms."
photo by Evgeny Petrushansky for Forbes Year of birth: 1983
Where I'm from: Kemerovo
Education: St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry named after. A. L. Stieglitz (faculty of monumental art, department of artistic textiles)
Genres: installation, object, video, graphics
Number of works: about 150
Of these in the collections: about 70
Collections: Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Pori Art Museum, Kiasma Museum (Finland), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, private Russian and foreign collections
Personal foreign exhibitions:“Incubator”, Galerie Forsblom (Helsinki, 2011); “My Room”, Galerie Forsblom (Helsinki, 2012); "Hello World!", Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea (Milan, 2013)
Cost of work:€1000–10 000
“The day before my first personal exhibition at Winzavod, we came into the hall and found that all the balls in the installation were tangled, and there was a dead rat in the threads. It turned out that the local cat was chasing a rat and decided to play with balls at the same time. We put the work in order, and the cat appeared again - after the opening of the exhibition.”
photo by Evgeny Petrushansky for Forbes Year of birth: 1985
Where I'm from: Moscow
Education: Higher School of Economics (Bachelor of Sociology, Master of Philosophical Anthropology)
Genres: procession (endless projects), objects, sculpture, painting, graphics, photography
Number of works: 15 projects, about 1000 artifacts
Of these in the collections: about 70 artifacts
Collections: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Gazprombank collection, Victoria Foundation collection, private Russian collections
Group foreign exhibitions:“Highway of Enthusiasts”, parallel program of the XIII Architectural Biennale (Venice, 2012), Kiev Biennale of Contemporary Art (2015)
Cost of work:€1000–5000 (artifacts)
“Artists are actually infringed on the rights to their own work. You're dependent on one-off sales, and it's hard to make complex, weird work that will be interesting twenty years from now. More in-demand works give me the opportunity to create experimental ones. This is very important."
photo by Evgeny Petrushansky for Forbes Year of birth: 1986
Where I'm from: Moscow
Education: State Academic University of Humanities (Faculty of Political Science), Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia named after. Rodchenko
Genres: photography, video, sculpture
Number of works: 10 art projects
Of these in the collections: prints of 5 art projects
Collections: Multimedia Art Museum, galleries HilgerNEXT, Anzenberger, OstLicht, private collections in Russia, Austria, Germany, France, Japan
Foreign exhibitions: Kunst Im Tunnel (Dusseldorf, 2012), HilgerNext gallery (Vienna, 2014)
Cost of work: from €200
“My projects touch on the theme of conflict, both personal, social and political. Politics is business big people, she is beyond romance and morality. I explore how it affects life common man. One way or another, you find yourself drawn into some process against your will.”
photo by Evgeny Petrushansky for Forbes Year of birth: 1984
Where I'm from: Moscow
Education: art school at the Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry named after. S. G. Stroganova
Genres: performance, sculpture
Number of works: about 100
Of these in the collections: about 10
Collections: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, private collections
Personal foreign exhibitions: PSIONICS, Federica Chizzoni gallery (Milan, 2014)
Cost of work:€1000–15 000
“One of the happiest moments in my life was watching the installers lift my nine-meter sculpture to the ceiling. This is an incomparable delight, from which you become dependent, a delight from the realization of a dream, from a scale, from a beauty that you did not even expect.”
Fashionable paintings are those that correspond to the spirit and trends in the development of modern interior design.
Paintings have always given the house nobility and a certain aristocracy. And this also has a positive effect on the image of the owner of the house. After all educated person, who is partial to works of art, always commands respect.
But if earlier this was available mainly to wealthy people or was the lot of true connoisseurs of painting, now interior paintings do not greatly burden the wallets of everyone who appreciates art and understands something about it. Or at least pretends to understand, which is also not bad. After all, it’s better this way than nothing.
Times change, painting styles change, and the preferences of those who purchase paintings change. We’ll talk about these preferences, and also try to find out what fashionable paintings are like at the present time.
It must be admitted that painting in the genre of landscape or still life in the style of classical realism is currently more interesting to those who have always been adherents of this type of art. That is, they purchase such paintings more often because of their artistic value, and not for the purpose of interior decoration.
Unfortunately, there is no widespread interest in the design of modern interiors. classical painting does not currently cause.
More precisely, this type of interior paintings is still in demand, but is best suited for interiors decorated in the style of Baroque, classicism or neoclassicism. But such interiors are inherent in to a greater extent wealthy people who have luxury homes. And, as you know, we don’t have as many of them as we would like.
This does not mean at all that paintings in the style of classical realism do not deserve interest and respect. Quite the contrary, but fashion, alas, extends to fine art...
Therefore, from a fashion perspective, we will consider the currently most popular types and styles of interior paintings.
What are fashionable paintings for the interior?
By interior paintings we will understand, in addition to the original works of artists, also copies famous paintings, traditional posters and modular paintings.
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It must be said that the demand for the design of modern interiors is determined not so much by the type of interior painting as by its style. That is, the style of the chosen painting must necessarily correspond to the style of interior design. Only in this case will it organically fit into the overall concept and give the interior a finished look.
If it is a painting, then the painting is chosen in the style of expressionism or abstractionism.
For posters in their classic design, that is, the usual rectangular shape, the preferences remain the same.
For modular paintings, which are currently quite fashionable, very unusual, spectacular images of various subjects are chosen.
In general, to put it briefly, currently fashionable paintings for decorating modern interiors are those that use images that make you think and fantasize, that is, bold, original, creative.
All of the above is true, of course, primarily for bold design solutions in the interior, and not classic ones.
And so, as an example, let’s look at different types of interior paintings separately.
Copies of paintings by famous artists
As already mentioned, painting in the impressionist style is more suitable for a modern interior. Such paintings are more expressive, dynamic, and therefore more consistent with the rhythm of our time. Moreover, it is not at all necessary that these be works modern authors. Landscapes and still lifes, say, by Vincent Van Gogh or Monet, will also look quite modern and fashionable in the interior. Which will to some extent emphasize not only your taste, but also your education.
Painting in the impressionist style of a modern author. 
A copy of a painting in the same style, but performed by a world-famous artist. 
The painting goes well with the interior design style of the room. 
Painting in the style of impressionism depicting a passionate spanish dance The color scheme matches well with some interior elements and generally fits well into the proposed interior design concept.
Modern style posters
Posters provide more opportunities for flight of fancy in contrast to classical paintings, if only because there are a great variety of images that are used to make posters for different tastes and styles. This includes abstraction, oriental, African style, urban landscape, thematic posters such as auto-moto and others. Therefore, there is always something to choose from. It is only desirable that the subject of the poster corresponds to the purpose of the room, or rather does not contradict it.
By the way, since we are talking about posters, I would like to ask you a question: what exactly is the difference between a poster and a painting?
I ask because these two concepts are very often confused, both are called paintings. Well, if we combine them with such a general term as interior paintings, then everything will be correct. In general, painting is only what is created by a human hand. All other images obtained using various technologies are just suitable for posters.
Here are just a few examples.
The original poster with an intricate image looks light and modern in the presented interior. 
An abstract poster associated with the sun, rainbows and generally just radiating warmth and good mood. 
A black and white poster depicting a stylized cityscape goes well with the sofa and dark floor elements. 
Black generally goes very well with red. Therefore, such an interior looks very bright, elegant and fashionable. 
A good example of interior design for a room in Japanese style. All interior elements harmonize very well with each other. The design is not flashy, but well thought out. 
A wonderful combination of an abstract poster with the colors of the room’s interior. 
An example of a successful combination of an original poster with an unusual decoration of the walls of the room. Modular paintings
Modular paintings are essentially also posters, but their image is divided into several elements or modules. This has made them very popular nowadays, since such paintings look very unusual and modern. In short, these are fashionable paintings, along with, of course, other types of interior paintings that are mentioned in this article. You can choose a modular painting of any style, genre and direction from the product catalog of one of the most famous manufacturers in Russia here.
Modular paintings can be placed in the interior both horizontally and vertically. In the first case, they visually expand the wall, and in the second, they make the ceilings higher.
One more thing important property modular paintings is that, even with very substantial sizes, they do not look bulky, unlike classical paintings, since they do not have frames and the image is divided into separate segments. You can see an example of what was said below in the first image.
A wonderful modular painting that unusually enlivens the warm, elegant interior of the room. 
This kind of modular painting also looks good in a modern interior. 
A very dynamic modular painting depicting a galloping herd of horses corresponds to the pace of our time. 
Very precise combination of abstract colors modular picture with other interior elements. 
Another very interesting example competent interior design using an unusual modular picture. The interior colors are not flashy, but not devoid of taste. So what interior paintings are currently fashionable?
Fashionable paintings are those that look fresh, stylish and unusual. You saw examples of such interior paintings in this article. But of course, they must match both the design style of your room and its purpose. Then it will be beautiful, harmonious and modern.
What did I mean by the purpose of the room?
More specifically, what you can choose as interior paintings for your home is described in the article.
Good luck with your choice and creative ideas in interior design!
Sincerely, .
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