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| Alexander Kosopalov, Hero, Leader, God, 2007
Born Moscow, 1943. Studied
at the Stroganov Art School, Moscow. Emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1975.
Lives and works in New York City.
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Post Pop: East Meets West is at the Saatchi Gallery until 23 February 2015.
The
Saatchi Gallery’s new show is a large
scale encounter between British and
American ‘Post Pop’ and Oriental artists from China, Taiwan and the former Soviet Union, who
have adapted something of the flavour and attitude of Western Pop to
their own cultural contexts. Clearly, such a large show (more
than 100 artists) will produce mixed results. However, it is refreshing
and
instructive to be confronted with a broadly familiar visual language
inflected with different accents and a different sensibility.
I realize that the point of such an
exercise is to mix things up – however, I found that I could better get a
handle on the content and the cultural contrasts by separating out East and
West. So, I have selected my parallel top 10 exhibits – albeit selected from
reproductions rather than an encounter in the exhibition itself. This is Part 1: East. (Click here for Part 2: West.)
Read reviews by Waldemar Januszczak and
Jonathan Jones.
(NB artists are listed in alphabetical
order; brief biographies are taken from the Saatchi Gallery website; click on images to enlarge.) |
| Eric Bulatov, Perestroika, 1989
Born Sverdlovsk,
Russia, 1933. Graduated from the Painting department of the Surikov State Art
Institute, Moscow in 1958. Lives and works in Paris.
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| Liu Dahong, Sacrificial Altar, 2001
Born Qingdao,
China, 1962. Studied at Shandong University of Arts, Jinan and at China Academy
of Art, Hangzhou. Lives and works in Shanghai.
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| Wang Guangyi, Great Criticism: Benetton, 大批判, 1992
Born Harbin, China,
1957. Studied at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou. Lives and works in Beijing.
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| Vitaly Komar & Alexander Melamid, The Origin of the Nostalgic Social Realism, 1982-3
Vitaly Komar born
Moscow, 1943 and Alexander Melamid, born Moscow, 1945. Studied at the Stroganov
Art School, Moscow. Emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1976. Founders of the
Sots Art
movement. Live and work in New York City. |
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| Valery Koshlyakov, Socrates, 2009
Born Salsk, Russia,
1962. Graduated from Grekov Art College, Rostov-on-Don. Lives and works in
Moscow.
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| Tseng Kwong-Chi, San Francisco (Golden Gate Bridge), 1979-86
Born Hong Kong,
1950, died New York City, 1990. Studied at Académie Julian, Paris. Lived and
worked in New York City.
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| Rotisalav Lebedev, A Drem Comes True, 2008
Born Moscow, 1946.
Graduated from the Art and Graphics department of the Moscow State V. I. Lenin
Pedagogical Institute. Member of the Moscow Union of Artists since 1994. Lives
and works in Moscow.
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| Fang Lijun, Untitled, 2011-12
Born Hebei
Province, China, 1963. Studied at at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
Lives and works in Hong Kong and Beijing.
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| Yu Youhan, Seated Mao, 1996
Born Shanghai,
China, 1943. Studied at Central Academy of Art & Design, Beijing. Lives and
works in Shanghai.
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