Alexey Titarenko
Alexey Titarenko Алексей Титаренко | |
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Born | Alexey Viktorovich Titarenko November 25, 1962 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Photography |
Alexey (Aleksey, Alexis, Alexei) Viktorovich Titarenko (born November 25, 1962; Russian: Алексей Викторович Титаренко) is a Soviet Union-born American photographer and artist. He lives and works in New York City.[1][2][3]
Biography
Titarenko was born in
Influenced by the
During and after the
Titarenko's best-known series from this period is City of Shadows (which is also a title of his autobiographical novel),
Along with
In his photographs from Venice, mostly taken between 2001 and 2008, Titarenko uses "... a highly stylized technic that he put deftly in a service of strongly determined vision."[8] Moreover, "Venice also offers him a reminiscence of Saint Petersburg, similar to a recollection found in the work of Marcel Proust, who, in Albertine disparue (The Fugitive), recounts during his Venetian sojourn that he cannot resist comparisons to Combray."[33] Venice, Italy creates a counterbalance, a point of comparison with Venice of the North where he was born - Saint Petersburg.[34][35] In Titarenko's photographs, like in Proust's writings, " ... what matters is less the scrupulous description of reality than a particular vision it renders."[33]
Titarenko creates his prints in a
Through interviews, lectures, books, curated exhibitions and two documentaries by French-German TV channel Arte (2004, 2005), Titarenko describes a particular vision of an artist and of Art, close to that of Marcel Proust, linked to literature, poetry and classical music (especially that of Dmitri Shostakovich), placing himself far apart from contemporary tendencies developing particularly in Moscow.[38]
A 2011 exhibition of 15 gelatin silver prints from his Havana, Cuba series (2003-2006) in the J. Paul Getty Museum group show, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, linked Titarenko's approach to street photography in contemporary Havana to that of Walker Evans in 1933, by the subjects he photographed and aspects of his printing.[39][40][41]
Titarenko became a naturalized United States citizen in 2011; and lives and works in New York City as an artist, photographer, and printer.[1][42][43]
His work in New York continues today. "Using
Publications
Publications by Titarenko
- The Photographs from the Cycle Black and White Magic of St. Petersburg. Soros Center for Contemporary Art / Open Society Institute, St Petersburg, 1997. With an essay in Russian and English by Georgy Golenky, Senior Research Curator at the Russian State Museum, St.Peterburg.[n 1]
- Alexei Titarenko. Toulouse, France: Galerie Municipale de Château d'Eau, 2000. ISBN 2-913241-20-4.
- City of Shadows. Saint Petersburg, Russia: Art-Tema, 2001. ISBN 5-94258-005-7.
- Alexey Titarenko, Photographs. Washington D.C.: Nailya Alexander, 2003. ISBN 0-9743991-0-8.
- The City is a Novel. Bologna, Italy: Damiani, 2015. ISBN 978-88-6208-414-7.
- Nomenklatura of Signs. Bologna, Italy: Damiani, 2020. ISBN 978-88-6208-699-8.
Publication with contributions by Titarenko
- Revolutionary Passage. From Soviet to Post-Soviet Russia, 1985-2000 by Marc Garcelon, ISBN 1-59213-362-2.
- The World Atlas of Street Photography. New Haven and London: ISBN 978-0-300-20716-3. Edited by Jackie Higgins. With a foreword by Max Kozloff.
- The Short Story of Photography by Ian Haydn Smith, London: ISBN 978-1-78627-201-0.
Exhibitions
- Experiences photographiques russes, Month of Photography in Paris 1992, Grand Ecran, Paris, France. Titarenko contributed photographs from his Nomenklatura of signs series to this exhibition.[44][45]
- Alexey Titarenko, City of Shadows, July–August 2001, Apex Fine Art, Absolut L.A. International Biennal, Los Angeles, USA.[46]
- Alexey Titarenko, les quatre mouvements de Saint-Petersbourg, July–September 2002, Musée Réattu, Rencontres d'Arles festival, Arles, France.[47]
- Alexey Titarenko: Saint Petersburg in Four Movements, Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, February–April 2010.[48]
- A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, May–October 2011 Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Titarenko contributed photographs from Cuba to this group exhibition on the island.[39]
- Italia Inside Out. I Grandi Fotografi E L'Italia, November 2015 - February 2016, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan, Italy. Titarenko contributed photographs from Venice to this group exhibition about Italy.[49]
- The City is a Novel & City of Shadows, September 2020 - December 2020, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow[50]
- Град на сенките & City of Shadows June 2022 - August 2022, National Art Gallery, Bulgaria[51]
Collections
Titarenko's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA[52]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA[53]
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX [54]
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA [55]
- Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA[56]
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA[57]
- Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ[58]
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT[59]
- Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia[60]
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA[61]
- Museum of the City of New York, NY[62]
- Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland [63]
- Denver Art Museum, CO[64]
- Baltimore Museum of Art, MD[65]
And many others
Documentary TV and film about Titarenko
- Le Journal de la Culture series on Arte aired a 7-minute episode on Titarenko in 2004.[66]
- Alexey Titarenko: Art et la Maniere (2005). 30 minutes. Directed by Rebecca Houzel. Produced by Image & Co. for Arte.[67]
References
- ^ Art News, New York City, June 2014, page 54-57
- ^ ISBN 978-88-6208-414-7
- ^ Alexey Titarenko: ‘I wanted to capture my inner perception of the world around me’ A Publication of the Studio International, written by Nathasha Kurchanova, accessed January 21, 2018
- ^ Ksenia Nuril. "Spheres of influence" pages 17-24 from "Nomenklatura of Signs" Bologna, Italy: Damiani, 2020. ISBN 978-88-6208-699-8.
- ISBN 978-88-6208-414-7
- ISBN 978-5-91238-026-6
- ISBN 2-03-511335-0
- ^ a b William Meyers. "Alexey Titarenko's Venetian Style." The New York Sun, April 24, 2008
- ISBN 2-03-511335-0
- ^ Schwendener, Martha "A city's artistic rebellion. Photographs and other works that pushed boundaries in late-cold-war Leningrad." The New York Times, June 2, 2013
- ^ "Underground Russian photography 1970s–1980s" The New Yorker, March 19, 2012
- ^ Meyers, William. "Shades of Reality. Underground Russian photography in 1970s–1980s" The Wall Street Journal March 10–11, 2012
- LCCN 58-30845
- ISBN 978-88-6208-699-8
- New York SunMarch 2, 2006 , page 15
- ^ a b c William Meyers. "A Master of Technique." The Wall Street Journal, March 13–14, 2010
- ISBN 0-9743991-0-8
- Art News, April 2010, page 108
- ^ a b A.-D. Bouzet. "Saint Petersburg en Ombre et Blanc." Libération, Paris, July 21, 2002
- ISBN 978-0-240-80942-7
- ^ Tim Smith "Black, White, Grey Titarenko's photos in new exhibit are eerily timeless and bleak" The Baltimore Sun, June 1, 2012
- ^ " Street-Wise: The Photography of Garry Winogrand and Alexey Titarenko " American Cinematographer. An International Publication of the ASC, accessed January 21, 2018
- ^ Glueck, Grace "Northern Light." The New York Times, New York, March 24, 2006
- ^ Ollman, Leah. "Russian Photos Trace Images of Mortality and Memory." Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2001
- ISBN 978-88-6208-414-7
- ISBN 0-7922-6166-6
- ^ Guerrin, Michel. "Alexey Titarenko, clair-obscure." Le Monde, Paris, February 22, 2003
- ^ Bouruet-Aubertot, Veronique "La Cite des Ombres." Beaux-Arts magazine, Paris, February 2003
- Irish Times, Dublin, May 5, 2007
- Boston Sunday Globe, Boston, November 2, 2003
- LCCN 2014-940105
- LCCN 1786-272016
- ^ ISBN 978-88-6208-414-7
- ^ Tim, Smith "Fascinating exhibit of photographs, smoke drawings at Grimaldis"; The Baltimore Sun, June 25, 2013
- ^ Bret, McCabe "Venice by Alexey Titarenko" Baltimore City Paper, June 19, 2013
- ISBN 978-88-6208-414-7
- ^ Hugues, Sylvie "Alexey Titarenko, esthetique et documentaire." Response Photo magazine n.132, Paris, France, March 2003, page 80-89
- ISBN 2-913548-41-5
- ^ a b Johnson, Reed. "Cuba under the lens at the Getty Museum." Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2011
- ISBN 978-88-6208-414-7
- ^ "Our Men in Havana: Walker Evans and Alexey Titarenko" American Cinematographer. An International Publication of the ASC, accédé le 21 janvier 2018
- ^ Burnstine, Susan "Connection American." Black&White photography magazine, United Kingdom, June 2010, page 20, 21
- ^ "Alexey Titarenko", The New Yorker magazine, May 11, 2015
- ISBN 978-2-904732-55-3
- ^ Dictionnaire mondial de la photographie des origines a nos jours, Éditions Larousse, 1994, 978-5-91238-026-6, page 629
- ^ Russian Photos Trace Images of Mortality and Memory. Art Reviews by LEAH OLLMAN, special to the Times. Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2001, page F20
- ^ A.-D. Bouzet. "Saint Petersburg en Ombre et Blanc." Libération, Paris, July 21, 2002, page 27
- ^ "Alexey Titarenko: Saint Petersburg in Four Movements", Nailya Alexander Gallery, Accessed 3 September 2016
- ISBN 978-88-09-82779-0
- ^ Newspaper Kommersant n 173, page 8, September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Alexey Titarenko: Град на сенките & City of Shadows", Bulgarian National Radio BNR, Sofia, Bulgaria
- ^ " Collections", Philadelphia Museum of Art, Accessed 28 November 2017
- ^ " Collections", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Accessed 28 November 2017
- Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Accessed 3 November 2016
- ^ "Untitled (Crowd 2)", Chrysler Museum of Art via Squarespace, Accessed 3 September 2016
- ^ "Objects", Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Accessed 3 September 2016
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Accessed 8 September 2016
- ^ " ‘Leningrad’s Perestroika,’ at Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick", The New York Times, Accessed 14 January 2018
- ^ " Works from the collection"[permanent dead link], Yale University Art Gallery, Accessed 14 January 2018
- ^ " Works from the collection", Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Accessed 24 May 2018
- BAMPFA, Accessed 30 June 2019
- ^ "Collecting New York's stories", Museum of the City of New York, Accessed 21 January 2020
- ^ "Urban Life in Contemporary Photography", Edition du Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne 2016, pages 35-39, ISBN 978-2-88350-111-9.
- ^ "Collections", Denver Art Museum, Accessed 18 January 2023
- ^ "Collections", Baltimore Museum of Art, Accessed 3 July 2023
- ^ Le Journal de la Culture via youtube., Accessed 18 December 2016
- ^ "Art et la Maniere" via youtube., Accessed 14 December 2016
Notes
- ^ The essay can be viewed as a PDF here within Titarenko's site.
External links
- Official website
- Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, NY. Page about Titarenko's works and projects
- Most recent interview with Titarenko, Studio International, April 2017
- Alexey Titarenko and the City as a Novel by Michael Kurcfeld, Los Angeles Review of Books (video)
- The Art of Photography documentary about Titarenko from Artist Series. (video)
- The New York Times featuring one of the Nomenklatura of signs' collages
- The Nicholas R. Clifford Symposium 2003, Middlebury, USA
- Interview with Alexey Titarenko about Beauty in Art
- Kenneth Woods on Alexey Titarenko and Dmitri Shostakovich's music