Viktor Pivovarov
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Viktor Dmitrievich Pivovarov (
Conceptualist artistic movement of the 1970s,[1] along with Ilya Kabakov, Erik Bulatov, and Irina Nakhova. His work reflected the complete ideologization of the Soviet lifestyle, often simultaneously expressing criticism and nostalgia for this lifestyle. Nakhova relates that Pivovarov was a major influence and first inspired her to paint.[2]
Pivovarov was also a prolific illustrator of children's books,[3] with over 50 books to his credit. He moved from Moscow to Prague in 1982, and continues to live there to date.
Recent work
Lemon Eaters
A series of paintings in which the subjects are eating lemons. It has been interpreted as a variation of Vincent van Gogh's "The Potato Eaters".[4] The Potato Eaters is van Gogh's attempt at expressing the satisfaction of enjoying the fruits of hard, honest work, while the Lemon Eaters depicts heroes with a rather more complicated relationship to consumption.
Foxes and holidays
The preamble to this album of drawings with text, is that
. This subculture has cult of holy foxes. That is, for every moment of a person's life, there is a specific fox-character that helps a person contend with their life challenges. Each of these fox-characters has its own holiday.References
- ^ "Viktor Pivovarov in Moscow Museum of Modern Art". See You in Moscow. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ Interview with Oleg Krasnov, Russia Beyond the Headlines, 22 April 2015.
- ^ Diaconov, Valentin. "Viktor Pivovarov". Frieze magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ "Viktor Pivovarov - Lemon Eaters". Moscow Photos. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ Interview with curator of the Snail's Trail exhibition Ekaterina InozemtsevaGarage Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016.
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