Vladimir Dubossarsky (1964) is a Russian painter working in pop art

Pop art

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...

 genre.

Since 1994 he performs in an art duet with Alexander Vinogradov. Both live and work in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. In the early part of their career together they adopted the style of socialist realism

Socialist realism

Socialist realism is a style of realistic art which was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style having its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism...

, an officially sanctioned art practice under the soviet regime. Their early works resembled posters for non-existent thrillers and sleazy porn flicks. They worked with their idea of social order, laborers, collective farmers, etc. and put a modern twist on an outdated practice. Their result was a collection of ideas and themes that would make socialistic fantasies visible to the viewer.

In 2001, Dubosarsky and Vinogradov made a transition from the socialist fantasy to the ideals of mass media

Mass media

Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...

. Total Painting (2001) created a large scale image of mass culture from around the world borrowing ideas from advertising

Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...

 and mainstream media. Our Best World (2003) created a common ground for stars such as Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...

, Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

, Barbie

Barbie

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....

, Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

, Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....

, and even Picasso. The Underwater World (2002) was made for the Russian pavilion for the 50th Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...

. The piece references ideas gathered from pop images such as mail order catalogs, and heroes in contemporary advertising.

Solo exhibitions

2008

• The New People Are Already Here. Deitch Projects, New York, USA
• Meander. Resort Pirogovo, Moscow Region, Russia
• Untitled. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK

2007

• In the Artist's Studio. Gallery Orel Art, Paris, France
• The Russian Painting Seasons. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2006

• Anthills. XL Gallery. Moscow, Russia
• The Lightness of Being. Resort Pirogovo, Moscow Region, Russia
• Underwater Barber. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2005

• Untitled. Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
• New Painting. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• 9 Nudes Series. Gallery Orel Art, Paris, France
• Graphic Works of Different Years. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2004

• Aquafitness. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK

2003

• Our Best World. Deitch Projects, New York, USA
• Astrakhan Blues. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Raining. Gallery Krinzinger, Viennа, Austria
• Underwater Forever. Gallery Orel Art, Paris, France

2002

• Total Painting. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Painting for Finland. MUU Gallery, Helsinki , Finland
• Untitled. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK

2001

• How Are You, Ladies and Gentlemen? Gallery Claudio Poleschi, Lucca, Italy
• Picture for London. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
• Sweet Girls. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2000

• Inspiration. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Flying Crans. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1999

• Christ in Moscow. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Just Pictures. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1998

• P.S. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1997

• Erntedankfest. Atelier-Ester Freund, Vienna, Austria
• Austrian and Russian Literature. Brasilica, Viennа, Austria
• Etudes. L-Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1996

• Russian Literature. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Triumph. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Bluhende Landschaften. Gallery Kai Higelman, Berlin, Germany
• Project for Russian Playboy. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1995

• A Picture for the Reichstag. Gallery Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, Germany
• Paintings Made to Order. L- Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1994

• Picasso in Moscow. Studio 20 Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Group exhibitions

2008

• Thaw, Russian Art from Glasnost to the Present, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
• Exhibition of the Musée Mational de l'Art Moderne du Centre Pompidou, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• Russian Dreams. Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
• ART-index. The Latvian National Museum of Art, Arsenal, Riga, Latvia

2007

• I Believe. Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
• New Exposition. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Sots Art, Political Art in Russia from 1972 to Today. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; La Maison Rouge, Paris, France

2006

• Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

2005

• StarZ. Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
• Angels of History. MUHKA, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Russian Pop Art. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

2004

• Berlin-Moscow, 1950-2000. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany; The State Historical museum, Moscow, Russia
• OOopsa! Contemporary Russian Art. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
• Expander. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2003

• Returning of the Artist. 50th Venice Biennale, Russian pavilion, Venice, Italy
• Moscow - Berlin, Berlin – Moscow. Berliner Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany

2002

• Urgent Painting. Musee d'Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
• Davai - Russian Art Now. Aus dem Laboratorium der Freien Kunste in Russland, Berlin, Germany; MAK, Vienna, Austria
• São Paulo Biennale. São Paulo, Brazil

2001

• Made in Italy. Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy
• Russian Madness. Biennale Valencia, Spain
• Players. Watermill Center of Robert Wilson, New York, USA
• Russian Artists in Vienna. Schloss Grafenegg, Vienna, Austria
• Escape, 2nd Tirana Biennale, Albania

2000

• I Hate You in June. Museum of Art Ein Harod, Israel
• In & Out. 1st Tirana Biennale, Albania
• Guelman's Collection. State Russian Museum, St Petersburg
• Fuori Uso 2000. The Bridges. Pescara, Italy

1997

• 3rd Biennial of Contemporary Art. Cetine, Monte Negro
• It's a Better World. Secession, Vienna, Austria

1995

• Kunst im Verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshaven; Documenta, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany
• Zeigenössische Kunst aus Russland. Daimler-Benz Aerospace, München, Germany
• INTERREGNUM. Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany

1994

• Fluchtpunkt Moskau", Forum Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
• 2nd Biennial of Contemporary Art. Cetine, Monte Negro

Selected Collections

• Art4.ru Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
• Bonn Historical Museum, Bonn, Germany
• Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
• Cultural Foundation “EKATERINA”, Moscow, Russia
• Cultural Foundation “New”, Moscow, Russia
• Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, USA
• Houston Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, USA
• Ivanovo Museum, Ivanovo, Russia
• MACI Museo Arte Contemporanea Isernia, Italy
• Moscow House of Photography, Moscow , Russia
• Museum Of Contemporary Art, Avignon, France
• Museum of Contemporary Art of Valencia, Spain
• New Rules Foundation, Moscow, Russia
• Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, Netherlands
• Secession, Vienna, Austria
• Yaroslavl Museum, Yaroslavl, Russia

External references

• http://www.galerie-krinzinger.at/kuenstler/dubvino/dubvino_bi_fr.html
• Galerie Orel Art