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In recent years, Moscow has passed several important activities related to the name of Vadim Zakharov . In 2006, Tretyakov Gallery staged a retrospective of the artist, entitled "25 years on the same page"; in conjunction with this exhibition of Stella Art Gallery showed his new project "Lessons in the boudoir." Last summer, in the NCCA was organized exposition "Collection and Archive Vadim Zakharov» , where you could see belonging he legend of Moscow conceptualism. Finally, more recently, the artist's works were shown in CHA, the Prize at an exhibition of works by Kandinsky award nominees , the winner of which he became.

Vadim Zakharov was born in 1959. In late 1970 he entered the circle of the Moscow conceptualists, and in 1980 he founded together with Victor Skersisom group "N". The duo became known for his absurdist actions: artists adorned the city walls enigmatic graffiti ( "Oh!", "Ay!", "Here," "What!", "Hat!"), Struggled with the terror of things, "stravlivaya between a household items ( "self-defense course of things"), to create models of tanks in the form of the Parthenon ( "The use of works of art in war") and mock their projects with the help of chicken carcasses ( "2 nd solo exhibition of the" N "). In 1984 Skersis moved to the U.S. - and the group ceased to exist. Since then, artists have met several times to carry out joint projects. On the creative duo in detail in book" Group N ", published in 2004 .

After the collapse of the" N "Zakharov began to create paintings. "From 1985 to 1989, I made a lot of paintings of enormous size, then - no one except a few made with coal, and now back to the linen-oil-flour for me" - he admitted in an interview with my colleague Nikita Alexeev, saying the pledge write a new fabric for the retrospective at the Tretyakov Gallery. According to the artist, his paintings - not art, this architecture is a dead end, it is daubed walls. Therefore, in the catalog they are called "paintings "».

In 1989 the artist settled in Cologne. Three years later, the first issue of its magazine "Pastor", which became the "meeting place" for the Moscow conceptualists, by then scattered throughout the world. At the same time was born the famous character Pastor probe, in a way that led Zakharov humorous dialogue with culture. "I traveler in the culture ... it is very important to me in all my travels, real and mental, the pairing is common cultural knowledge", - he told the German curator Kittelmanu Udo (Udo Kittelmann). In Spain, a bogus priest fought with windmills in Japan, it bravely fought with huge sumo wrestlers, while in Rome "stuck" with adhesive tape to the artist Michael Grimaldi (Michael Grimaldi), who drew charcoal sketches from his pastor's life. In 2008, the probe disappeared in an unknown direction, leaving his robe in the Cathedral of St. Peter. He shared his name with the publisher Pastor Zond Editions, which to date has produced over 60 publications. Among them are "editions on the same page" - the famous literary works, printed on one sheet of A4 by successive scans: not a book, and relief printing.

special place in the practice Zakharova takes his work As archivist of Moscow conceptualism. His collection includes rare material relating to exhibitions in Russia and abroad: photos, audio and video recordings, catalogs, invitations ... In the mid 2000's Zakharov (with curator Catherine Tar) was a collection of "Moscow Conceptualism", a huge golden Volume , combining the key texts and documents of the movement.

Among the most famous installations Zakharova - a monument to Theodor Adorno (Theodor Adorno), decorate the area Adornoplatz in Frankfurt. This "study of the philosopher" (antique chair plus table), enclosed in a glass cube. It is also worth noting the work "Necklace Saint Sebastian near boiling oatmeal, for which the artist won Kandinsky. Wooden furniture, created under the laws of reverse perspective, symbolizes the Old Russian icon painting, it stuck red arrows indicate the vanguard. In this work, the artist pays tribute to those two points, "when the image, the aesthetics won out [over the word] and immediately crossed the border of Russia, became an international event." Remove the contradictions between artistic traditions helps "spilled on the floor" video projection in the form of oatmeal.

at public auction of Vadim Zakharov exhibited about twenty times. Most often found in catalogs of auctions paintings 1980. Price record belongs paintings, Baroque (1986-1994), sold on the afternoon auction of Contemporary Art Phillips de Pury October 18, 2008 for 61 thousand pounds at Estimé 50-70 thousand. In addition to paintings, the auction several times appeared early photos "solo" shares. March 12, 2008 at Sotheby's was put up a series of photographs documenting the action "Beware of the Papuans; April 15 of that year, the auction house presented the lot, consisting of photos of the performance" Elephant "and a portrait of the artist in the form of a one-eyed pirate. The first series yielded 7,5 thousand pounds sterling in assessing 6-8 thousand, the second - 7,5 thousand dollars with Estimé 7.9 thousand.

Material prepared Yulia Maximova, AI

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