Artist of the week. Leonid Tishkov
ARTinvestment.RU   17 февраля 2010

median live in the world works, united by the theme of memory. To create these objects Tishkov used materials, "close to the body, namely clothing, previously owned by his family. By the will of the artist in my father's cloak "ingrained" toy heart and tears in his grandfather's quilted jacket opened gaze faces of family members. Skirts and dresses mother went to the site in the form of cancer, its buttons - the image of Our Lady of Oranta. Especially eloquent "Vyazanik", "suit of memory", made her mother an artist of tapes, which were torn old clothes.

«Upper World" is a space for communication with the sky. Here and neon "Private Moon", which the artist carries the cities and villages, and shoe boxes with stars inside, and the utopian avant-garde objects made from bread and pasta. In all this romance there is nothing that would not have been connected with the body of an invisible umbilical cord: the work of the human scale, of the available, one might even say, "everyday" materials, ready-to-tactile communication. Miracle on Tishkov, - it is always there, it is within us and in our very near.

Tishkov studied at the doctor-gastroenterologist (that's where the interest in the human body). At the beginning of his career, he entered the circle of the Moscow conceptualists. His art is far from the social criticism, but he does not condemn artists who have refused to visuals in favor of statements on social and political themes - everyone has his own way. However, as in Moscow conceptualists in Tishkov's work plays a huge role text. Characters artist live not only in works of art, but also in the books he produces a very regular basis. Some stories ( "Dabloids", "Stomaki", "chocks") presented in the form of comics. Artist connects with the book world "and also that he has a broad experience in illustrator - in particular, he designed the" Hunting of Snark "by Lewis Carroll and the War with the Newts" by Karel Capek.

Job Tishkov today predominantly primary, that is, the public sale is rare. At the auction of Leonid Tishkov has appeared three times in all. November 26, 2008 his surrealist painting "of Origin" (1988) was exhibited in Macdougall's estimate: from 8.12 thousand pounds, but the buyer is not found. Two works were sold at Tishkov "Sovkome: in March 2008, the first picture from the series" Private Moon "(2004) went for the equivalent of 4,4 thousand euros, and in September the same year the painting" My heart, do not leave me "(2008) was purchased for the equivalent of 3.9 thousand euros.

collectors and investors should take a closer look to creativity Tishkov. In last year interest in him by the curators and the public has grown significantly, and the work became part of several landmark exhibitions of contemporary art - in particular, were presented at exhibitions « Masters book illustrations from the collection of BM Friedman » and Summa Summarum in the NCCA.

article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: leonidtishkov.blogspot.com , artinvestment.ru