From September 25 to October 25, 2009 in Moscow will host The Third International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Among its members - an outstanding Russian photographer Vladimir Sychev.

Sychev was born in 1945 in Kazan. Photography was carried away, as a student. After graduating from the institute, the year he worked as an engineer at Baikonur, and then moved to Moscow. In 1972, Sychev began his career photographer. He and his wife, poet Aida Khmeleva included in the informal circles of artists and often held exhibitions in his apartment. Sychev was one of the main «fotoletopistsev» Nonconformist. Among his works are pictures of the famous «Bulldozer Exhibition», dispersed by the authorities on Sept. 15, 1974. He also managed to gather a great collection of works by their friends and acquaintances.

For the life of photographer earning, making pictures for album covers various musical artists. In 1979, he and his family left the Soviet Union and settled in France. Sychev was the first Soviet photographer, vyvezshim abroad its huge archive. Work on the lives of ordinary people in the Soviet Union, brought him huge success - the pictures were published in magazines such as Paris Match and the LIFE; in 1980, has released Photo «Russian». At the same time Sychev made friends with a famous photographer Helmut Newton (Helmut Newton), who helped him get in the magazine Vogue. Incidentally, Sychev was the first photographer to enter into this influential magazine, long-term contract! In all he worked at Vogue for two years.

During his long career Sychev had the opportunity to collaborate with many famous publications. He shot politicians, writers, movie stars, Centerfold ... But the photographer's favorite characters, as he confessed in an interview on «Nostalgia», are «simple people who just walk down the street», and, of course, artists. Photographs Sychev can see not only Russian but also foreign artists - for example, in 1986, he took the young American artist Keith Haring (Keith Haring), painted the Berlin Wall.

As part of the Biennale of Contemporary Art will be arranged two exhibitions Sychev: «Reportage. France »and the« Reporting. Russia 1970 ». The first exhibition will be held in the Gallery of the Foundation «Society for the Encouragement of Arts», the second - in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Krymsky Val. «Russia 1970» is divided into two parts: «Soviet Everyday Life 1970» and «Annals of unofficial art». They will be presented about a hundred shots.

photos nonconformist artists and other interesting representatives of the era 1960-70's, made by Vladimir Sychev at various venues in Moscow, including at the exhibition in Izmailovo, you can see on the forum ARTinvestment.RU .

Material prepared Yulia Maximova, AI

Source: 3rd.moscowbiennale.ru , museum.ru , photos-site.com , etvnet.ca/media/113496/Rozhdennye-v-SSSR-Vladimir-Sychev , artinvestment.ru

PS On the third parties Moscow Biennale of contemporary art can be found:

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary art. AEC F

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary art. Christian Markle

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary art. Yuri Albert

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary art. El Anatsui

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Mikhail Grobman

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Tony Cragg

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Paul Pepperstein

third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Workshop Wang Lishaut