Now in the halls of the auction house Phillips de Pury in London opens solo exhibition Alexander Melamid

Today, May 26, in the halls of the auction house Phillips de Pury in London opens solo exhibition Alexander Melamid , entitled «Oh My God». She be held a year ago, in May 2009 . However because of disagreements with investors, company Russian Collections Ltd., Then the show was canceled .

At this time in the exhibition included 30 paintings, and not 15 as had been planned last year. These are portraits of stars of hip-hop music, Russian oligarchs, priests and monks, as well as paintings of ancient Roman statues, animals and stones. Complementary to this series of ironic self-portrait in the image of the demiurge. Most of the works created in 2006-2010, never before exhibited. All of the exhibited portraits offered for sale.

first overseas exhibition of Alexander Melamid, while still accounts duo Vitaly Komar , held in 1976 in the U.S., a New York Gallery Ronald Feldman (Ronald Feldman). She has had great success with the critics and attracted the attention of the international artists to the art community. After that, Komar and Melamid have applied for permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union in the U.S., but were refused. In the end they still managed to emigrate to Israel, and from there in 1978 they moved to New York. In the same year saw the first museum exhibition duo «Komar & Melamid: Matrix 43". Venue was the oldest in the U.S. public museum Wadsworth Atheneum (Wadsworth Atheneum) in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1982, the artists have organized yet another successful exhibition - "Sots Art" Gallery Feldman. Soon their work purchased for their collections of New York Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and later with the artists was held over 60 solo exhibitions around the world.

Since 2003, Komar and Melamid began to work separately. Around this time, the son of Alexander Melamid introduced him to his clients and friends from the world of hip-hop music Whoo Kid and 50 Cent. The artist became interested in hip-hop community, are popular all over the world, and began to paint portraits of his representatives. Thus began an extensive series, which presented at the exhibition, which runs until June 6.

Material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Sources: phillipsdepury. com , artinvestment.ru