Died Vladimir Ovchinnikov

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Alexander Borovsky

Died Vladimir Ovchinnikov... a Wonderful artist, honest, noble man. Completely separate, not subject to collective passions... He already entered the history of St. Petersburg art, none of the exhibitions was not without his works - well-crafted, with built-in inside the expanded narrative, like easy reads, but really elusive, developing yourself, open fully for some other, better than we, the viewer. To stand out are accustomed, his thick faceted men with metal, maleficence, color resolution, literally "included in every home". To stand out are used so that you saw his presence in our art for granted: not particularly interested in how he lives, what suffers. He, with his prestaties to our regular heroes, will be... As it usually happens with the hidden people, Ovchinnikov never translated the conversation to himself, not to mention self-presentation: no PR, no mass media hype. Ovchinnikov was sure: his characters speak for themselves, everyone will understand what happens to them. And nothing particularly good with them not occurred: humane and independent inhabitants alien Soviet world, the angels, the homeless, the disabled, the dreamers, the outsiders, they are in new times felt in an increasingly tough and alienated reality. In this respect he was not Russian Botero : the heroes of the last stable in their attitudes and Outlook. Ovchinnikovskaya same - restless and unsatisfied. And more mud in itself. As their Creator. Farewell, Vladimir Afanasyevich!

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Vladimir Ovchinnikov was born on 4 October 1941 in the Perm region, in 1945 he moved to Leningrad. By the early 1970s, the artist develops his own style, which combines art and ironic primitive. Since the mid 80's exhibitions are held in the United States, Europe, China.

Ovchinnikov is one of the founders of Leningrad "unofficial art", the participant of the exhibition of riggers" in the Hermitage in 1964 and one of the organizers of the first official exhibitions of unofficial artists in Leningrad, DC behalf of the Strip in 1974 and recreation center "Nevsky" in 1975) These exhibits as well as Moscow "bulldozer" has been the rallying art underground. There is the term "Gazanevskaya culture", the 40th anniversary of which is devoted to big exhibition project "the Leningrad underground opening in early February in the New Museum in St. Petersburg.

Fame Ovchinnikova brought paintings, combining the "magical realism" of landscape and genre painting with elements of traditional religious iconography (angels and biblical scenes among the gloomy city streets and the train station).

The artist was a member of the Academy of modern art in St. Petersburg. In 2011, a major solo exhibition of Vladimir Ovchinnikov was held at the Museum "Erarta" Peterburge@

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All Petersburg grieving..