1937 born in Moscow.
1962 graduated from the art department of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute.
Some 20 years devoted to children's book illustration. He has designed more than 50 books.
1967 made a series of monotype "Temptation of St Antony, which he considers the beginning of his artistic career.
In the beginning. 70-ies. the impression stands at railway stations poses a series of paintings nitroemalyu with a noticeable influence of surrealism ( "Blue glasses mad policeman").
After Ilya Kabakov began working in the genre album. However, in contrast to Kabakov, the plot at Pivovarova assumes no sociality, it is dominated by the surreal images, balancing between literary and dream.
In the 70's. became one of the
the founders of the Moscow conceptual school.
1975-1982 created 12 albums: "Makrogomus", "Tears," "Face", "Garden", "Kabakov and breweries", "Projects for a solitary man" etc.
1982 moved to Prague where he has since lived and worked.
The author of two books: "Agent Love" (2000) and "Gray Notebook" (2002).
Participating in exhibitions since 1977.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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1984 "Drawings and Watercolors." Prague. Czechoslovakia.
1987 "Exhibition of illustrations. Museum of National Literature. Prague. Czechoslovakia.
1988 "Concert" (Jointly with Kabakov). Lucerne. Sweden.
1989 Retrospective exhibition of paintings 1969-89 gg. People's House. Prague. Czechoslovakia.
"Image and Text". Arts House. Brno. Czechoslovakia.
1993 "Metapsihoz." L-Gallery. Moscow.
1996 "Characters", Contemporary Art Center. Moscow.
WORK REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS
State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow.
State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg.
State Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin. Moscow.
State Literary Museum. Moscow.
Dostoevsky Museum.
Prague National Gallery.
Museum "Ludwig Forum. Aachen. Germany.
Art Museum. Karlovy Vary. Czech Republic etc.
as well as in private collections in Russia, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic and the United States.
Natalia Sukhova about Victor Pivovarov:
"Pivovarov close creative method by Pieter Brueghel" because, after visiting "jade clouds, nirvanic tasted honey, he voluntarily went down to the simple and ordinary, and even lower, to the very dark and frightening:" but does not lose when This great sense of beauty. Such an experience the artist is trying to hold to their works. He, like Freud, the forces to come out "very dark and scary" to bring the patient to the best
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