Artist, writer Maxim Kantor

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Maxim Kantor: "I am primarily a writer, an artist, I had then. For example, I like Chekhov and Bulgakov, who were doctors. I, I hope that I am a good artist, but I think that Chekhov was a good doctor. But I was always a writer, and I am primarily a writer. Even his paintings, I build a book.

Another thing is that they really are drawn, and the words actually written, but agree that in the 20 th century, especially in the 21 meters, where there is a huge experience of conceptual art, where there are no draws, and wrote the words, already this facet crossed completely and forever. Since childhood I realized that I wanted to be an artist and writer, and I have no choice there was, I did not need him to do all the time I wrote and drew. Another thing is that painting became my profession for very pragmatic reasons: I realized that writing was impossible to make a profession, writing - a thing that should not be anything and is not tainted. Just a beautiful craft existed in the Soviet period a lot of opportunities for earning money. Relatively speaking, we can draw a poster in a movie theater without compromising their craft, their profession high. I have some time to earn as an illustrator of books. And write, for example, limericks, I would not. Only these varied. But I have never painted to order and not written texts on some external demand - and that, and another I did at the call of the heart ....."
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  Maxim Kantor
Born in 1957 in Moscow

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1975
entered the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, graduated with honors in 1980
Since 1980
works in a Moscow studio, Trekhprudny lane
1983-84
organized an independent group of artists "Red House". Group held a series of informal one-day show, in particular - an exhibition at the Institute of Philosophy (1984)

1988
The first overseas exhibition in the studios Marconi (Milan) and Eve Poll (Berlin); Henri Nannen received an invitation to hold the first solo exhibition in Germany

Since 1988
lives and works in Europe and Moscow. Temporary workshops: Dusseldorf (1988), Frankfurt (1989), Berlin (1990-92), Boston (1990), Hannover (1992).

1993
published the first book of short stories "The House on the wasteland"

1995-96
retrospective exhibitions in Luxembourg, Berlin and Moscow

Since 1997
permanent studios in London and Moscow

1997
Exhibition "Criminal news" in the Russian Pavilion XLVII Venice Biennale

1997-2000
Tour of exhibitions, which began in the Pushkin Museum (Moscow), was continued in museums Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt), Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach (Florida), Ulster Museum (Belfast), Musee d'Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and Crossman Galery UW-Whitewater (Wisconsin).

1999-2000
worked on the book "Pustyr.Atlas: etchings and philosophical writing. In the book's publication followed by a tour of exhibitions in foreign museums (Staedel Museum, Frankfurt; Culturgest Museum, Lisboa; South Australian State Gallery, Adelaida; Ulster Museum, Belfast) and museums in Russia (The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Maritime Museum, Vladivostok, State Art Gallery , Novosibirsk; Museum of Fine Arts, Irkutsk, National History Museum, Tomsk; Museum of Fine Arts, Samara, State Art Gallery, Perm; Art Museum, Ivanovo; Art Museum, Yaroslavl, Art Gallery, Togliatti)

2001-2004
Work on the book "Metropolis.Atlas: etchings and philosophical letter"

2004-2007
tour of the exhibitions "New Empire" (graphic cycle "Metropolis.Atas" and new pictures): Felix Nussbaum Haus, Osnabruck; Querini Stampalia Fondazione, Venice; Ulster Museum, Belfast. Further route of the exhibition: Akademie der Kunste, Berlin; Centre Culturel de Rencontre, Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg; Museum Kuppersmuhle, Duisburg

2006
publication of a new novel, "Drawing Textbook. (Moscow, OGI, 2006, in 2 volumes)
Interesting sitehttp://www.maximkantor.com/Index.htm