Artist Paul Pepperstein (Pivovarov)

[Евгений]

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Artist, writer, critic and art theorist.
Born in 1966 in Moscow. In 1987 he completed his studies at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts. One of the founders of the artistic group "Inspection" Medical Hermeneutics "- one of the most interesting and productive formations in the Russian contemporary art. (Composition of groups: from 1987 to 1991 - P. Pepperstein, S. Anufriev, Yu Leiderman, from April 1991 to our days, instead of Yuri Leiderman, who has since run separately, the group includes Fedorov).

Member of numerous domestic and foreign exhibitions. Solo exhibitions (selection): "Three inspectors" (MG, youthful Gallery, Prague), "Orthodox obsosy - Covers and endings" (MG, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf).

Author of articles on contemporary art in the domestic and foreign publications.

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Paul Pepperstein - continuer conceptualist discourse on the modern stage. The son of one of the leaders of this trend in Moscow - Viktor Pivovarov - he grew up with the development of the "Moscow romantic conceptualism." He was a brilliant theoretician, writer, artist. In the late 80's founded the group "Inspection" Medgermenevtika "exert significant influence on the work of many artists. In the context of the chosen direction, he understands the visual practice as a text equivalent text: graphic and pictorial images are adequate to its theoretical arguments." Decoding "works Pepperstein is only possible in the light of knowledge of complex investigations of the previous phase of modern art. His characters - no comments, "comment comment" art actions, images, and theoretical positions developed by predecessors. If a relative, to designate the terms of the concerns of the artist, that - in addition to purely theoretical discourse - his subjects can be considered as an analysis of relations between the subjective and the real, virtual and concrete in a person's life. One of the most accurate definition of his work, taken in art history circles, became the term "psychedelic realism," with the term suggested Pepperstein. psychopathologic personality, mutilated and unintelligible socium hostile, childish fears and complexes that are generated by the oppressor deystvitelnosyu are transformed in his paintings and graphic sheets, however, in poetic visual images. Pepperstein Scenes - a kind of "shorthand" inner feelings and personal interpretations and theoretical conclusions of the individual, with the philosophical dismissal of analyzing surrounding context. Very often, the artist identifies with the character, is immersed in its symbol system, and then in a series of works before the audience turns a kind of "stream of consciousness", a virtual trip on behalf of a person. Despite the difficult to perceive the inner nature discourse works postkontseptualistskogo generation of artists, the leader of which can be considered Pepperstein differ visually distinct, so the audience, far from esoteric problems of direction, can easily perceive the product as a whole, as a kind of poetic formula, moreover, that Paul has the skill Pepperstein brilliant painter.

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