Vladimir Dubossarsky

Vladimir Dubossarsky ( _ru. Владимир Дубоссарский) (1964) is a Russian painter working in pop art genre.

Since 1994 he performs in an art duet with Alexander Vinogradov. Both live and work in Moscow, Russia (former Soviet Union). In the early part of their career together they adopted the style of socialist realism, an officially sanctioned art practice under the soviet regime. Their early works resembled posters for non-existent thrillers and sleazy porn flicks. They worked with their idea of social order, laborers, collective farmers, etc. and put a modern twist on an outdated practice. Their result was a collection of ideas and themes that would make socialistic fantasies visible to the viewer.

In 2001, Dubosarsky and Vinogradov made a transition from the socialist fantasy to the ideals of mass media. Total Painting (2001) created a large scale image of mass culture from around the world borrowing ideas from advertising and mainstream media. Our Best World (2003) created a common ground for pop stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Spider Man, Barbie, Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marilyn Monroe, and even Picasso. The Underwater World (2002) was made for the Russian pavilion for the 50th Venice Biennale. The piece references ideas gathered from pop images such as mail order catalogs, and heroes in contemporary advertising.

In the end, Dubossarsky and Vinogradov have found a place in art that sits between the space of Soviet culture, capitalist culture, consumption and a society that is striving to digest as much worldly culture as possible; instead of creating their own.

olo exhibitions

2008
*Vilma Gold Gallery, London

2007
*In the artist’s studio, Galerie Orel Art, Paris

2005
*9 Nudes series, Orel Art Gallery, Paris
*9 Nudes series, Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
*Starz Project, 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
*Russia, XL Gallery, Moscow

2004
*Dubossarsky & Vinogradov, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
*XL Gallery, Moscow
*Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2003
*Underwater forever, Orel Art Presenta Gallery, Paris
*Raining, Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
*Astrakhan Blues, XL Gallery, Moscow
*Returning of the Artist, 50th Biennale of Venice, Russian Pavilion, Venice
*Our Best Word, Deitch Project, New York
*Dubossarsky & Vinogradov, Vilma Gold Gallery, London

2002
*Painting for Finland, MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
*Total painting, XL Gallery, Moscow

2001
*Picture for London, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
*How are you, Ladies and Gentlemen? , Claudio Poleschi Gallery, Lucca, Italy
*Sweet Girls, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow

2000
*Inspiration, XL Gallery, Moscow

1998
*PS, Guelman Gallery, Moscow

1997
*Erntedankfest, Atelier-Ester Freund, Vienna, Austria
*Etudes, L-Gallery, Moscow

1996
*Russian Literature, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
*Dubossarsky & Vinogradov, Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow
*Celebration, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
*Picture for Reichstag, Hilgelman Gallery, Berlin

1995
*Paintings Made to Order, L-Gallery, Moscow

1994
*Picasso in Moscow, Studio-20 Gallery, Central House of Artists, Moscow

Group exhibitions

2008
*Thaw, Russian Art From Glasnost to the Present, Chelsea Art Museum, New York

2007
*Art Paris Abu Dhabi, Orel Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UEA
*East/West, Orel Art Gallery, Paris, France
*I believe, curated by Oleg Kulik, Vinzavod, Moscow
*Moscow World Fine Art Fair, Orel Art Gallery, Moscow
*SWAB art fair, Orel Art Gallery, Barcelona
*Tretiakov National Gallery, Moscow

2006
*Russia!, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
*ART ATTACK! (Russian contemporary art), Orel Art Gallery, Paris

2005
*Russia! , Guggenheim Museum, New York
*Russian Pop Art, State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow
*Angels, MUKHA, Anvers, Belgium

2004
*Expander, Royal Academy of Arts, London
*Moscow - Berlin, Berlin – Moscow, State Historical Museum, Moscow
*Candyland Zoo, KIAD, Canterbury

2003
*Moscow - Berlin, Berlin - Moscow, Berliner Gropius - Bau, Berlin
*Art Festival at the Bay of Joy "Melioration", Kliazma, Russia
*Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London
*Suivi de chantier-Work in progress, Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris
*Deitch Projects at The Armory, New York

2002
*Moscow Moscow, São Paulo Biennale, Brazil
*Festival Art Kliazma, Kliazma, Russia
*Urgent painting, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
*Russian Contemporary Painting 1992-2002, Maly Manège, Moscow
*Davai. Russian Art Now, Aus dem Laboratorium der Freien Kunste in Russland, Berlin
*The Galleries Show, Royal Academy of Art, London
*Davai, MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
*Moscow. Paradise 2002, Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
*Bizarre, (curated by Luca Beatrice), 3G Art Contemporanea, Udine, Italy

2001
*Made in Italy, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italia
*Russian Madness, Valencia Biennale, Spain
*Moscow workshop, Art Moscou, Moscow
*Warhol week in Moscow, XL Gallery, Moscow
*Players, Watermill Center of Robert Wilson, United States
*Russian artists in Vienna, Schloss Grafenegg, Vienna, Austria
*Escape, 2nd Tirana Biennale, Albania

2000
*I hate you in June, Ein Harod Museum, Israel
*In & Out, I Tirana Biennale, Albania
*Guelman’s collection, Russian National Museum, Saint Petersburg
*Shivers, Cesare Manzo Gallery, Pescara, Italy
*Vilnius Painting Triennale, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lituania
*Fuori Uso 2000 The Bridges, Pescara, Italy

1997
*Moscow - Uriupinsk. To Russia with Love, Uriupinsk
*Art-Moscow, Central House of Artists, Moscow
*Topical Art of Russia, Secession, Vienna
*History Presented in Persons, Samara, Perm, Novosibirsk
*Verbal Line in Contemporary Russian Art, Russian Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary

1996
*Moscow Forum of Art Initiatives, Small Manege, Moscow

1995
*Russian Beauty, TZSI, Moscow
*Walks Behind the Sky-Line, 100 Beliaevo Exhibition Hall, Moscow
*Action Artists Against Sex, Manhattan-Express Club, Moscow
*Home, 100 Beliaevo Exhibition Hall, Moscow
*An Artist and his Model, Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow
*INTERREGNUM, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany

1994
*May Exhibition, House of Artists in 20, Kuznetskii Most, Moscow
*Reproduction Mon Amour, Laboratory Gallery, Moscow

elected Collections

*Bonn Historical Museum, Bonn, Germany
*Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
*Gagosian collection, London
*Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow
*Saatchi collection, London
*Ivanovo Museum, Ivanovo, Russia
*Iaroslavl Museum, Iaroslavl, Russia
*Modern Art Museum, Huston, United States
*Modern Art Museum, Moscow
*Modern Art Museum, Avignon, France
*DUK University’s Museum, United States
*Russian National Museum, Saint-Petersburg
*Secession, Vienna, Austria
*Museum of Photography, Moscow
*Museum of contemporary art of Valencia, Spain

External References

* http://www.galerie-krinzinger.at/kuenstler/dubvino/dubvino_bi_fr.html
* [http://www.orelart.com/artiste-biographie.php?lang=fr&id_art=22 Galerie Orel Art]