THE BEST RUSSIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

The Best Russian Contemporary Artists (Art Index) is a list (unranked art rating) of artists from Russia and the Russian abroad, no older than 1960, compiled on the basis of indicators for evaluating achievements, popularity, creative activity of authors (titles, awards of artists, participation in exhibitions, fairs, auctions, mention in art -ratings, the presence of works in museum collections, etc.).

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The Art Index (AIx, The Best Russian Contemporary Artists) is a list (unranked art rating) of artists from Russia and the Russian abroad, no older than 1960, compiled on the basis of indicators for evaluating achievements, popularity, creative activity of authors, and expert recommendations.
It is aimed primarily at collectors and all connoisseurs of contemporary art.
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Pepperstein Pavel

1966

About

Pavel Pepperstein included in the list of the Best Russian contemporary artists (ARTEEX). Pavel Pepperstein is a Russian artist, writer, critic, art theorist, fashion designer, and even a rap artist. Born in 1966 in the family of Moscow conceptualist Viktor Pivovarov and writer Irina Pivovarova. In 1985-1987 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In 1987, together with artists Sergey Anufriev and Yuri Leiderman, he founded the group “Inspection Medical Hermeneutics”, which existed until 2001. Pavel Pepperstein - the creator and ideologist of the movement “psychedelic realism”. His works mix recognizable cultural images and witty comments, the works are filled with references to surrealism, Malevich's suprematist models, oriental watercolors, pop art, book illustrations and political caricature. For his artistic activity, Peppershtein held more than 100 solo and group exhibitions in Russia and abroad. He participated in the largest biennial of contemporary art: the International Biennale in São Paulo (2004), the Venice Biennale (2009), the Manifesto (2014). In 2014, he won the Kandinsky Prize in the main nomination “Project of the Year” with the project “Holy Politics”. The artist's works are in the collections of the Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the Louvre (Paris), the Pompidou Center (Paris), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf), as well as in private collections around the world. Source: ovcharenko.art

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