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.).

Authors can also be included in the list of the Best contemporary artists according to expert recommendations, which allows the art community to discover new talents.

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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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Smirnov Timofey

1980

About

Timofey Smirnov included in the list of the Best Russian contemporary artists (ARTEEX). PhD in art, has scientific publications; author of the book «Photorealism in Russia. Watch and see». 2004 - graduated with honors from the Moscow State Academic Institute named after V. I. Surikov. 2004–2005 - Fellow of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. 2008 - Awarded the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts for a series of graphic works “Traveling around my room”. 2013 - Grant of the President of the Russian Federation for the best project in the field of contemporary art. “Oxymoron paintings by Timofey Smirnov” Timofey Smirnov is extremely interested in a different intonation, a different interpretation of the usual approach. In the originality of the non-original (even in the names of works and series), in a rather careful attitude to the sources of citation, this is precisely what is of interest. It seems to the artist, paradoxically and unexpectedly, to frame one context completely different, from the point of view of common sense inappropriate. Whatever group of graphic motifs he would be engaged in, he is looking for a “combination of the incompatible,” which in the Middle Ages served as an allegory of wit. This happened for a number of reasons, which also led him to professional art criticism, he studied on the samples, systematically flowing throughout the space of art history. And so the main theme of all his works and series was born, it can be defined as a space of culture and metaphor that allows you to go beyond the envelope of things and phenomena, and most importantly - everyday life, everyday life with an everyday touch. The methods of creation are almost poster-advertising, only if it is advertising, then an artistic vision and philosophical worldview. Thus, the three main components of the new - the notorious “good, old, forgotten” are fused by Timofey Smirnov (in the sense of a melting furnace) with their new perception together in modern times. Someone will call it old-fashioned "Moscow surrealism", someone metaphysical symbolism. Whatever it takes ...

ARTEEX Discovery Medal The Russian Academy of Arts Moscow Biennale for Young Art Cosmoscow