Vladimir Dubossarsky
Born in 1964, lives and works in Moscow
A Russian painter working in pop art genre.
Since 1994 he performs in an art duet with Alexander Vinogradov. 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 and put a modern twist on an outdated practice.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 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.
Solo exhibitions
2017
„Certificate of the Renaissance”, Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2016
FB shows and tells, Moscow Manege, Russia
„Only paper”, „Peresvetov pereulok” Gallery, Moscow, Russia
„Speaks and shows FB”, Museum and Exhibition Center „Worker and Collective Farm Woman”, Moscow, Russia
„When I grow up, „ the Voronezh Museum named after them. Kramskoy, Voronezh Russia
„Sweeter then shugar”, Louise Alexander Gallery, Italy
2015
„Seven minutes for melancholy”, „Triumph” Gallery, Moscow, Russia
„Only Paper”, Peresvetov Lane Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Artist's House, Pirogovo, Russia
2014
„Moscow and Muscovites”, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
2013
„Chronics 13”, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Painters of russian life, KADE Amersfoort Netherlands, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
2012
„Vinogradov / Dubosarsky”, Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine
„Retrospective”, Contemporary Art Center „Winzavod” / Gallery „Triumph”, Moscow, Russia
2011
„For Courage”, „Triumph” Gallery, Moscow, Russia
„Khimki-Life”, Gallery Vilma Gold, London, England
2010
„AT THE DISTRICT”, Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
„Khimki-Life”, Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
„AT THE DISTRICT”, „Triumph” Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2008
„Vladimir Dubosarsky & Alexander Vinogradov”, Vilma Gold Gallery, London, England
„The New People Are Already Here.” Deitch Projects, New York, USA
Meander. Resort Pirogovo, Moscow Region, Russia
Untitled. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
2007
„In the Artist's Studio”. Gallery Orel Art, Paris, France
„The Russian Painting Seasons”. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2006
Anthills. XL Gallery. Moscow, Russia
The Lightness of Being. Resort Pirogovo Moscow Region, Russia
Underwater Barber. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2005
Untitled. Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
New Painting. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
9 Nudes Series. Gallery Orel Art, Paris, France
Graphic Works of Different Years. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2004
Aquafitness. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
2003
Our Best World. Deitch Projects, New York, USA
Astrakhan Blues. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Raining. Gallery Krinzinger, Viennа, Austria
Underwater Forever. Gallery Orel Art, Paris, France
2002
Total Painting. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Painting for Finland. MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Untitled. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
2001
How Are You, Ladies and Gentlemen? Gallery Claudio Poleschi, Lucca, Italy
Picture for London. Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
Sweet Girls. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2000
Inspiration. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Flying Crans. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1999
Christ in Moscow. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Just Pictures. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1998
P.S. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1997
Erntedankfest. Atelier-Ester Freund, Vienna, Austria
Austrian and Russian Literature. Brasilica, Viennа, Austria
Etudes. L-Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1996
Russian Literature. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Triumph. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Bluhende Landschaften. Gallery Kai Higelman, Berlin, Germany
Project for Russian Playboy. Moscow Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1995
A Picture for the Reichstag. Gallery Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, Germany
Paintings Made to Order. L — Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1994
Picasso in Moscow. Studio 20 Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Group exhibitions
2017
„Thoban Voss Architekten”, Architektur Galerie, Berlin, Germany
„Reloading”, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2016
„Contemporary Russian artists are participants of the Venice Biennale. Favorites „, Central Exhibition Hall” Manege „, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015
„Balagan”, Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany „90's”, Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2014
„Reconstruction 2”, Cultural Foundation „Ekaterina”, Moscow, Russia
2013
„Reconstruction”, Cultural Foundation „Ekaterina”, Moscow, Russia
2011
„From Russia with Love”, Palazzo Panichi, Pietrosanta, Lucca, Italy
„Dior: under the sign of art”, the State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkina, Moscow, Russia
„Weltraum. Die Kunst und ein Traum „, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2010
„Counterpoint. Contemporary Russian art: from the icon to the avant-garde through the museum „, Louvre, Paris, France
2009
„From studio to art object”, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
„21 RUSSIA” Group exhibition of contemporary Russian artists, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
2008
Thaw, Russian Art from Glasnost to the Present, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
Exhibition of the Musée National de l'Art Moderne du Centre Pompidou, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Russian Dreams. Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
ART-index. The Latvian National Museum of Art, Arsenal, Riga, Latvia
2007
I Believe. Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
New Exposition. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Sots Art, Political Art in Russia from 1972 to Today. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2006
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
2005
StarZ. Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Angels of History. MUHKA, Antwerpen, Belgium
Russian Pop Art. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2004
Berlin-Moscow, 1950–2000. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany; The State Historical museum, Moscow, Russia
OOopsa! Contemporary Russian Art. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Expander. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2003
Returning of the Artist. 50th Venice Biennale, Russian pavilion, Venice, Italy
Moscow — Berlin, Berlin – Moscow. Berliner Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2002
Urgent Painting. Musee d'Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Davai — Russian Art Now. Aus dem Laboratorium der Freien Kunste in Russland, Berlin, Germany; MAK, Vienna, Austria
São Paulo Biennale. São Paulo, Brazil
2001
Made in Italy. Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy
Russian Madness. Biennale Valencia, Spain
Players. Watermill Center of Robert Wilson, New York, USA
Russian Artists in Vienna. Schloss Grafenegg, Vienna, Austria
Escape, 2nd Tirana Biennale, Albania
2000
I Hate You in June. Museum of Art Ein Harod, Israel
In & Out. 1st Tirana Biennale, Albania
Guelman's Collection. State Russian Museum, St Petersburg
Fuori Uso 2000. The Bridges. Pescara, Italy
1997
3rd Biennial of Contemporary Art. Cetine, Monte Negro
It's a Better World. Secession, Vienna, Austria
1995