Vadim Gushchin
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Born | 1963 Novosibirsk, Russia |
Occupation | Photographer |
Website | vadimgushchin |
Vadim Gushchin (Russian: Гущин, Вадим Витальевич) (born 1963) is a Russian art-photographer.
Biography
Gushchin was born in Novosibirsk in 1963. He is known primarily for his work, made in the genre of post-conceptual still life. In 1986, he graduated at the Moscow Energy Institute. He has been creating artistic photography since 1988. He lives and works in Moscow.
Russian art photographer Vadim Gushchin, who combines minimalist, conceptualist, and abstract strategies, is also entwined with two crucial aspects of Russian art that are inseparable from the nation's identity and history. He photographs the most mundane objects from his (and our) daily life, each in series: books, envelopes, pills, packages, bread. Photographers from Stephen Shore to Gabriel Orozco have also photographed the least imposing elements in our homes— a plate, a pail, a table mat— but Gushchin manages to transpose the globally recognizable, inconsequential, disposable fragments of life into pristine artifacts of art, more beautiful in their spare perfection than reproductions of his work suggest. - Vicky Goldberg, writer, photography and art, Boston.[1]
Vadim Gushchin 's elegant photographs pay homage to the dignity and richness everyday objects both in their very materials and in their roles as repositories of a collective culture. In the tradition of Russian supremacism his compositions are reduced to their most essential aspects of geometric form and color, however, his luxurious treatment of surface textures brings a warmth to the work that is completely his own. – Jennifer Norback, gallerist, Chicago.[2]
When constructing a composition out of objects, Gushchin experiments with abstract colour relationships – in the gaping emptiness of the space of soaring, the heroes in his still-lifes are estranged from all earthly things, like the colour planes of Suprematist compositions. Gushchin's photography reveals the fundamental duality of culture: the abstract nature of objects in it and the specificity of colour. – Konstantin Bokhorov, PhD, Moscow.[3]
Vadim Gushchin balances on the thin edge of the object-objectless. The world of ideas – is the world of Malevich. The space of objects – is the space of consumerism. By putting objects from the supermarket into Malevich's cosmos, Gushchin returns them to that place from whence they once came. To the primordial void. To the space of pure ideas. This is an image that does not constrain us in any particular way, it does not overwhelm us with many details, but you see some very small thing and this little thing is capable of triggering in you large volumes of memory. That is, they are photographs that work with that cultural memory and that time which we envelop. – Mikhail Sidlin, Art-critic, Moscow.[4][5][6]
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Books and catalogues (selected)
- A la recherche du pere, Paris, 1994.[7]
- Aufbruch. Die neue russische Fotografie, Kоеln, 1998.
- Wadim Gutschtschin Meine Dinge, Braunschweig, 1999.[8]
- IDEA Photographic: After Modernism, Santa Fe, 2002.[9]
- Valery Stigneev Century of Photography, 1894-1994, Moscow, 2005.[10]
- Photoestafeta. From Rodchenko to our days, Moscow, 2006.[11]
- Odense Foto Triennale 2006, Odense, Denmark, 2006.
- FotoFest 2006, Houston, TX, 2006.[12]
- Monography Photographs. Vadim Gushchin, Moscow, Publish House Artist and Book, 2008.[13]
- Doors open day Russian art 1989-2009, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow.[14]
- Contemporary Russian Photography. FotoFest 2012, Houston, TX, 2012 .[15]
- Monography Everyday Objects/Cultural Treasures, Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam, 2013.[16]
- Staging Encounters, Lianzhou Fotofestival, 2014.[17]
- Potovisa. Language of Memory, The 7th International Festival of Photography in the Krasnodar Region[18]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
He has participated in art in exhibitions since 1991 and his first solo exhibition was held in 1995. He has more than 30 solo exhibitions including:
- Meine Dinge, Museum fuer Fotografie, Brunswick, Germany, 1999.
- Exhibition in ROSIZO Gallery, Moscow, 1999.
- Personalismus des Dinges, Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Duesseldorf, Germany.[19]
- Bread and Wood, International Photo-Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2006.[20]
- Breаd, Johannes Larsen Museum, Odense, Denmark, 2006.
- Exhibition in Museum of the History of Photography, Sankt-Petersburg, 2009.[21]
- Aestetik der Statik Alexander Grinberg/Vadim Gushchin in Viktor Grray Gallery, Duesseldorf, 2010.[22]
- Inventory of a Private Library, Blue Sky Gallery, Oregon Center for Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon, US, 2013.[23]
- Object. Function. Image., Lumière Brothers Photography Сenter, Moscow, 2013.[24][25][26]
- Vadim Gushchin. Passed, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2013.[27]
- Cultural Treasures, International Photo-Festival Lianzhou Foto 2014, Lianzhou, China, 2014.[28][29][30]
- Subject Interpretation, 7th International Photofestival PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia. 2015[31]
Group exhibitions
He has also participated in more than 50 group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Russia and abroad. His works have been presented in the international and Russian сonceptual group projects, such as:
- A la recherche du pere, 1993—94, Paris, France.
- Neue Fotokunst aus Russland, 1994—95, tour of five German cities.
- Aufbruch. Neue russische Fotografie, 1998, Leverkusen, Germany.
- IDEA Photographic: After Modernism, 2002, Santa Fe, US.[9]
- Odense Photo Triennial, Denmark, 2006.
- In Box of Dreams, (Contemporary Russian Photography), International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, 2009.
- Doors open day Russian art 1989-2009, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2009.[32]
- Leben elementar, Trier, Germany, 2010.[33]
- Contemporary Russian Photography, Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2012.[34]
- Museum, look of Photographer, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2012.[35]
- Contemporary Russian Photography: From Mystery to Poetry and Back, 5th Seoul PHOTO 2013, Seoul, Korea, 2013.[36][37]
- Tarantel 2, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2013.[38][39]
- Dinner is Served. The Russian Museum Culinary Companion. The Russian Museum, Sankt-Petersburg. 2013 – 2014.[40][41]
- “Neue Russische Avangarde. Kunst als Bruecke zwieschen Ost und West.” (New Russian Avangarde. Art as Brige between East and West.) Kellermann Gallery, Duessldorf, Germany. 2015[42]
- “Soviet Photo”, Lumiere Brothers Centre for Photography, Moscow. 2015[43][44]
- “Russian House”, Schilt Publisching Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland. 2015[45]
- New Acquisitions. 1998-2014, The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.[46]
Award
- 2007 - The Silver Camera- Award, received 1st place for best report on Moscow in the category of Architecture Moscow[47]
Collections
Gushchin's work is held in the following permanent public collections:
- The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.[48]
- The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg [49]
- Museum of Modern Art, Moscow.[50]
- Museum House of Photography, Moscow.[51]
- National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow.[52]
- Museum of Moscow, Moscow.[53]
- Museum of Photographic Collections, Moscow.
- Lumiere Brotherth Photography Center, Moscow.[54]
- State Russian Museum of Photography, Nishny Novgorod, Russia.
- Collection of Photograph's Union, Moscow.
- Surgut's Museum of Fine Arts, Surgut, Russia.
- Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US.
- Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas, US.[55]
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, US.
- Museum Albertina, Vienna, Austria.[56][57]
- Museum fuer Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany.
- Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark.
- Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium.[58]
Private collections in Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the US, South Korea, and Belgium.
Video about artist and artist's interview
- Interview in the Bleek-Magazine, October 2014 [59]
- Vadim Gushchin: still-life, made in November 2011 to the opening of the Vadim Gushchin's ehxibition Kultural treasures in the Gallery Glaz, Moscow.[60]
References
- ^ Vicky Goldberg More History in Russian Photographs
- ^ Cultural Treasures
- ^ Vadim Gushchin Cultural Treasures
- ^ THE OBJECT AS A SCULPTURE. Vadim Gushchin: between the supermarket and the void
- ^ Video Vadim Gushchin: Still-life
- ^ Vadim Gushchin: Still-life
- ^ A la recherche du pere
- ^ "Wadim Gutschtschin Meine Dinge". Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ a b "IDEA Photographic: After Modernism". Museum of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28.
- ^ Valery Stigneev Century of Photography
- ^ Photoestafeta. From Rodchenko to our days
- ^ FOTOFEST 2006
- ^ Monography Photographs. Vadim Gushchin
- ^ "Doors open day". Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ Contemporary Russian Photography
- ^ Everyday Objects/Cultural Treasures
- ^ Staging Encounters Lianzhou Fotofestival
- ^ "PhotoVisa / PhotoVisa 2015". www.photovisa.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ Personalismus des Dinges
- ^ Bread and Wood
- ^ Exhibition in Museum of the History of Photography
- ^ Aestetik der Statik
- ^ Inventory of a Private Library
- ^ Object. Function. Image.
- ^ Vadim Gushchin Turns Household Items Into Art
- ^ "Vadim Gushchin Object. Function. Image". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ^ Vadim Gushchin. Passed Bratislava, Slovakia
- ^ "Lianzhou Foto 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ Liandzhou Foto, China
- ^ Cultural Treasures
- ^ "PhotoVisa / Открытие выставки "Интерпретация предмета", Вадим Гущин, Россия". www.photovisa.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ "Doors open day". Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ Leben elementar
- ^ Contemporary Russian Photography
- ^ Museum, look of Photographer
- ^ Guest Country : Russia.
- ^ "Contemporary Russian Photography in Seoul". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
- ^ Tarantel 2
- ^ "Der Biss Der Spinne". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
- ^ Dinner is Served. The Russian Museum Culinary Companion.
- ^ Dinner is Served
- ^ "Ausstellung "Neue Russische Avantgarde", 11.01.2015 – 21.02.2015". galerie-kellermann.de. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ "Советское фото". www.lumiere.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ Iskakova, Yana; Zueva, Ekaterina (2015-06-23). "Seven decades of Soviet photography – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ Publishing, Schilt. "Exhibitions & Spotlight: Schilt Publishing". www.schiltpublishing.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ "The Russian Museum". rusmuseum.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ SPRING. outskirts LANDSCAPE
- ^ The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
- ^ "The Russian Museum". www.rusmuseum.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ "Московский музей современного искусства". www.mmoma.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ Museum House of Photography
- ^ National Centre of Contemporary Art
- ^ "English / Музей Москвы". mosmuseum.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ Lumiere Brotherth Photography Center
- ^ "Books of Leo Tolstoy". The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ Albertina kauft zum Auftakt der VIENNAFAIR mehrere Kunstwerke von Sevda Chkoutova und Wadim Guschtschin
- ^ Albertina
- ^ Boghossian Foundation
- ^ Interview in the Bleek-Magazine
- ^ Vadim Gushchin: still-life
External links
- Official website
- Vicky Goldberg in Aperture-Blog, 2014
- Internet-Exhibition on the Lens Culture 2014
- Webpage of the artist on the Art Photo Index, 2015
- Michael Weinstein, Review: Vadim Gushchin/Jennifer Norback Fine Art
- Webpage of the artist Marina Bondarenko, Investment in the Russian conceptual photography
- Webpage of the artist Artsland
- Vadim Gushchin Turns Household Items Into Art by Christopher Brennan. The Moscow Times 13 September 2013 | Issue 5212