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Erik Bulatov
(
Russian
, born 1933)
Erik Bulatov
Red Horizon,
1971–2000
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1933
Born, Swerdlowsk, Ural, Russia
1952 - 1958
Studied at the Surikov Art Institute, Moscow, Russia
1960 - 1969
In the 1960s Bulatov formed the Sretensky Boulevard Group with Ilya Kabakov, Eduard Shteinberg, Vladimir Yankilevsky, and Viktor Pivovarov
1980 - 1989
His 'philosophical Sots art' in the second half of the 1980s earned him wide renown as the 'artist of perestroyka' (political and economic transformation), whose work symbolized the advent of a new stage in Russian art
2008
In 2008 Bulatov became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts
Lives and works in Paris, France
Exhibitions
2013
Our time has come, ARNDT Berlin, Germany (solo)
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Principality of Monaco (solo)
2011
Oeuvres Récentes, Galerie Pièce Unique et Galerie Pièce Unique Variations, Paris, France (solo)
2009
L’Espèce de chose mélancolie, Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Solo exhibition, ARNDT Berlin, Germany (solo)
Days & Decades, 20th Anniversary, SKOPIA, Geneva
2008
Drawing Now – Drawing Then / Junge Meister – Altmeister, Arndt & Partner, Zürich
Art Unlimited, SKOPIA, Basel (solo)
Day – Night, SKOPIA, Geneva (solo)
Erik Bulatov. Ici, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris (solo)
Texere II, Galerie Skopia, Geneva
2007
Life as a legend, Marilyn Monroe, Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
Train-Train, Galerie Arndt & Partner, FIAC, Paris (solo)
2006
RUSSIA! Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Artists Against the State, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New-York
Erik Bulatov, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (solo)
Freiheit ist Freiheit, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (solo)
2005 - 2006
RUSSIA! Guggenheim Museum, New York
2005
Angels of History – Moscow Conceptualism and its Influence, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
2004
Passage Europe, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint–Etienne Métropole, Saint–Etienne, France
Moi! Autoportraits du XXème siècle, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Berlin–Moscow / Moscow–Berlin, State Historical Museum, Moscow
2003 - 2004
Berlin–Moscow / Moscow–Berlin, Martin–Gropius–Bau, Berlin
Drawings, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1989 (solo)
VOT. Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (solo)
Erik Bulatov, Galerie Dany Keller, Munich (solo)
Traumfabrik Kommunismus. Die Visuelle Kultur der Stalinzeit. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
2003
Painting: from Rauschenberg to Murakami, 1964–2003, Museo Correr, Venice (in conjunction with the 50th Venice Biennale)
Erik Bulatov, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York (solo)
2002
Erik Bulatov, FIAC, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (solo)
Malevich and Film, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon; Fundación La Caixa, Madrid
2001
Atelier Landschaft. Gedachte, gemalte, photographie. Landschaftsbilder, Galerie Reckermann, Cologne
Erik Bulatov, Blomquist Kunsthandel AS, Oslo (solo)
2000 - 2001
Hypermental. Rampant Reality, Kunsthaus, Zürich; Kunsthalle, Hamburg
2000
Cosmos, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Erik Bulatov, Musée Maillol – Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris (solo)
1999 - 2000
Contemporary Russian Artists, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Kunst im Untergrund. Nonkonfromistische Künstler aus der Sowjetunion, Albertina, Vienna
1999
Forbidden Art. The Postwar Russian Avant–Garde, History Museum of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Europe in Motion. The Berlin Wall Artists for Freedom. The Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus
1998
Erik Bulatov. Das Bild ist tot. Es lebe das Bild! Galerie Berndt/Galerie Reckermann, Cologne (solo)
1997 - 1998
Selection from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, Culturgest Festival, Lisbon
1997
Speed. Space. Hybrid. Power. Becoming, Kwangju Biennal, Korea. Prize in “Power” category (solo)
1996 - 1997
Nonconformists. The second Russian Avant–Garde, 1955-1988. Bar–Gera Collection, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Face à l’Histoire. 1933–1996, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Nicht verbindbare Räume, Galerie Renee Ziegler, Zurich (solo)
1996
Flug – Entfernung - Verschwinden, Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Contemporary Art in the Ludwig Museum, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Manez Gallery Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Staatliches Lindenau-Museum Altenberg, Germany
1995
Nonconformisten, Rußland. 1957-1995, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Kassel, Germany
1994
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Phyllis Kind Gallery New York, NY
Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde in Mittel- und Osteuropa, Kunst- + Ausstellungshalle Bonn, Germany
Art Cologne, Galerie Berndt Cologne, Germany
Humanisme and Technology. The Human figure in industrial society, National Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul, Korea
1993
Do all roads lead to Rome?, Palazzo delle Esposizzioni Rome, Italy
The Russian Art Avant-Garde in the 20th Century, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Italy
Russian Art/V. Nekrasov's Collection, Bochum Museum
a mosca...a mosca, Museum of Modern Art Bologne, Italy
1992
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Phyllis Kind Gallery New York, NY
FIAC, Gallery Dina Vierny Paris, France
1991
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Phyllis Kind Gallery New York, NY (solo)
Gallery Fernando Duran, Gallery Fernando Duran Madrid, Spain (solo)
1990
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Phyllis Kind Gallery New York, NY
Columbus Museum of Art Columbus, OH
Another Art, Gallery Tretjakov Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Contemporary Russian Artists, Auditoria de Gallicia Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Phyllis Kind Gallery Chicago, IL
Art Cologne, Galerie Dany Keller Cologne, Germany
Photography and Painting, First Gallery Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Phyllis Kind Gallery New York, NY
Les Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
The University of Chicago, The University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Galerie Dany Keller, Galerie Dany Keller Munich, Germany
The Newport Harbor Art Museum, The Newport Harbor Art Museum Newport Beach, CA
List Visual Art Center, List Visual Art Center Boston, MA
1989
Institute of Contemporary Art, Institute of Contemporary Art London, England
1988
Kunsthalle, Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland
Portikus, Portikus Frankfurt, Germany
Kunsthalle, Kunsthalle Bonn, Germany
De Appel Foundation, De Appel Foundation Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kunstverein, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
Biennale Venedig, Biennale Venedig Venice, Italy
Direct from Moscow, Phyllis Kind Gallery New York, NY
1987
The Artist and His Era, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1986
Erik Bulatov, CIAE, Phyllis Kind Gallery Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Sots Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art; Glenbow Museum New York, NY; Calgary, Canada
Everson Museum of Art Syracuse, New York
1984
Sots Art, Semaphore Gallery New York, NY
1982
Photography and Painting, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Photography in Painting, Tartu Museum Estonia
1977
Biennale Venedig, Biennale Venedig Venice, Italy
1973
Russian Avant-Garde, Moscow, Gallery Dina Vierny Paris, France
1967
Erik Bulatov/Ilya Kabakov, Ilya Kabakov, Bluebird Café Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1965
Erik Bulatov, Valentin Kalinin (one hour), Valentin Kalinin, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1957
International Festival of Young Artists, International Festival of Young Artists Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1956
School of Young Moscow Artists Moscow, U.S.S.R.
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