Художник Anton Arkhipov: vakin

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Художник Anton Arkhipov

Jan 16, 2013 18:22

Born and raised in Moscow, Anton Arkhipov descends from several generations of artists. His father, Mikhail Arkhipov, a well-known dissident artist, belonged to a group of artists of the rough style from the 1950’s-70. His mother, Tatiana Vtorova, an impressionist artist, descends from a famous dynasty of Russian artists, sculptors, and architects such as A. Benua, E. Lancere, Z. Serebryakova. Anton was brought up in an artistic environment where various schools and trends from Russian Realism of the 19th century to 20th century Avant-garde and Contemporary art were represented. Educated at the Surikov School of Fine Arts in Moscow, Arkhipov’s influences evolved from the Impressionist masters, particularly Van Gogh and Cezanne, Picasso to the Russian Avant-garde artists of the 1920’s and 30’s.

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Arkhipov showed his paintings in government-sponsored, formal social realist exhibitions until 1987, when together with artist Paul Durasov, he founded a nonconformist group of artists called “Kovcheg” (“The Ark”) organizing unofficial “underground” exhibitions for young emerging artists. During this time, Anton began search of his own soul and style, free of any political or popular trends. As a result, his art became recognized in countries in Western Europe, Italy, England, and Spain where he had several exhibitions. After a successful personal exhibition in Barcelona, Spain in 1990, Anton moved to America where he has continued to pursue an ever evolving quest of representing humanity and its undying spirit on canvas, bronze sculptures and other forms of media. Today, Anton Arkhipov’s works are shown in many galleries across the country and found in private collections around the world.

“As an artist, I try to be like a shamelessly happy child with the hands of a Master, painting with nothing to prove and with effortless honesty. Sometimes I succeed.”
Anton Arkhipov
Официальный сайт www.aarkstudio.com