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 | | Tokarev Alexander V | | |
Alexander Tokarev was born in Odessa into a family of artists in 1946. He lives and works in Moscow. In 1966 he graduated from the Odessa College of Arts, and later from the USSR Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VGIK), with degrees in the arts and directing. He has participated in USSR, CIS, and foreign exhibitions since 1966. Alexander Tokarev has been a member of the Artists Union since 1974. From 1974 through 1980 he worked as a script writer, movie director and cinema artist. From 1986 through 1992 he was the Chief Artist of the Moscow Experimental Musical Theater. In 1995-1999 he worked with Mstislav Rostropovich on all of his Russian projects.
Tokarev is a founder of the famous MAN-ORCHESTRA series, which brought him fame around the world. During the recent decade the artist has created a number of multi-part works (polyptychs). They are amazing in their scale, novel form and unusual content. Each polyptych is a multilevel text, ironic and philosophical.
Selected exhibits:
| 1974 | - USSR Union of Artists, Moscow, solo exhibition |
| 1990 | - Association Lhomme et Culture, Paris, solo exhibition |
| 1991 | - Man-Orchestra. Theme and Variations, Central House of Artists, Moscow, grand solo exhibition supported by Union of Artists and USSR Union of Composers |
| 1992 | - LE PECQ, Salles de Expositions, Paris, solo exhibition |
| 1992 | - IBM, Moscow, solo exhibition |
| 1993 | - Radisson Slavyanskaya and Crosna Gallery, Moscow, solo exhibition |
| Since 1994 | - Permanent solo exposition at the Grabar State Institute for Cultural Studies, Moscow |
| 1997 | - Centre dArt Contemporain Atria, Paris, solo exhibition |
| 1998 | - The English Club, Moscow, Joint exhibition with M. Shemyakin, N. Nesterova, and T. Nazarenko |
| 2001 | - Loneliness of Childhood, Central House of Artists, Moscow, solo-exhibition |
| 2004 | - Alexander Tokarev & Ivan Bukovsky. TET-A-TET. Russia-Czech. Moscow-Prague, New Manezh State Exhibits Hall, Moscow |
The artists works are owned by museums and private collections in Russia, Ukraine, France, Great Britain, Italy, USA, Japan, Belgium, the Czech Republic, etc.
What the critics say: Tokarev has created the part of the contemporary Russian avant-guard which will make our epoch famous, as Russian avant-guard of the 20s did in its time (Maitre Claude Robert, Comissaire Priseur, Ex-President of the Drouot Auction House Board of Directors, Paris).
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