Ivan Razumov

Ivan Razumov was born in 1972 in Moscow. He grew up in a family associated with art: grandfather - the famous Soviet graphic artist Fyodor Konstantinov , known to all Soviet people in the picture "Mtsyri, fighting with Bars" in the "native speech" 7th grade. Uncle - production designer Vladimir Lykov. All TV shows of the 1970-80s he designed. He is an artist of films such as The Adventures of Electronics and Sorcerers, for example. On the mother’s side, the family was all artists - architects, animators, painters, stage designers and graphic artists. Ivan's father is a nuclear physicist who has worked all his life in closed scientific institutes of the military-industrial complex of the USSR. ^[2]

Razumov studied at the theater and decoration departments: in 1987-1991 - at the Art College in memory of 1905 , since 1991 - at the V.I. Surikov .

The second half of the 90s was spent mainly in St. Petersburg. ^[3]

The main leitmotifs of creativity are the clash, conflict and erotization of the images of Soviet, New-Russian and Western European cultures. The plot is based on allusions to cinematic and literary episodes, psychoanalytic theories, political and social events, myths of popular culture. The art world of Razumov is grotesque, sarcastic and at the same time nostalgic and a little sad.

Razumov managed to work with the main conceptualist art groups of the 1990s, including Medical Hermeneutics ^[4] , FenSo , Cabinet and PG . ^[5]

In 2016, he took part in the Vladey auction “Everything for 100”. At such events it is forbidden to take photos of participants, so the organizers asked Ivan to sketch the tenders. ^[6]

Illustration

Ivan Razumov is known for his drawings to the works of Pushkin , Mayakovsky , medieval Japanese literature - Say-Sionagon and Matsuo Basho . According to critics, the style of Razumov is distinguished by its sophisticated technique, thoughtfulness and attention to detail. ^[7]

In 2004, Victor Mazin published the book "Introduction to Lacan" with drawings by Razumov. ^[8] Located in the fund of the Museum of Modern Art “Garage”. In 2009, Ivan illustrated the cover of the first issue of a new psychoanalytic magazine edited by Mazin "Lacanalia." There, he portrayed an almost naked girl who read Hegel and aimed the gun directly at the viewer. ^[9]

Ivan Razumov has long and closely collaborated with Pavel Pepperstein . In 2006, he illustrated his book The Swastika and the Pentagon. It is located in the fund of the Garage Museum of Modern Art. ^{[10] He} also illustrated the books of Pavel Pepperstein “Military Stories” (2010), “Prague Night” (2011) and “Spring”. ^[eleven]

In 2008, the artist illustrates a book by Yuri Gladilshchikov “Directory of dreams. Guide to the new movie. "

In 2009, work began with Viktor Shenderovich . The result was two books - Unrequited Cinema (2009) and Operation Island (2010).

In 2010, a team of initiators developed the concept of pocket yoga guides and released the first book in this series. A distinctive feature of the project was the involvement of relevant Russian artists in the design of publications. So, in the books appeared drawings of Anton Chernyak and Denis Salautin . ^[12] Ivan Razumov also took part in the publication of three books - Yoga in the Pocket: “Women's Practice” (2010), “Yoga in the Pocket. Legs ”(2012),“ Yoga in Your Pocket: Lose Weight ”(2013).

The artist participated in the creation of three books by the famous Russian actress and writer Tatyana Bronzova . In 2009, it became "Venus in Russian Furs", in 2010 - "On the Road for a Dream" and, finally, in 2014 - "Fuet for the Colonel".

In 2015, Ivan's illustrations appeared in John Perry’s book, The Art of Procrastination: How to Time, Shake and Put It Off Tomorrow, translated into Russian by Dmitry Simanovsky. ^[13] She is also in the collection of the Garage Museum of Modern Art. In 2017, the book was reprinted and again turned to Ivan for help. ^[fourteen]

• 2019 from June 28 to August 31 - personal exhibition "Games" at the NK Gallery in Moscow. Through a series of paintings and graphic works on the political and erotic aspects of social and cultural games, the artist invited the viewer to answer eternal questions. ^[fifteen]

• 2019 - from May 24 to July 25, the artist took part in the group exhibition "Professionals" in the gallery "Circulation". The exposition presented photographs of the late 19th century, shot by William Goldman in the interiors of luxurious brothels, and the work of six Russian artists. ^[16]

• 2018 from January 23 to February 10 - personal exhibition "Happy Moscow" in the art space Vladey Space in Moscow. A new pictorial project of Razumov was a series of fantasies of the artist about his native city. According to the author, the idea of ​​creating the exhibition was inspired by Andrei Platonov ’s novel “Happy Moscow”. ^[17]
• 2017 from December 6 to 14 - participation in the project "Postcards from artists" at the A.V. Shchusev Museum of Architecture in the Ruin Wing. ^[eighteen]

• 2017 from May 16 to June 16 - personal exhibition "Local Warming" in the Regina Gallery at the Center for Contemporary Art Winzavod . In the new project, Razumov again revealed the image of Moscow and Russia, referring to dreams and collective illusions that were obtained from the perception of culture and current events of recent years. Moscow appears before the viewer, as the artist sees it: a dilapidated city, flora and fauna that captured streets and a man subdued by the elements. He is saved only by the genuine warmth of his heart, and therefore only local warming occurs. ^[19] “This exhibition is generated by hatred of humanity and a desire to take revenge on the authorities. We must admit our defeat, our senselessness and the fact that the two-legged have no place at all on this beautiful Earth, ”the artist himself says. ^[twenty]

• 2015 from July 1 to August 5 - the first solo exhibition of paintings “10 Dreams about Moscow” in the Regina Gallery at the Center for Contemporary Art Winery. ^[21] The new project is about how the impressions received from the perception of culture and modernity are refracted and mutate in a dream, revealing hidden connections, conflicts and collisions of mass and individual consciousness. ^[22]

• 2014 from June 28 to September 5 - personal exhibition "Drawn Dreams of the Animated Machine" at the Sigmund Freud Dream Museum in St. Petersburg . The exhibition consisted of sketches and sketches. Most of them were created by the artist spontaneously, without the characteristic scrupulousness for him, they were not conceived as material for the exposition. ^{[7] The} Tsar Cannon shoots at the Tsar Bell , the hut flies into space, a gas pipeline flows through the Tsar’s Kremlin tower. Everything looks lively and slightly caricatured, but at the same time accurate and funny. ^[four]

• In 2014 , a joint exhibition of Diaries by Ivan Razumov and Norwegian artist Per Dibvig took place. The Norwegian retained a series of sketches after his trip to Moscow. Ivan Razumov, in turn, first opened his personal albums to the audience. The exhibition has become a kind of sketch from everyday life. In it one could see attempts to describe the national character with the help of two different creative characters of different origin. ^[23] At the exhibition were presented some of the works of Razumov, located in the center of Pompidou. ^[24]
• 2012 - participation in the exhibition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the release of the film “Doctor Know” in the gallery “On Solyanka”. Ivan painted on the wall a collection of swimwear and a bikini. ^[25]

• 2010 - a joint exhibition with Pavel Pepperstein based on drawings from the book "Spring". ^[26]

• “Razumov’s work is not only distinguished by its exquisitely refined technique, deep knowledge of the artistic tradition, but also by its incredible sensitivity to current events ...” ^[5] - Victor Mazin , founder of the Sigmund Freud Dream Museum .

• In 2016, at the Vladey auction “Everything for 100”, the Old-school cool picture left the auction for 6,500 euros to an unknown owner. ^[6]

• Artist Page in Vladey Gallery
• Artist page in the Archive of modern art