Sergei Shnurov - personality scandalous and insanelypopular lately. Together with the group "Leningrad" he releases hits, his ambiguous clips are watched by millions, and every third croons sing songs. Who would have thought that Sergei Shnurov painting wrote?
The leader of the group "Leningrad" was born and grew up inSt. Petersburg in the family of engineers. Since his early years, Shnurov was a fan of the coryphaeuses of Russian rock - Shevchuk, the groups Kino, Secret, Zero, and later became a fan of Western rock musicians. After school, Sergei Shnurov entered the engineering and construction institute in his hometown, but did not finish it. In the early 90's he studied at the Art Restoration Lyceum and in the theological seminary. After graduation he changed professions: he was a keeper in the kindergarten, he made fences for graves, which he liked very much, he was a designer in an advertising agency and a PR director at a St. Petersburg radio station.
From the beginning of the 90s Sergey Shnurov began to work onmusical projects. His first band, created in 1991, was called "Alkorepitsa" and performed songs in the style of hardcore rap. A few years later the collective disintegrated, but a new one appeared - "Van Gogh's Ear", the style of which resembled electronic pop music.
The group "Leningrad" was born in 1997.It all started with a joke - friends just got ready to play on different instruments. Suddenly, it turned out to be fun and hooligan, and after the first concert in the club the band was a success. In the group at different times there were from 8 to 15 participants, and they called the chosen musical style "alcoholic ska-punk".
A popular band releases albums, changessoloist, disintegrates and reunites, but one thing unites her - Shnurov's vivid personality. He starred in films on secondary roles and in the role of a cameo, televised, starred in serials, but few know that Sergey Shnurov writes.
Sergei Shnurov paintings began to write in the middle90-ies, apparently he had little fame musician and actor. Painting paintings were exhibited in St. Petersburg. For the first time in the capital, his works were shown to the public in 2010 in the FineArt gallery, which contributed to Sergei's friend - artist Dmitry Shorin. The exhibition was called "Exclusive Brandrealism" and presented to the public 8 paintings by the musician. According to Sergei, the gallery is small, so how many pictures there fit - so much he put.
Later Sergey Shnurov exhibited his paintings inmany Russian galleries that deal with contemporary art. The cost of one picture of the leader of the group "Leningrad" for different sources is about 30 thousand dollars or euro. In any case, the price level is clear, and the truth is somewhere near.
In each picture you can find and find out eithersymbol, or the projection of a popular brand (from oil to religion). Pictures of Sergei Shnurov (photo - below) are quite versatile and provocative. Picture "Act", on which the copulation of two bodies is fixed, or "Do not steal", which depicts a kitten, crushed by the fridge of the firm "Bosch". It is worth noting that the size of the canvases is significant, Sergei signs his works and dates.
Presented at the exhibitions and parody paintingsShnurov "In the Hermitage", for example, is an imitation of the famous artists, in a specific case - Matisse, and the black rectangle at the bottom of the picture is a kind of "hello" to Kazimir Malevich with his "Black Square".
"Road to country M" - going to the horizona path in the middle of a red field. In the sky there is a bright cloud or a ball of smoke. In any case, not to recognize in the picture the reference to the brand of cigarettes is quite difficult. The brand is recognizable, as on most of the strings.
Oil painting is a panorama of Vasilyevskyislands in St. Petersburg, flanks on the sides in columns, and water black due to the presence of oil in it, or this oil is. The aging Moon in the sky is accompanied by a lonely star - an obvious reference to the Arab countries, which have a significant reserve of black gold.
Art critics agree on what Sergey writesStringed pictures, whose style can be called "branded realism." Shnurov himself invented this style and called it. For brand realism, it is characteristic that the brand, the trade mark, comes first, and not the person with his experiences. In the modern world, worship of any brand is, unfortunately, quite massive. Sergey Shnurov, in his characteristic manner, derides this feature of people and says that he himself is a brand.
Now the leader of "Leningrad" is preparing for the openingpersonal exhibition in his native St. Petersburg. According to preliminary information, the exhibition venue is the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, the exhibition will run from February 3 to April 9, 2017. Shnurov planned to open the exhibition in the summer of 2016, but for unknown reasons the opening of the exposition was postponed to the winter of 2017. The working title of the exhibition is "Retrospective of Brand Realism". At the moment in the Erarta museum you can see Shnurov's Shirt, which shows a bright yellow product of a well-known brand.
Representatives of the museum say that the contentThe exposure has not yet been determined definitively. According to rumors, in addition to the paintings, Sergei Shnurov will present other objects of his work. There is an opinion that the exhibition will be devoted not only to Shnurov, but also to the history and work of his group "Leningrad".
