Evgenij Kozlov
(EE) Evgenij Kozlov (Russian (EE) Евгений Козлов transcribed ( JE- JE) Yevgeny Kozlov, born 1955 in Leningrad, now St Petersburg ) is a Russian painter who lives in Berlin. The addition of EE is his stage name and since 2005 his sole signature.
Life
Kozlov's early interest in art was ( again since 1994 Stieglitz Academy ) promoted by visiting the middle school at the Mukhina Art Academy in Leningrad. In 1978 he became a member of the artist group " Letopis ". Subsequently, from 1982 to 1989, he was a member of the founded by Timur Novikov "New Artist ", the main non-conformist art movement of Leningrad, which he influenced by his style. His studio " RUSSKOEE Polee " ( The Russian field, 1989-1991) on the Fontanka 145 was the meeting point for artists, curators and gallery owners. There he completed his acquaintance with the Berlin curator Hannelore Fobo, with her in Berlin, the " Russkoee Polee 2 " opened in 1994; the studio existed until 2008. In Berlin he continued his collection of Russian art " 2x3m " continued, with which he specializes in works by contemporary Russian artists in this format.
One of the first exhibitions in Germany was in 1991, " The path of the ocher elephant " on Kamp nail in Hamburg, ( " Le Passage of éléphants ocres " in co-production with the Centre Culturel, Cherbourg, also 1991). She pointed Oleg Kotelnikov, Marina Koldobskaya and Evgenij Kozlov three artists from the unofficial art scene of Leningrad and showed an excerpt from Kozlov's work from 1989 to 1991, including large format works from the series " The New Classic ".
In 1998 the artist painted on behalf of the Berlin House of Representatives, the portrait of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev for the gallery of honorary citizen in Berlin House of Representatives.
" Miniatures in Paradise " was the exhibition of Evgenij Kozlov at the Victory Column in Berlin The sixteen so-called miniatures, original paintings on cloth in the format of each 5 x 2 meters, comparable to " Gonfanonen ." - Procession or church banners - were on 15 June 1995 " Great Star " hoisted on flagpoles. , the exhibition had to be terminated prematurely after four of the " miniatures " were stolen by unknown fans.
Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick Evgenij Kozlov took in 2007 on the list of 100 " great artistic loner " (great solitary masters ).
2013 he participated in the 55th Biennale di Venezia. In the central exhibition Il Palazzo Enciclopedico his multi-part story had been shown the Leningrad album.
Exhibitions
Publications
- The Leningrad Album ( We are on our way to school singing songs hip and cool ). Bankruptcy book publishing, TUBINGEN 2003, ISBN 3-88769-315-9