Alexander Sliussarev
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Alexander Alexanderovitch Sliussarev (9 October 1944, Moscow
— 23 April 2010, Moscow) was a Russia
n photographer and translator from Italian.
, Russia. He started taking pictures in 1958 with his first camera "Yunost", received as a gift from his father. In 1962, he participated in "Nasha Yunost'" ("Our Youth") exhibition in the Gorky Park
in Moscow. Alexander Sliussarev graduated from Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
as a professional translator from Italian. During his career as a translator he worked with Gianni Rodari
, Marcello Argilli and many others. In 1979 he had his first personal exhibition at the Baltic photo festival in Ogre, Latvia
. From 1974 to 1984 he created a series of black and white minimalistic "squares" taken with a Rolleiflex
camera, which made the photographer famous among fellow photographers and curators. Since 1980 he had numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad. He continued his photographic work and published his photographs in his Alexander Sliussarev's blog almost every day, until his last day in April 2010. Alexander Sliussarev had been a member of the Direct Photography ( group since 1987. He also was a member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
— 23 April 2010, Moscow) was a Russia
Russia
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n photographer and translator from Italian.
Biography
Alexander Sliussarev was born in 1944 in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia. He started taking pictures in 1958 with his first camera "Yunost", received as a gift from his father. In 1962, he participated in "Nasha Yunost'" ("Our Youth") exhibition in the Gorky Park
Gorky Park (Moscow)
Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure is an amusement park in Moscow, named after Maxim Gorky.-History:...
in Moscow. Alexander Sliussarev graduated from Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
Moscow State Linguistic University
Moscow State Linguistic University , previously known as Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages is a university in Moscow, Russia. It is the largest and the oldest university in Russia that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. There are about 10...
as a professional translator from Italian. During his career as a translator he worked with Gianni Rodari
Gianni Rodari
Gianni Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his books for children. He won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970 and is considered by many to be Italy's most important twentieth-century children's author...
, Marcello Argilli and many others. In 1979 he had his first personal exhibition at the Baltic photo festival in Ogre, Latvia
Ogre, Latvia
Ogre is the principal town of Ogre District in Central Latvia, 36 km east of the capital Riga, situated at the confluence of the Daugava and Ogre rivers...
. From 1974 to 1984 he created a series of black and white minimalistic "squares" taken with a Rolleiflex
Rolleiflex
Rolleiflex is the name of a long-running and diverse line of high-end cameras originally made by the German company Franke & Heidecke, and later Rollei-Werk. The "Rolleiflex" name is most commonly used to refer to Rollei's premier line of medium format twin lens reflex cameras...
camera, which made the photographer famous among fellow photographers and curators. Since 1980 he had numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad. He continued his photographic work and published his photographs in his Alexander Sliussarev's blog almost every day, until his last day in April 2010. Alexander Sliussarev had been a member of the Direct Photography ( group since 1987. He also was a member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia.
Personal exhibitions
- 1979—1980 — «Alexander Sliussarev», festival Dzintarzeme («Amber land») in OgreOgreAn ogre is a large, cruel, monstrous, and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore, and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature...
, excibition's tour: RigaRigaRiga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, KaunasKaunasKaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... - 1980 — «Alexander Sliussarev», exhibition in ZNUI
- 1983 — «Alexander Sliussarev», exhibition in «Soviet Photo» magazine's office, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
- 1984 — «Alexander Sliussarev», KrasnogorskKrasnogorskKrasnogorsk may refer to one of the following:*Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia*Krasnogorsk, Uzbekistan, a town in Uzbekistan...
- 1987 — «Alexander Sliussarev», MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
- 1987 — «Alexander Sliussarev», Yoshkar-OlaYoshkar-OlaYoshkar-Ola is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Population: Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari. The current name is the third to have been given to the city. The city was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk before 1919 and as Krasnokokshaysk between 1919 and 1927...
- 1990 — «Alexander Sliussarev», Aix-en-ProvenceAix-en-ProvenceAix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
- 1991 — «Alexander Sliussarev», AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
- 1994 — «Alexander Sliussarev», Central House of Artist, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
- 1995 — «Alexander Sliussarev», exhibition in the gallery «Fotogalerie», BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
- 1995 — «Alexander Sliussarev», gallery «Volga», KazanKazanKazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
- 1995 — «Alexander Sliussarev», photoClub, Yoshkar-Ola
- 2004 — «Alexander Sliussarev, поСЛЕДСТВИЯ», photoprogram «24»
- 2004 — «Alexander Sliussarev» in «Classics of Russian Photography», Moscow House of PhotographyMoscow House of PhotographyMoscow House of Photography is a Russian museum, which maintains a large collection of old and contemporary Russian photographic masterpieces and also organizes festivals and large scale projects....
. - 2005 — «Impressions», Exposition of two authors — Yedyge Niyazov and Alexander Sliussarev, gallery «Ular», AlmatyAlmatyAlmaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
. - 2006 — «Alexander Sliussarev, 80s», exposition of B&W square images «Photosoiuz» gallery.
- 2006 — «Alexander Sliussarev, Transdecadens», photogallery «GLAZ».
- 2007 — «Alexander Sliussarev, Everything», photogallery «GLAZ».
- 2009 — «Ложная магия ч/б», РОСФОТО, Санкт-Петербург. Раппапорт, Александр Гербертович.
- 2009 — «1 КАРТА 2 МАРШРУТА. Аман Гельд/Александр Слюсарев».
- 2009 — Александр Слюсарев: «Я говорю о простых и понятных вещах…».
- 2010 Александр Слюсарев, Аман Гельд «Одна карта, два маршрута» (Куратор: Марат Гельман), Государственный музей архитектуры им. А. В. Щусева, Москва «Фотобиеннале-2010»(каталог)
- 2010 Александр Слюсарев «Проходя мимо», Кировский областной художественный музей имени В. М. и А. М. Васнецовых, Киров
Photographs in museums and private collections
- The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
- Museet for Fotokunst (MFF in Danish) / The Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark / Музей фотоискусства, Одензе, Дания
- Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, UT, Austin, USA / Центр гуманитарных исследований Гарри Рансома, Университет штата Техас, Остин, США
- Museum of the fine arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA / Музей изобразительных искусств штата Нью-Мехико, Санта-Фе, США
- Московский музей современного искусства
- Московский дом фотографии
- Государственный центр современного искусства
- Музей актуального искусства ART4.RU
- Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzejs, Rīga, Latvija / Музей фотохудожников Латвии, Рига, Латвия
- Lietuvos fotografijos muziejus, Šiauliai, Lietuva / Музей литовской фотографии, Шауляй, Литва
- коллекция Союза фотохудожников России
- частные коллекции в России и за рубежем
Publications about Sliussarev
- Daniela Mrázková, Vladimír Remeš. Another Russia: through the eyes of the new Soviet photographers. New York: Facts on File, Incorporated, 1986. ISBN 0816015538
- Daniela Mrázková, Vladimír Remeš. Another Russia: through the eyes of the new Soviet photographers. New Ed. London: Thames&Hudson, 1987. ISBN 0500274835
- T. Eskola & H. Eerikainen. Toisinnakiat. Helsinki: SN-Kirjiat Publishing, 1988. ISBN 951-615-707-6
- Валерий Стигнеев и Александр Липков. Мир фотографии. М.: Планета, 1989. ISBN 5-85250-117-4
- Eroosio/Erosion. 1980-luvun kasitteelista kuvataidetta ja valokuva Neuvostoliitosta. Edited by Kimmo Sarje. Helsinki: Amos Anderson Publishing, 1990. ISBN 952-9531-03-6
- Photo Manifesto: Contemporary Photography in the USSR. Edited by Christopher Ursitti, Joseph Walker, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Lavrentev and Paul McGinniss. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1991. ISBN 1-55670-199-3
- Contemporary Russian Art Photography // Art Journal, ed. Diane Neumaier, College Art Association, Vol. 53, No 2, 1994, New York.
- Hinting at Reality: Aleksandr Slysarev with Mikhail Sidlin // http://books.google.ru/books?id=BlTFZC1NZG0C&dq=Diane+Neumaier&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=6kCfgXYTTi&sig=XVrYIlN-uR8S0czYuR2Fz939-Ls&hl=ru&ei=8t7-StCyH8mRsAaPko2oDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=&f=falseBeyond Memory: Soviet Nonconformist Photography and Photo-Related Works of Art / Diana Neumaier, general editor (The Dodge Soviet Nonconformist Art Publication Series). Rutgers University Press, 2004]. P. 293—308. ISBN 0-8135-3453-4 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8135-3454-2 (pbk)
- Свиблова О. The Russian Vision on Europe. М.: Novosti, 2005. ISBN 5-93977-022-3 P. 132—139.
- Эгонс Спурис, буклет «Fotografijas Aleksandra Slusareva(Moskava)» 1979, Ogre
- Александр Раппапорт. Время и предмет. Фотографии А.Слюсарева // Советское фото, № 7, 1987.
- Hinting at Reality: Aleksandr Slysarev with Mikhail Sidlin // http://books.google.ru/books?id=BlTFZC1NZG0C&dq=Diane+Neumaier&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=6kCfgXYTTi&sig=XVrYIlN-uR8S0czYuR2Fz939-Ls&hl=ru&ei=8t7-StCyH8mRsAaPko2oDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=&f=falseBeyond Memory: Soviet Nonconformist Photography and Photo-Related Works of Art / Diana Neumaier, general editor (The Dodge Soviet Nonconformist Art Publication Series). Rutgers University Press, 2004]. P. 293—308. ISBN 0-8135-3453-4 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8135-3454-2 (pbk)
Interviews
- Михаил Сидлин «Александр Слюсарев — фотограф теней, бликов и отражений», интервью «Независимой газете», 2004
- Юрий Зеленцов «Беседа с Александром Слюсаревым», Интервью «Photo.Picart», 2007.
- Интервью телеканалу «Радость моя»
- Артём Житенев и Артём Чернов «Рубрика „ЗДЕШНИЕ“. Интервью А. А. Слюсарева» Фотополигон/Photopolygon, 2008