Andrey Efi
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Andrey Efi (born 1960 in St. Petersburg) is a well-known Russian artist
, painter
and curator
. He specializes in painting
s, mural
s, and in graphic and syncretic art,ref>http://www.artistsites.org/efiandr/ and has also worked on art theory, cinema
, literature
, and as a teacher.
In 2004 Andrey Efi belong the Artconcept festival and then it's revived to ARTZOND festival of conceptual and tendentious arts.
A member of the art group Foster Brothers, to which Andrei Kolkoutine
and Eugeny Lindin are also affiliated, Efi is the author of the theoretical work PAINTING - CHARACTERS (sources of origination; interrelation), published in Moscow
in 1993.
He has since the mid 1990s been producing concept art, completing over 40 projects, including scripts and animated movies such as the four-minute Carefree Princess, whose soundtrack was composed by the American musician Demetrius Spaneas. Other works include Crucifixion dedicated to Bill Gates
and the installation Red Cube, later reworked as White Cube and ultimately Eternal Cube, a project that involved 120 litres of vodka
. The installations Red Cube, White Cube, Eternal Cube are all dedicated to Kazimir Malevich
, as it’s started after the idea to revolve all flat squares to volumes. His performances have included "Generation NEXT", "Answer to Chernyshevsky" ,"Talking Stove", "Ill - Each (dedicated to Lenin)", "Between Past and Future", and others.
Efi's paintings are held at the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), and in private galleries in Australia
, the United States, Belgium, Canada, the UK, Germany, Russia, and Switzerland.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
. He specializes in painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
s, mural
Mural
A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of...
s, and in graphic and syncretic art,ref>http://www.artistsites.org/efiandr/ and has also worked on art theory, cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, and as a teacher.
In 2004 Andrey Efi belong the Artconcept festival and then it's revived to ARTZOND festival of conceptual and tendentious arts.
A member of the art group Foster Brothers, to which Andrei Kolkoutine
Andrei Kolkoutine
Andrei Kolkoutine is a Russian artist. In 1982 Kolkoutine graduated at the Repin Academy of Arts in Leningrad, named after Ilya Repin. Currently Kolkoutine lives in southern Russia in the town of Nalchik....
and Eugeny Lindin are also affiliated, Efi is the author of the theoretical work PAINTING - CHARACTERS (sources of origination; interrelation), published in Moscow
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...
in 1993.
He has since the mid 1990s been producing concept art, completing over 40 projects, including scripts and animated movies such as the four-minute Carefree Princess, whose soundtrack was composed by the American musician Demetrius Spaneas. Other works include Crucifixion dedicated to Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
and the installation Red Cube, later reworked as White Cube and ultimately Eternal Cube, a project that involved 120 litres of vodka
Vodka
Vodka , is a distilled beverage. It is composed primarily of water and ethanol with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation of fermented substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits....
. The installations Red Cube, White Cube, Eternal Cube are all dedicated to Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian painter and art theoretician, born of ethnic Polish parents. He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the Avant-garde Suprematist movement.-Early life:...
, as it’s started after the idea to revolve all flat squares to volumes. His performances have included "Generation NEXT", "Answer to Chernyshevsky" ,"Talking Stove", "Ill - Each (dedicated to Lenin)", "Between Past and Future", and others.
Efi's paintings are held at the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), and in private galleries in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, the United States, Belgium, Canada, the UK, Germany, Russia, and Switzerland.