Vagrich Bakhchanyan
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Vagrich Hakobi (Akopovich) Bakhchanyan ' onMouseout='HidePop("43663")' href="/topics/Kharkiv">Kharkiv
, Soviet Ukraine - November 12, 2009, New York
, USA) was an Armenian
, Russia
n, Ukrainian
and American painter, artist and writer-conceptualist (and/or conceptual poet and writer) in the Russian
language.
He was born to an Armenia
n family in Kharkiv
, Ukraine
, where he grew up, studied and began painting. In the mid-1960s he moved to Moscow
, where worked at Literaturnaya Gazeta
. In 1974 Bakhchanyan emigrated to United States
, and lived in New York
, where he was active in the literary and art scene. There he collaborated with Russian and Soviet emigré writers Sergei Dovlatov, Alexander Genis
, and Naum Sagalovsky (Наум Сагаловський, Kyiv, 1935), among others. He died on November 12, 2009 in New York City.
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, Soviet Ukraine - November 12, 2009, New York
New York
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, USA) was an Armenian
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n, Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and American painter, artist and writer-conceptualist (and/or conceptual poet and writer) in the Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
language.
He was born to an Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n family in Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, where he grew up, studied and began painting. In the mid-1960s he moved to 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...
, where worked at Literaturnaya Gazeta
Literaturnaya Gazeta
Literaturnaya Gazeta is a weekly cultural and political newspaper published in Russia and Soviet Union.- Overview :...
. In 1974 Bakhchanyan emigrated to United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and lived in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, where he was active in the literary and art scene. There he collaborated with Russian and Soviet emigré writers Sergei Dovlatov, Alexander Genis
Alexander Genis
Alexander Genis is a Russian-Americanwriter, broadcaster, and cultural critic. He has written more than dozen books that are non-fiction bestsellers in Russia.Genis, an American citizen, now resides in the New York City area....
, and Naum Sagalovsky (Наум Сагаловський, Kyiv, 1935), among others. He died on November 12, 2009 in New York City.
Collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA
- National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
- Museum of National Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- John Paul Getty Research Center and Museum, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, USA - Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art MuseumJane Voorhees Zimmerli Art MuseumThe Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is located on the Voorhees Mall of the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was founded in 1966...
, Norton and Nancy Dodge collection, Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, New Brunswick, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, USA - Bar-Gera Collection, CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - Paul and Berty Quaedvlieg Collection, private collection, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Books
- 1981 — «Автобиография сорокалетнего автора» (Autobiography of a Forty-Year-Old Author)
- 1981 — Visual diary: 1/1/80 — 12/31/80
- 1985 — «Демарш энтузиастов» (Démarche of Enthusiasts, co-authored by Sergei Dovlatov and Naum Sagalovsky)
- 1986 — «Синьяк под глазом: пуантель-авивская поэма» (Bruise under the Eye: Pointillist?? Poem)
- 1986 — «Ни дня без строчки (годовой отчет)» (Not a Day without [Writing] a Line, Year's End Report)
- 1986 — «Стихи разных лет» (Poems from Various Years)
- 2003 — «Мух уйма: художества». YekaterinburgYekaterinburgYekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
: У-Фактория (U-faktoria), 2003. ISBN: 5-94799-080-6 - 2006 - «Мух уйма (Художества). Не хлебом единым (Меню-коллаж)», foreword by A. Genis. YekaterinburgYekaterinburgYekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
: У-Фактория (U-faktoria), 2006, 512 pages. ISBN 5-9757-0027-2 - 2005 — «„Вишневый ад“ и другие пьесы» (Cherry Hell and other Plays)
- 2010 — «Сочинения Вагрича Бахчаняна» (Works/Essays by Vahrich Bakhchanyan)