Viktor Dmitrievich Pivovarov is a Russian and Soviet artist who can be considered one of the founders of conceptualism in Moscow. At the moment, several cycles of his paintings, having gained wide popularity, are exhibited in many cities, including abroad.
General biography
Pivovarov Victor - a man who has tried himself in different types of art, but each was associated with self-expression. He searched for himself everywhere, but he did not find satisfaction everywhere: writing did not warm the soul of a man, but the image of his own thoughts on the canvas ...
With the paints and brush, the Brewers creates a completely different world, and makes it understandable not only for themselves, but for everyone else, which is so often absent from many famous artists. The mood of each picture reflects the emotional plan of the author at different periods of his life or at different times. But invariably the plots of the works resonate and understand in the hearts of the audience. In a word, in our century, his work is very popular, and among people of all ages.
Childhood
The future artist was born in 1937 on the night of January 14. The mother raised the boy alone, however, the lack of a strong male hand did not prevent her from raising strength of character in her son. When Victor was 4 years old, a war broke out in the country. They were evacuated with their mother to the most remote corner of Tatarstan, where there was no connection, no electricity, or even other children. Every day, something terrible was expected, and therefore, adults almost did not communicate with the child. Pivovarov himself talks about those events with a bitter smile, because even then a little creator woke up in him. On one of his days in that empty place, little Vitya found a couple of pieces of dirty rags in the backyard. The boy gathered them together, washed them, and then made a friend out of these rags and wooden chocks - this doll became the little savior of the boy from loneliness.
early years
Having survived the war, the young man decided to devote himself completely to creativity. I just could not understand which one. In 1957, Pivovarov graduated from the Kalinin Moscow Art and Industrial College. Now his dream is another university, but fate confuses all the cards. Victor submits documents to the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after Surikov, but only fills all entrance exams. Having no more options, the guy nevertheless enters a place where he can do creative work - at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, where he graduated in 1962.
During his training, Pivovarov Victor met Pavel Dmitrievich Korin, who behind the scenes becomes a teacher of the future artist. Communication begins spontaneously, and also spontaneously the paths of young creative personalities diverge.
Not lucky for me in money, lucky in love
A year after graduation, Viktor Pivovarov, whose biography takes an interesting turn, meets his future wife Irina. Over time, the couple forms a wonderful tandem, because Irina, as it turned out, is a novice writer practicing writing children's fairy tales, and by chance she does not have an illustrator. Pivovarov Victor gladly takes this position and henceforth spends almost all of his time with his lover, getting to know her talents better. In cooperation, many children's books are born, in each of which Irina laid an instructive meaning, and Victor supplemented him with a picture.
The love story of the two talents continues with renewed vigor, and now, in 1966, Irina and Victor have a son, Pavel. Happy parents dissolve in caring for the child and in fulfilling orders, and no longer joint ones. As a result, they have less and less time left for each other, they begin to lose a common language, and in 1974, in order not to torment themselves or their son, they decide to divorce.
But the black time for Pivovarov quickly ends in 4 years. At the beginning of the summer, at one of the exhibitions, he met a charming art historian named Milena Slavitskaya. The girl comes from the Czech Republic, and came to Moscow as part of her work, so in any case she will have to return to her homeland. But this time Victor Pivovarov so simply does not let go of his happiness. In 1982, the artist moved from Russia to the Czech Republic to be closer to his new beloved.
Own workshop
In 1967, the artistās main dream came true - he opened his own workshop with the help of one of his good friends David Kogan. And with the acquisition of his own creative studio, Viktor Pivovarov, whose paintings until then could not be considered real painting, now truly becomes an artist.
In 1967, he published his early work in serious painting - a cycle of monotypes āTemptations of St. Anthony. " Victor Pivovarov (artist, now in the full sense of the word) writes his first paintings selflessly and with zeal. That is how his own style was born, which gave impetus to the birth of a whole movement - conceptualism.
The Age of Conceptualism
From 1972 to 1976, a completely different painting style was born in Moscow, which had never been taken seriously. Following Pivovarov, in the same style, Eric Bulatov and Ilya Kabakov performed their famous works, and each work was so characteristic that it was impossible to assign any other genre to the paintings.
In the same genre, artist Viktor Pivovarov is going to paint from now on.
At that pace, in 1979 the very first exhibition of the artist, now a conceptualist, took place. The exhibition receives the creative title āColor, Shape, Spaceā, characteristic of artists. For the first time at this event, the Brewers also exhibits a completely new series of āSeven Talksā. The main part of the artistās works was exhibited in the Czech Republic at that time. In Russia, the artist gained popularity much later.
Literary activity
During the years of searching for himself, Viktor Pivovarov, whose photo can be seen below, tried many different creative ways, and two of them really touched him for life: painting, which became the work of his whole life, and writing. With the latter, Victor Pivovarov, an artist, not a writer, could not for a long time tie himself up. And yet, the man achieved some successes in this field: under his authorship there were several novels such as āThe Agent in Loveā, āGray Notebooksā and āOn the Love of Words and Imagesā.
Current activity
Currently, Viktor Pivovarov is an artist who is actively exhibiting at the best exhibitions in Russia.
Two diverse exhibitions were held in 2016 in completely different places: one in the Museum of Modern Art, the other in the famous Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. But each was equally warmly received by the public.