Igor Kopystiansky

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Igor Kopystiansky ( Ukrainian Ігор Копистянський Ihor Kopystjanskyj ; born December 16, 1954 in Lviv , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian - American artist .

life and work

In his work, Igor Kopystiansky refers to representational paintings from art history. “He copies them himself, using reproductions as a template. In his “compact exhibitions” he stacks the copied pictures on top of each other or rolls the canvases into balls. Treated as an object, the image disappears and yet remains hidden. "

Igor Kopystiansky moved to New York in 1988. In 1990 he received a scholarship from the DAAD's Berlin artist program , in 2000 he received the Käthe Kollwitz Prize and in 2008 became Residences Internationales aux Recollets in Paris. At times he works with Svetlana Kopystiansky . Among other things, they jointly exhibited The boundary rider at the Biennale of Sydney and Flow at documenta11 . Igor Kopystiansky has participated in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Art gallery NSW Incidents , accessed January 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Kunstforum The text and the image are never really destroyed, they are hidden. accessed on January 25, 2019
  3. ↑ Documenta11_Plattform5: Exhibition. Catalog ; Ostfildern-Ruit 2002, ISBN 3-7757-9085-3 (German), page 140
  4. ^ Artnet Igor Kopystiansky Timeline , accessed January 25, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kopystiansky, Igor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Копистіански, Ігор (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian-American artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Lviv , Ukrainian SSR