Igor Sakharov-Ross
Igor Sakharov-Ross (* 1947 in Khabarovsk ) is one of the pioneers in the field of interdisciplinary art. It pursues the cross-border guiding principle of syntopia , that is, the networking of knowledge, experience and skills from the most varied of social sub-areas such as science, art, economy, politics, etc. in the age of a global information society.
Igor Sakharov-Ross was born in Khabarovsk ( USSR ), the place of exile for his parents, whose marriage was politically undesirable, near the Chinese border. He studied at the Khabarovsk Pedagogical University , worked there as a lecturer after graduating and went to Leningrad in 1971 without the permission of the authorities . Soon he belonged to the non-conformist art scene and secretly organized the first ever happenings and performances in the country, which first led to political persecution and finally to his expatriation in 1978 .
His works, at that time also sound body objects, were shown at the few possible exhibitions of non-official art that he helped initiate. They attracted attention at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Arts Club of Washington, the Venice Biennale (1977) and the National Museum of Art in Tokyo (1978).
The artist's early exploration of the concept of nature is shaped by the experiences of his youth in the taiga landscape of the Amur region in the Far East . Igor Sakharov-Ross understands nature as the field of action of primal forces, which can be both beneficial and destructive.
Sakharov-Ross has been working with molecular structures such as cancer cells and leaf shapes since the 1980s. Even then, the artist tried to combine scientific findings with ideas from the humanities.
Since the 1990s, his projects have expanded both spatially and in terms of content. Against the background of the idea of syntopy, he develops artistic forms of expression for cross-media communication at the interface between aesthetic and everyday thinking and acting.
Igor Sakharov-Ross lives and works in Cologne and Munich .
Syntopia: Kunstmuseum Bonn / Deutsches Museum Bonn (2007/2008)
Syntopia: Kunstmuseum Bonn / Deutsches Museum Bonn (2007/2008)
Syntopia: Kunstmuseum Bonn / Deutsches Museum Bonn (2007/2008)
Syntopia: Kunstmuseum Bonn / Deutsches Museum Bonn (2007/2008)
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1973: University of Leningrad / St. Petersburg
- 1977: Institute of contemporary art, London; The arts club, Washington; Venice Biennale
- 1978: University of Leuven; Catholic Academy, Vienna
- 1981: Centro Culturale S. Giorgeto, Verona
- 1984: Municipal art collections, Lindau
- 1985: Albrecht Dürer Society, Nuremberg
- 1986: Gallery for Original Etching, Munich
- 1987: Artist workshop Lothringerstraße 13, Munich
- 1988: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Art Fund Kunstraum, Bonn
- 1989: Kunstverein Ludwigsburg; Kunsthalle Innsbruck; Goethe Institute, Paris
- 1990: Goethe Institute, Madrid
- 1992: Municipal gallery in the Folkwang Museum, Essen
- 1993: New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Goethe Institute, Moscow
- 1994: Rosenheim Art Association; Art Station St. Peter , Cologne; University of Bonn
- 1995: Schwerte Art Association
- 1996: The Jerusalem Foundation of Visual Art; Art Association Pirmasens
- 1997: Municipal Gallery Meiningen; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing / Lille, France
- 2000: Palais des Nations, Geneva; Simultaneous hall of the Museum Ludwig, Cologne
- 2001: Trinitatiskirche, Cologne; Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie , Regensburg; Municipal Art Gallery, Kaliningrad; Railway History Museum, St. Petersburg; Museum for Communication, Frankfurt am Main; Federal Garden Show, Potsdam
- 2002: Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam; Gallery of the Bayerische Landesbank, Munich
- 2003: State Architecture Museum, Moscow; Heike Strelow project office for art and culture, Frankfurt am Main
- 2004: Brotfabrik Galerie, Berlin; Derik-Baegert Society, Ringenberg Castle
- 2005: State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
- 2006: New Manege, Moscow; Museum of Modern Art Passau; Kunstverein Passau; City gallery Altötting
- 2007: Kunstmuseum Bonn / Deutsches Museum, Bonn; Museum of Communication, St. Petersburg; Ludwig Museum in the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
- 2008: State Center for Photography, St. Petersburg
- 2009: Winterthur Photo Museum
- 2009: Kunstraum Dornbirn
- 2010: Deutsches Museum Bonn
- 2011/2012: Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt am Main
- 2017: Women's Museum Bonn, Bonn
- 2018: Gallery K42, Siegen
- 2018: Villa Frova, Caneva
- 2021: Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Web links
- Igor Sakharov-Ross - Official website. In: sacharow-ross.de. (Official website of the artist with information on the individual exhibitions and projects).
- Music and questions about the person - the visual artist Igor Sakharov-Ross (archive). In: deutschlandfunk.de. (Music and questions about the person from May 19, 2019).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sakharov-Ross, Igor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet or Russian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Khabarovsk |