Alexey Borisovich Parygin (russian: Алексе́й Бори́сович Па́рыгин; (December 2, 1964 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

art theorist Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

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. Author of philosophical art projects: '' Contemplation of Money'' (1997-2000), ''Art is a Business'' (2000-2015), ''Art in the Forest'' (2000-2005), '' City as an Artist's Subjectivity'' (2019-2020), '' Posturbanism Art Project'' (since 2005).

Biography

Alexey was born in

2 of December 1964. His father

Boris Parygin Boris Dmitrievitch Parygin (russian: Бори́с Дми́триевич Пары́гин) (19 June 1930 – 9 April 2012) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian philosopher, sociologist and one of the founders of social psychology and member of ...

was a

social psychologist Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people or by social norms. Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the re ...

. Alexey studied at the Graphics Faculty of the

Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герце� ...

from 1982–1989. He organized the art group “Union № 0” in Leningrad in 1986-1989 and created the art squatters’ workshop “ Nevsky-25” in Leningrad in 1987–1990. Joined the Professional Artists’ Union of Russia in 1994, the Art Critics Association (ACA) member since 2003.

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in Art History with the thesis “

Silk Screening Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh ...

as a phenomenon of the 20th Century art” (2002). Since the mid-1980s, the artist perfected printed graphic technics of

serigraphy Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh ...

linocut Linocut, also known as lino print, lino printing or linoleum art, is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for a relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum s ...

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that ...

lithography Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

, cardboard engraving and

collagraphy Collagraphy (sometimes spelled collography) is a printmaking process introduced in 1955 by Glen Alps in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as paperboard or wood). The word is derived from the Greek language, Greek word ''koll'' ...

). The artist's works are in many museum collections in Russia ( State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia) and the world. The artist lives and makes art in his workshop at the

Benois House Benois House (russian: До́м Бенуа́, Dóm Benuá), also widely known as the Three Benois House (russian: До́м трёх Бенуа́, Dóm trokh Benuá), is a historic building in Saint Petersburg, Russia. History The apartment ho ...

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St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

The nature of creativity

Al Parygin City as Subjectivity 2021 Movie Poster-2

In 1980-1990 Parygin concentrated on easel

oil painting Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of ...

outside and using models at the studio, experimented with various paint foundations such as canvas, plywood, glass and other media and used texture and relief techniques. From

Aleksandr Kamensky Aleksandr Abramovich Kamensky (Александр Абрамович Каменский) (1922–1992) was a Soviet art critic and art historian. In 1954 he wrote an important article attacking the art establishment under Stalin. he argued that a ...

’s article (1988): From

Mikhail German Mikhail Yurievich German (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Герман; 23 February 19337 May 2018) was a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet and Russian Federation, Russian writer, art historian, doctor of art criticism, professor, ...

’s article (1991): From the middle of the 90-ies the artist’s main studies subject matter and experiments became signs and sign systems as communicative link of the contemporary society. From 1997 the artist created a series of extended multimedia projects Contemplation of Money, Art is a Business, Art in the Forest. From Nikolay Blagodatov's article (2002): Since 2000, Parygin has been developing the utopian concept of the form of art after the death of art — Posturbanism Art Project / PostUrbanism.

Artist's books

Since 1989, Parygin has been contributing to

artist's book Artists' books (or book arts or book objects) are works of art that utilize the form of the book. They are often published in small editions, though they are sometimes produced as one-of-a-kind objects. Overview Artists' books have employed a ...

s. His first editions featured visual series of the author's poetic text: ''Pesok'' (The Sand).

. — 1989; Circulation — 5 numbered and signed copies; ''Tsvetnye zvuki'' ( The Coloured Sounds).

. — 1989. Circulation — 5 numbered and signed copies; ''Zelenaia kniga'' (The Green Book).

. — 1989. Circulation — 6 numbered and signed copies; ''Moia mansarda'' (My Attic).

. — 1990. Circulation — 6 numbered and signed copies. And the artist’s book ''Krasnye karliki'' (The Red Dwarfs).

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. — 1990. Circulation — 8 numbered and signed copies. From Elena Grigoryant’s article: Spanning for three decades of featured art works the legacy holds about forty unique book objects. In the past decade the artist has participated several major group art editions: “Metamorphosis“. LS Collection

Van Abbemuseum The Van Abbemuseum () is a museum of modern and contemporary art in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel River. Established in 1936, the museum is named after its founder, Henri van Abbe, who loved modern art and wanted ...

. – 2013; “Mayakovsky-Manifesto“. St. Petersburg – 2014. ”Strannik Gumilëv” (Wanderer Gumilyov). – 2016; ”Jubilaeus”. LS Collection

. – 2018; ”Russkiy bukvar'” (Russian Alphabet book). M. – 2018; ”Poeziya neizvestnykh slov: Variatsii v kirillitse” (Poetry of Unknown Words: Variations in the Cyrillic alphabet). M. – 2019.

Museum collections

2019 Alexey Parygin Lino Printing Process SPb-3

Alexey Parygin 2014 PostUrbanism Human V

Alexey Parygin 2010 Lines and Planes VIII

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Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".

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Exhibitions

Since 1986, the artist participated in more than 250 exhibitions held in Russia (

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, etc.). The artist exhibited in the Netherlands in

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; Guatemala in

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; Ethiopia in

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and others.

Group projects

The artist participated in international art projects, festivals and open-air exhibits: “Kubachi Tower” ( Kubachi, Amuzgi,

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

, 2022); “Artisterium XII” (

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

, 2019); “Museum for Friends” (

/ Russia, 2019); "Clouds" (Art-village

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Vistula Spit The Vistula Spit ( pl, Mierzeja Wiślana; russian: Балтийская коса; german: Frische Nehrung) is an aeolian sand spit, or peninsular stretch of land that separates Vistula Lagoon from Gdańsk Bay, in the Baltic Sea, with its tip sepa ...

, 2018); “Printed Graphics” (

Sviyazhsk Sviyazhsk (russian: Свия́жск; tt-Cyrl, Зөя, ''Zöya'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga River, Volga a ...

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

, 2016); “Crna Gora u o'ima ruskih slikara” (

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, 2012); “Warszawa w budowie — architektura XXI w malarstwie (

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, 2011) and others. Principal Artist, Printmaking Studio, Timofey Markov Publishing House, St. Petersburg (2012-2014). The artist worked on several joint publishing projects with

Georgy Kovenchuk Gaga (Georgy Vasilyevich) Kovenchuk ( rus, Гага (Георгий Васильевич) Ковенчук; 2 December 1933 — 3 February 2015). Soviet and Russian artist and writer. Gaga was an artist, painter, graphic artist, book artist and p ...

Group exhibitions

2022 Pushkinskaya-10 Museum of Non-Conformist Art Four in a Square Exhibition-1

* Nuovi corpi nuove forme, Libri d’Artisti — Libri Oggetto (Dalla collezione Archivio di Comunicazione Visiva e Libri d’Artista). — Galleria Civica d'Arte di Palazzo Moncada.

. 2022. * 5ª Bienal Internacional de Gravura „Lívio Abramo“. — Casa da Cultura Luiz Antonio Marinez Corrêa.

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. 2018 — 2019. * OSTEN Biennial of Drawing. — National Gallery of Macedonia — Chifte Hammam.

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. 2018 * E’CARTA Mini carte contemporanee. — MAiO Museo dell’Arte in Ostaggio e delle grafiche visionarie.

Cassina de' Pecchi Cassina may refer to: Places in Italy * Cassina de' Pecchi, in the province of Milan *Cassina Rizzardi, in the province of Como * Cassina Valsassina, in the province of Lecco *Cassina Amata, in the province of Milan *Cassina Nuova, in the province ...

. 2018. * Il PIACERE NEI LIBRI rassegna di arte erotica dagli ex libris ai libri d’artista. —

Castel Nuovo Castel Nuovo (; "New Castle"), often called Maschio Angioino (; "Angevin Keep"), is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall ( Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy. Its scenic location and impo ...

. 2018. * Sculture da Viaggio — omaggio a

Bruno Munari Bruno Munari (October 24, 1907 in Milan – September 29, 1998 in Milan) was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphic design) in mod ...

. — Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Caltanissetta.

. 2017. * Die Verwandlung. 25 Jahre russische Künstlerbücher. — Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg.

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. 2013 — 2014. * V Bienal Internacional de la Acurela. —

. 2002 — 2003. * Равноденствие. — Gallery Nevsky 20.

. 1991. * Молодежная выставка. — Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta.

. 1990. * Без жури. — Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta.

. 1989. * Ленинград, история, люди (молодежная республиканская выставка). — Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta.

. 1988.

Teaching

Teaching work since 1988. Taught courses: Drawing at the Department of Graphics and Sculptures

(2020-2021). Color science, printed graphics, research at the Department of Graphic Design at St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design (2018-2019). He taught layout, the basics of composition, and the foundations of sculpture at the Institute of Landscape Architecture Saint-Petersburg State Forestry University (2017-2019). Painting course and drawing course at the Department of Interior Design/ St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design (2003-2012), for which the concept of learning and working programs of the 1st in the 4th course was developed; painting course at the Design School, St. Petersburg, (2004-2009). Author's course Basics of examination of graphic works of art at the Department of Art Studies of St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, the management of diploma works (1995-2001).

Bibliography

Texts by A. Parygin

City as an Artist’s Subjective Catalog-2020 4-5

Among the priority scientific interests of A. B. Parygin is the history of the techniques of the author's printed graphics, first of all —

silk screening Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh ...

. Issues of the primacy of using silkscreen as an art technique; Regional schools and an early history of the process; The chronology and geography of its spread in the world; the interconnection of the latest currents and technological innovations in art. Silkscreen in the art of the United States and Canada and Cuba (1920-60s), in European art: Germany, England, France, Finland (1930-60s) and the USSR. Parygin is the author of Russia's first fundamental art research on the history and phenomenology of creative silk screening. The results are published in two monographs (2009, 2010). Parygin is the author of Russia's first fundamental art research on the history and phenomenology of creative silk screening . The results are published in two monographs (2009, 2010). The author of more than 100 articles on the history of graphics and contemporary art, including the artists of St. Petersburg (N.F. Lapshin, O.A. Lyagachev, Yu.K. Lyukshin, A. I. Kuindzhi, V.M. Konashevich, A.A. Korolchuk, M.A. Kopylkove, N.I. Kofanove, B.N. Koshelokhov, G.V. Kovenchuk, A.V. Kaplun, L.K. Kazbekove, T.S. Kerner and others) for the German academic directory Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL).

Monographs

A Parygin 2010 The Art of Silk Screening

* Parygin A.B. The Art of Silk Screening. The 20th century. History, Phenomenology, Techniques, Names. — St. Petersburg: ST. Petersburg GUTD, 2010. — 304 p. — (RUS) * Parygin A.B. Silk Screening As Art. Techniques, History, Phenomenology, Artists. — St. Petersburg: ST. Petersburg GUTD, 2009. — 261 p. — (RUS)

Publications by A. Parygin

* Parygin Alexey A City as an Artist's Subjectivity
Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023
Edited by Sarah Bodman. —

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: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research).

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, 2022. — 292 pp. * Parygin A. B
Постурбанизм как гипотеза
— St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. — P. 255-259. (RUS) * Parygin A. B
Созерцание денег (авторский комментарий к проекту)
— St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. — P. 260-265. (RUS) * Parygin A. B
Искусство — это бизнес (авторский комментарий к проекту)
— St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. — P. 248-254. (RUS) * Parygin Alexey "A City as the Artist's Subjectivity" is an Artist is a large Russian project in the livre d'artiste format // Book Arts Newsletter. — No. 140.

: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research).

, 2021, July — August. — P. 46-48. ISSN 1754-9086 * Parygin A. B. A City as an Artist’s Subjective Space / City as Artist's subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — SPb: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — 128 p. — S. 5. * Parygin A.B. Printed graphics between "yesterday" and "tomorrow" / Vs. Art. catalogue of "Printed Graphics of St. Petersburg Artists."

: SPb SH. 2020. — 192 p. P. 3–8. (RUS) * Parygin A. B. Posturbanism as a concept of the future // St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 53,

: AIS, 2019. — P. 236–238. (RUS). * Paryguine А. Idée et Manifeste osturbanisme// Revue Trakt — Nu. 6; Juin 2018. — Paris. — pp. 26–28. (French) * Parygin A. B. Artist's Book as an art form / "The Art of Printed Graphics: History and Modernity." In Sat. Articles on the materials of the scientific conference Fourth Kazan Art Studies Readings November 19–20, 2015.

: GMAI RT, 2015. — P. 75–78, il. (RUS) * Parygin A. B. Ljukšin, Jurij, Ljagačev, Oleg //

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Thieme-Becker is a German biographical dictionary of artists. Thieme-Becker The dictionary was begun under the editorship of Ulrich Thieme (1865–1922) (volumes one to fifteen) and Felix Becker (1864–1928) (volumes one to four). It was complet ...