1937

Viktor Pivovarov (born in 1937) is a unique figure in contemporary Russian Art. Pivovarov belongs to the older generation of conceptual artists and is one of the founders of the Moscow Conceptualist School. In the 1970s together with Ilya Kabakov he created a new conceptual genre called “album”, which he continues to work with today. His albums include Conclusion (1975), Microhomo (1979), Kabakov and Pivovarov (1982), The Dramatis Personae (1996), etc. In painting, Pivovarov prefers conceptual series focused on a particular theme. The most important ones are Projects for a Lonely Man (1975), Diary of a Teenager (1986-1988), Eidos (2001–2008), The Dark Rooms (2003), etc. Since 1982, Pivovarov has been living and working in Prague. Works by Viktor Pivovarov are in the museums and private collections in Russia and abroad, including State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow), State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), Tate Modern (London), Musée National d’Art Moderne — Centre Pompidou (Paris), Museum of Avant-Garde Mastery — MAGMA (Moscow–Geneve–London), National Gallery (Prague), Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection (New Brunswick), etc. His solo exhibitions include Steps of Mechanic, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow — State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2004; The Lemon Eaters, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 2006–2007; Them, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 2011; The Snail’s Trail, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2016; Lost Keys, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2016, etc.