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Grisha Bruskin
Russian Judaica "Vision" Abstract Kabbalah Figure Steel Sculpture Grisha Bruskin

1992

$3,800
£2,878.15
€3,305.07
CA$5,325.43
A$5,791.99
CHF 3,069.54
MX$69,400.17
NOK 39,012.33
SEK 35,740.60
DKK 24,704.07

About the Item

Grisha Bruskin (Russian, b. 1945) Vision, 1992 steel Hand signed and inscribed Grisha Bruskin in Cyrillic numbered 117/300 Genre: Contemporary Subject: Religious Medium: Steel Grisha Bruskin (born October 21, 1945) is a Russian artist known as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He was born in Moscow. Between 1963 and 1968, he studied at the Moscow Textile Institute (Art Department). In 1969, he became a member of the Artists’ Union of the USSR. Bruskin’s participation in the famous Sotheby’s auction in Moscow (1988) brought him worldwide fame, when his piece, “Fundamental Lexicon” was sold for a record price. He relocated to New York in 1988. In 1999, at the invitation of the German government and as a representative of Russia, Bruskin created a monumental triptych, “Life Above All” for the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin. In 2001 he published a memoir-style book, “Past Imperfect.” In 2012 he received the Kandinsky Prize in the “Project of the Year” category, for his project, “H-Hour.” Bruskin lives and works in New York and Moscow. Part of the generation of emigre Russian artists, many Jewish, that included Yuri Kuper, Komar and Melamid, Mikhail Grobman, Eduard Steinberg, Erik Bulatov, Viktor Pivovarov, Vladimir Yankilevsky, Ilya Kabakov and Samuel Akkerman. Grisha Bruskin is a contemporary Russian artist, a member of the generation of the Post Soviet Avant Garde whose paintings and sculptures juxtapose figures from Jewish mysticism with USSR Soviet Union-era symbols. Bruskin's series Alefbet (1984) and Fundamental Lexicon (1986), demonstrate Bruskin’s inventive use of Hasidic text, human and mystical angel figures, and creatures. Bruskin studied at the Moscow Art School and the Moscow Textile Institute. Bruskin’s works were considered controversial for their depictions of Judaic figures wearing Soviet uniforms. Bruskin represented Russia in the 57th Venice Biennale, and his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, among others. He currently lives and works between New York, NY and Moscow, Russia. He is one of the best-known and most successful contemporary artists of Russian origins. Select Solo Exhibitions 2017 Grisha Bruskin: Imperfetto Passato, Gallerie D’Italia, Milan, Italy 2015 Paintings and Sculpture, Meyerovich Gallery, San Francisco, California Venice Biennale 2014 H-Hour, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York 2013 Archeologist’s Collection, Udarnik, Moscow, Russia 2012 — H-Hour, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia 2010 — Grisha Bruskin, Alefbet, Tapestry, Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaїsme, Paris, France 2009 New Work, Old Story: 80 Artists at the Passover Table, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Grisha Bruskin: Twilight of the Gods, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York 2006 — Grisha Bruskin, Archeologist’s Collection, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France Grisha Bruskin, Alefbet, Tapestry Project, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia 2001 — Grisha Bruskin, Life is Everywhere, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; traveled to the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia Select Group Exhibitions 2017 — Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2015 — Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York 2011 — Judaism: A World of Stories, De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009 — New Work, Old Story: 80 Artists at the Passover Table, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York 1989-2009. Mur de Berlin. Artistes pour la liberté. Jardins du Palais-Royal, Paris, France The Claude and Nina Gruen Collection of Contemporary Russian Art. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York 2008 Fragile Persuasion: Russian Porcelain and the Fine Art of Propaganda, Hillwood Estate Museum Gardens, Washington D.C. Nonconformist. The Second Russian Avant-garde 1955-1988, 2007 — Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York Painting and Sculpture, Sots-Art. Art politique en Russie de 1972 à Aujourd’hui, Maison rouge, Paris, France Fifty-fifty. 2006 RUSSIA! Nine Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York 2002 — La Parade des Animaux, Festival International de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo, Monaco Russian Revolutions: Generations of Russian Jewish Avant-Garde Artists, Singer Gallery, Mizel Center for Arts and Culture, Denver, Colorado Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Arman, Fernando Botero, Grisha Bruskin, Lynn Chadwick and others, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York 2001 Dumbo Double Deuce; New York Russian Artists, Brooklyn, New York 2000-2001 — Sammlung Hans Uschi Welle, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany 2000 Nonconformisten 1955-1988, Die Zweite Russische Avantgarde, Chronik, Germany Nilder und Fotodokumente aus der Sammlung, Bar-Gera Markisches Museum der Stadt, Witten, Germany 1998 — It’s the Real Thing - Soviet and Post-Soviet Sots Art and American Pop Art, Frederick R.Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 1988 Ich lebe, Ich sehe: Künstler der achtziger Jahre in Moskau, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland Olympiad of Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea Sowjetkunst heute, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany Glasnost - Die neue Freiheit der sowjetischen Maler, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany Select Public Collections Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Jewish Museum, New York, New York Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany Reichstag, Berlin, Germany State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
  • Creator:
    Grisha Bruskin (1945, Russian)
  • Creation Year:
    1992
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor tarnishing to surface of steel commensurate with age; overall good condition. please see photos.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 24051stDibs: LU38215762212

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