Vyacheslav Akhunov Explained

Vyacheslav Akhunov
Native Name:Вячеслав Ахунов
Native Name Lang:ky
Other Names:Vyacheslav Oxunov,
Vjačeslav Romanovič Achunov,
Vjačeslav Urumbaevič Achunov
Birth Place:Osh, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
Occupation:Visual artist, author
Known For:Performance art, video art, painting
Movement:Central Asian art,
Socialist modernist

Vyacheslav Akhunov (; ; born 1948), is a Kyrgyz-born Uzbek visual artist, and author. He is known for performance art, video art, and painting.[1] [2] [3] Akhunov lives in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4] [5]

Biography

Vyacheslav Akhunov was born in 1948 in Osh, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kyrgyzstan), his mother was Russian and his father was Uzbek.[6] He graduated in 1979 from Moscow State Institute of Art (now Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture).[7]

He has actively spoken out about being silenced during the Soviet years, which inspired his large-scale installation work, Breathe Quietly (1976–2013).[8]

Some of his notable art exhibitions include the 2nd Yinchuan Biennale, China (2018);[9] BALAGAN!!!, Berlin (2015); 5th Moscow Biennale (2013); Pavilion of Central Asia at the Venice Biennale (2013, 2007, 2005); 1st Kiev Biennale (2012), Documenta (2013), Ostalgia, New Museum, New York (2011); Time of the Storytellers, KIASMA, Helsinki (2007); Montreal Biennale (2007); and 1st Singapore Biennale (2006).[10]

Akhunov's work is in museum collections include the Urganch Photo Gallery,[11] and the Auckland Art Gallery.[12]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Book: Clowes, Edith . Area Studies in the Global Age: Community, Place, Identity . Bromberg . Shelly Jarrett . 2016-02-29 . Cornell University Press . 978-1-60909-187-3 . 156 . da.
  2. Book: Ayvaz, İlkay Baliç . 11. Uluslararası İstanbul bienali, 12 Eylül-8 Kasım: Metinler . Vakfı . İstanbul Kültür ve Sanat . 2009 . İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı . 978-975-7363-81-1 . 106 . tr.
  3. Book: Art-mestechko--Shargorod: mezhdunarodnyĭ festivalʹ sovremennogo iskusstva, 10-20 avgusta 2006, Shargorod, Ukraina . Territoriia budushchego . 2006 . 978-5-91129-002-3 . Moscow . 104 . uk.
  4. Web site: Achunov, Vjačeslav . Documenta Archive website.
  5. Web site: 2022-09-13 . ArtChaeology and the Destruction of Ideologies: An Interview with Vyacheslav Akhunov . 2022-10-11 . Voices On Central Asia . en-US.
  6. Web site: Sorokina . Julia . Vyacheslav Akhunov . 2022-10-11 . Universes in Universe .) . en-US.
  7. Web site: Project Oleg Kharch Group . The greatest artist of "Socialist Modernism". Vyacheslav Akhunov . 2022-10-11 . issuu.com . en.
  8. Web site: Makarova . Irina . Punk Orientalism: how the art of rebellion in Central Asia is challenging the scars of the Soviet past . 2022-10-11 . The Calvert Journal.
  9. Web site: June 3, 2018 . The Second Yinchuan Biennale: Starting from the Desert. Ecologies on the Edge . 2022-10-11 . e-flux.com . en.
  10. Book: Merewether, Charles . In the Sphere of The Soviets: Essays on the Cultural Legacy of the Soviet Union . 2021-02-16 . Springer Nature . 978-981-336-574-2 . 237 . en.
  11. News: Urganch galereyasidagi suratlar yo'q qilinadimi? . uz-Cyrl . BBC News O'zbek . 2022-10-11.
  12. Web site: Vyacheslav Akhunov . 2022-10-11 . Auckland Art Gallery . en.

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