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		LATYSHEV Konstantin

Biographical information: 1966 Born in Moscow
1982-1986 Studied in Moscow art high school (former Stroganov)
Lives and works in Moscow
Collections where works are held
Participation in exhibitions and auctions: SOLO EXIBITIONS:

1993
Latyshev. Galerie Berndt, Cologne, Germany

1995
Latyshev. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

1996
Latyshev. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

1997
Latyshev. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

1999
Latyshev. Düsseldorf, Germany

2001
Untitled. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

2004 Conceptualism With a Human Face. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

2006
Capitalist realism. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

2008
Empire of Good. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

GROUP EXIBITIONS:

1986
Jordano Bruno. D. Vrubel`s studio, Moscow
Clubs of avant guarde ("CLAVA"). Moscow
Cubism. D. Vrubel`s studio, Moscow
1988
Festival Assa. Moscow, Russia
CLAVA. Exhibition in the Sandunovskie baths, Moscow
CLAVA. Moscow
Labyrinth. Moscow - Warsaw - Moscow

1989
Before to 33. The palace of youth, Moscow
Aerobatics or the Great Rest. Latyshev and Lidermann. The museum of the academy of arts, Warsaw
Other Art. CLAVA, Moscow
The Maximum Achievement - the Big Vacation. Latyshev and Lidermann, Warsaw
Champions of the World - a retrospective show. Moscow
From Rauschenberg to us, from us to Rauschenberg. The First Gallery, Moscow
Small Works. The First Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Labyrinth. Hauswedel and Nolte, Hamburg, Germany
Champions of the World. Gallery Bernarda Felli, Paris
Champions of the World. Stevenson`s Gallery, San Diego, USA

1990
Small Art from Eastern Europe. Exhibition hall in Rotterdam
East - West. New school Montparnas, Paris
Space Transit. Strasbourg, European Council

1991
The First Gallery. Tokyo
Champions of the World. The Retrospective show, Art museum, Finland (catalogue)
Moscow, Leningrad, Tiflis. New theatre, museum of contemporary art, Anjou, France

1992
Diaspora. Moscow
Infinitely. Bonn, Germany
Moscow ...Moscow.... Rome
The Big Art Exhibition of the Northern Rhine Westphalia. Düsseldorf, Germany

1994
Made in the Madhouse. Galerie Berndt, Cologne, Germany

1997
Everything Goes on. Düsseldorf, Germany

1999
The Motherland or Death. Zverev`s Center, Moscow

2005
ARTFIELD, open-air exhibition, Moscow

2006
ARTFIELD Technology. Zelenograd, Russia

2007
Kandinsky Prize. Exhibition of the Nominees. Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
XV years. Aidan Gallery. Moscow
Learning from Moscow. Städtische Galerie Dresden (Dresden City Art Gallery). Dresden, Germany
Autobiographical notes
What the critics say: In Konstantin Latyshev’s Empire of Good, Russian capitalism appears as something of a joke. The artist, who gained vast experience in information management while working in advertising, builds his works from pictures he finds on the Internet, then adds playful and absurd captions. The captions and words attributed to the people in the photos don’t just change the meaning of the images; they animate them. Out of this constantly migrating, identity-deprived visual garbage (is the pretty girl advertising a tour agency, a shampoo or a bank?) comes a genre painting that lays bare the subconscious of the advertising image’s consumer. Latyshev’s work is bold and fruitful because no viewer can remain neutral when his brain is constantly processing the artist’s new twists on old clicheżs. And Latyshev is no stranger to biting political satire. To an image of an AK-47 he gives the title “Peacemaker.” And it’s true — for some reason, the so-called peacemakers are always well-armed. Entire armies of “observers” are constantly running between Western countries and high-tension regions. And according to Latyshev, the eye is always armed. Though this may not be a new idea, Latyshev’s headstrong presentation of it is, quite possibly, the most relevant in our time.

Valentin Dyakonov
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