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Komar & Melamid

Komar Melamid Thank You Stalin For Our Happy Childhood 1983

Komar & Melamid

Thank you Stalin for Our Happy Childhood, 1983

Biography

Once dubbed “exasperating expatriates” for their relentless, wry mockery of the social, political, and artistic systems of the former Soviet Union, Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid met as art students in Moscow, and teamed up in 1965. They worked together until 2004, creating an outpouring of paintings, sculptures, installations, performances, public projects, photographs, music, and poetry, charged with keen criticisms of Communism, consumerism, the art market, and other human excesses. In 1967, they founded the SOTS Art Movement, a mash-up of Socialist Realism, Dada, Conceptualism, and Pop Art. “If pop-art was born by the overproduction of things and their advertising, then Sots Art was born of the overproduction of ideology and its propaganda, including visual propaganda,” Komar once explained. In 1978, they defected from the USSR and moved to America, where they could freely pursue their subversive vision.

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Komar Melamid Air Superiority 1997

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Air Superiority, 1997

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Komar Melamid Air Superiority 1997

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Air Superiority, 1997

Komar Melamid The Wings Will Grow 1997

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The Wings Will Grow, 1997

Komar Melamid George Vladmir Isadora And Marcel 1996 97

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George Vladmir, Isadora and MArcel, 1996-97

Komar Melamid Yalta Conference 1984

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Yalta Conference (From a History Book, 1984), 1982

Komar Melamid Thirty Years Ago 1953 1982 3

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Thirty Years Ago 1953, 1982-83

Km Kruschevs Plot Against Beria 1981 82

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Kruschev's Plot Against Beria, 1981-82

Komar Melamid What Is To Be Done 1982 83

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What Is to Be Done, 1982-83

2 Komar And Melamid Olo 1976

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OLO, 1976

from "A Catalogue of Superobjects - Supercomfort for Superpeople"

8 Komar And Melamid Model Khaasha 703 1976

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Model KHAASA-703, 1976

from "A Catalogue of Superobjects - Supercomfort for Superpeople"

14 Komar And Melamid Tirsak 1976

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Tirsak, 1976

from "A Catalogue of Superobjects - Supercomfort for Superpeople"

Km Post Art No 1 Warhol 1973

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Post-ARt No. 1 (Warhol), 1973

Komar Melamid Installation View Of South Gallery Rffa 1992 A

SEARSTYLE with Psalms, 1992

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Komar Melamid Installation View Of South Gallery Rffa 1992 A

SEARSTYLE with Psalms, 1992

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Komar Melamid Installation View Of South Gallery Rffa 1992 D

SEARSTYLE with Psalms, 1992

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Komar Melamid Installation Shot 1 1987

Paintings, 1987

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Komar Melamid Installation Shot 2 1987

Paintings, 1987

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Komar Melamid Anarchistic Synthesism Installation Shot 3 1985 86

Anarchistic Synthesism, 1986

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Komar Melamid Anarchistic Synthesism Installation Shot 2 1985 86

Anarchistic Synthesism, 1986

installation view

Komar Melamid Installation View Of South Gallery Rffa 1992 A

Komar Melamid Installation View Of South Gallery Rffa 1992 D

Komar Melamid Installation Shot 1 1987

Komar Melamid Installation Shot 2 1987

Komar Melamid Anarchistic Synthesism Installation Shot 3 1985 86

Komar Melamid Anarchistic Synthesism Installation Shot 2 1985 86

Komar Melamid Installation View Of South Gallery Rffa 1992 A

SEARSTYLE with Psalms, 1992

installation view

Komar Melamid Installation View Of South Gallery Rffa 1992 D

SEARSTYLE with Psalms, 1992

installation view

Komar Melamid Installation Shot 1 1987

Paintings, 1987

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Komar Melamid Installation Shot 2 1987

Paintings, 1987

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Komar Melamid Anarchistic Synthesism Installation Shot 3 1985 86

Anarchistic Synthesism, 1986

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Komar Melamid Anarchistic Synthesism Installation Shot 2 1985 86

Anarchistic Synthesism, 1986

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