--- title: "091 - Business as Usual, K+M 1/7-2/11 1984" date: 2017-08-11T15:48:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/091-business-as-usual-k-m-1-7-2-11-1984" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Business as Usual [Komar & Melamid](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) Jan 6 – Feb 10, 1984 ![Komar Melamid Lost Paradise Scene From Russian Life 1982 3](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/Komar-Melamid-Lost-Paradise-scene-from-Russian-Life-1982-3.jpg) Komar & Melamid Lost Paradise (Scene from Russian Life), 1982-83 Description The work of Russian artists Komar & Melamid quotes liberally from the history of Western painting as well as from the ‘classic’ Socialist Realism of the late 40’s and 50’s. Their ‘history’ paintings are targeted at contemporary subjects: politics, art, culture, myths and themselves. Under the guise of old master paintings and other media, the social historians, Komar & Melamid, create their own nostalgic version of history. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/KM-1984-press-release.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) ![Komar Melamid Alexander The Great 1983](/assets/exhibition_images/Komar-Melamid-Alexander-the-Great-1983.jpg) Komar & Melamid Alexander the Great, 1983 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Komar Melamid Alexander The Great 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Alexander the Great, 1983 ![Komar Melamid Discobulus 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Discobulus, 1983 ![Komar Melamid Double Self Portrait As Young Pioneers 1982 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Double Self-Portrait as Young Pioneers, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid Lenin In Zurich 1982 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Lenin in Zurich, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid Lost Paradise Scene From Russian Life 1982 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Lost Paradise (Scene from Russian Life), 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid Natasha With Bust Of Stalin 1982 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Natasha with Bust of Stalin, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid October Still Life With Machine Gun 1982 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid October Still Life with Machine Gun, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid Portrait Of Medved 1982 83]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Portrait of Medved, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid Stalin In Front Of The Mirror 1982 83]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Stalin in Front of the Mirror, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid Stroke Ca March 3 1953 1982 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Stroke (ca. March 3, 1953), 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid The Origin Of Socialist Realism 1982 83]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid The Origin of Socialist Realism, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid The Red Flagr 1982 83]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid The Red Flag, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid The Third Empire 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid The Third Empire, 1983 ![Komar Melamid Thirty Years Ago 1953 1982 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Thirty Years Ago 1953, 1982-83 ![Komar Melamid What Is To Be Done 1982 83]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid What Is to Be Done, 1982-83 ![Komar And Melamid A Knock At The Door 1982 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid A Knock at the Door, 1982-83 ![Komar And Melamid Stalin Looking In The Mirror 1982 83]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Stalin Looking in the Mirror, 1982-83 ![Komar And Melamid The Venus Of Milo 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid The Venus of Milo, 1983 Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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