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Andrei Kolkoutine (Russian: Андрей Колкутин born in 1957, in Smolyaninovo, Primorsky Krai) is a Russian artist. In 1982 Kolkoutine graduated at the Repin Academy of Arts in Leningrad, named after Ilya Repin. Currently Kolkoutine lives in southern Russia in the town of Nalchik. He belongs to the art group " FOSTER BROTHERS " together with two other famous artists - Andrey Efi and Eugeny Lindin. The medium of his paintings is usually oil on canvas, but Kolkoutine also made a few sculptures and graphic works. Besides Russia, Kolkoutine has made exhibitions in Denmark, Germany, France and other European countries as well as the United States.

Style

Kolkoutine settled into his current characteristic style by the end of the 1980s in which he mixes traditions from the Russian icons with suprematism from Malevich, cubism and naïve art. Kolkoutine states that he sought the special tones of colours which are seen in the old Russian icons, and he developed a method for making these tones by pasting a layer of neutral grey paint on the canvas before painting the colours. Suprematist elements are combined with figurative elements. Distorted buildings and playing cards may appear at the bottom of the paintings as well as Cyrillic letters. Frames in different colours surrounding the motifs are often oblique.

Motifs

Often the motifs are either stylized biblical or simple working people from the Russian province; according to Kolkoutine the biblical characters are in principle the same kind as the provincial people (Bjørnager, 2006). The biblical motifs are also a reflection of his origin; they are distinctly orthodox. Jekatarina Seleznjova states that in her opinion the fundamental question asks in his paintings is "Why are we here?" (Seleznjova, 2007), and thus despite the culturally characteristic motifs Kolkoutine's paintings are supposed to touch something universally human. Kolkoutines paintings are both simple and complicated it is said.

External links

• Homepage of Andrei Kolkoutine
• Homepage of the "Foster Brothers"

References

• Bjørnager, Kjeld: Andrei Kolkoutine: Signs and deeds from the Russian Province. Ganymed Publishers, 2006
• Kolkoutine, Andrej: Pictures from the Russian Province (kartiny russkoj provincii
• Kolkutin, Andrej), Ganymed Publishers, 1997
• Seleznjova, Jekaterina. 'Andrei Kolkoutine', 2007, Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg
• Galerie Moderne: 'Kolkoutine' 2001
• Eveleigh, Romilly. "Postmodern Icon" April 1., 2005

На других языках

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[de] Andrei Kolkutin

Andrei Kolkutin (russisch Андрей Колкутин; * 1957 in Smoljaninowo, Region Primorje) ist ein russischer Maler.

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- [en] Andrei Kolkoutine

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[es] Andréi Kolkutin

Andréi Kolkutin (Del ruso: Андрей Колкутин) (* 1957 en Smoljaninovo, Primorsk en Rusia) es un pintor ruso que vive y trabaja en el norte del Cáucaso. En 1982 tuvo su examen de la Academia Repin de Arte en Leningrado. Sobre todo, Kolkutin hace pinturas de óleo en tela, pero también ha hecho obras gráficas, relieves y esculturas de madera.

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[fr] Andreï Kolkoutine

Andreï Kolkoutine, (né en 1957 en RSFS de Russie) est un peintre russe, diplômé en 1982 de l'Académie d'Art Répine de Léningrad. Kolkoutine habite actuellement à Naltkhik, en République de Kabardino-Balkarie (Fédération de Russie).

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[it] Andrej Kolkutin

Andrej Borisovič Kolkutin (in russo: Андрей Борисович Колкутин?; Smoliàninovo, 1957) è un pittore e scultore russo.

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[ru] Колкутин, Андрей Борисович

Андрей Борисович Колкутин (род. 1957, Приморский край) — российский художник, акварелист.

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