Leonid Sokov

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Leonid Sokov, Russian artist and sculptor, (Леонид Соков) was born in Mikhalevo in the Tver region, Russia in 1941. Sokov emigrated to the United States in 1980. He lives and works in New York City.

[edit] Education

Sokov graduated from the Stroganov Institute now called the Moscow School of Art and Industry, in 1969.

[edit] Style

Sokov’s oeuvre is closely related to the Sots art movement and he has worked with others in that genre including Dmitry Prigov, Alexander Kosolapov, and Rostislav Lebedev. His compositions are in the Pop style, adapted to Socialist Realism through the use of ideology as an object of consumption.

[edit] References

• Leonid Sokov: Sculptures, Paintings, Objects, Installations, Documents, Articles, Moscow: The State Russian Museum, Palace Editions, 2000. ISBN 3-930775-71-9