Slava Mogutin
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Slava Mogutin (Yaroslav Mogutin, Ярослав Могутин) is a New York-based Russian artist and author whose photographic work has been shown and published worldwide and is compared to other artists like Nan Goldin, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Terry Richardson.
Slava was born on the Soviet Space Day, April 12th, 1974, in Siberia, in the big industrial city of Kemerovo—the Detroit of Russia. As a teenager, Slava moved to Moscow where he began his career as a journalist. By age 21, he had gained both critical acclaim and official condemnation for his outspoken writing. He became the first openly gay personality in the Russian media. Accused of “open and deliberate contempt for the generally accepted moral norms”; “inflaming social, national, and religious division”; “propaganda of brutal violence, psychic pathology, and sexual perversions…” — he was the target of 3 criminal cases, with a possible prison sentence of up to seven years. Forced to leave Russia, he was granted political asylum in the US with the support of Amnesty International and PEN American. Mogutin is the author of 7 books in Russian. He’s the winner of Andrei Bely Prize (2000), one of the most prestigious literary awards in Russia. His poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies in six languages. He is the star of Bruce LaBruce’s art/porn movie Skin Flick and Laura Colella’s independent feature Stay Until Tomorrow. Mogutin took up photography shortly after emigrating. Since 1999, he has been showing his work internationally and has contributed to a wide range of art and fashion publications such as i-D, Butt, Visionaire, Honcho, BlackBook, Playgirl and Stern. In 2005, together with his partner-collaborator Brian Kenny, he formed a multimedia art team SUPERM.
[edit] External links
- Slava Mogutin's Personal Site
- Slava Mogutin's Blog
- Slava Mogutin's videos on YouTube
- Galleri s. e
- Slava Mogutin's Unofficial Russian Site
