Igor Moukhin
Igor Vladimirovich Moukhin (Russian: И́горь Влади́мирович Му́хин; born 19 November 1961, Moscow, USSR), is a Soviet and Russian photographer.
Biography
After graduating from college, Igor worked in a project institute. From 1985 to 1986 he attended classes at the studio of prominent Moscow photographer Alexander Lapin. He later spent several years working with samizdat rock musicians.
In 1987, he had his first personal exhibition at the Moscow State University.
Since 1989, he has been working as an independent photographer.
Moukhin is known for his photographs of Soviet rock musicians of the perestroika period, including Viktor Tsoi, Boris Grebenshikov, Petr Mamonov, among others.
He worked on the following projects:
- «the Soviet monuments».
- «the Soviet bench».
- «Fragments of evident propaganda».
- «the Soviet children's playgrounds» and others.
- «Night Moscow».
- «Girls».
- Moscow in Winter: «Heavy breath of winter».
- «the Province. The Nizhniy Novgorod vacation»
Some of the photographs from these projects were shown at the Tretyakov gallery and La Maison Rouge in Paris in 2007.
In the mid-1990s, he worked on documentary projects about Moscow and provincial Russia.
In 1996, he was a guest speaker at the international festival InterFoto in Moscow.
In 1999, he received a grant from the Paris Mayor’s office to work on a project titled “Lovers in Paris” sponsored by F.N.A.C. (Fonds national d'art contemporain) and the French Committee to commemorate the year 2000.
Igor Mukhin usually uses rangefinder cameras including the Leica M6 and black and white films.
His work has been published in many Russian magazines and in foreign editions such as the Rolling Stone, GEO, Elle, Vogue, Le Monde, Libération, Esquire, and Time among others.
Monographs
- 2005 Igor Moukhin, «Born in the SSSR», text by Ekaterina Degot and Steve Yates, Publisher: L. Gusev, Moscow
- 2004 «Igor Moukhin». Text by A. D. Coleman. Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA [1]
- 2004 Igor Moukhin «Wien Вена Vienna». Text by Peter Weiermair, Константин Бохоров. Вена, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
- 2000 «Igor Moukhine», Texte de Olga Sviblova, Carre Noir, Paris/Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
- 1998 Igor Moukhin «Avoir 20 ans a Moscou»'. Texte de G.Saffrais, Editions Alternatives, Paris ISBN 2862271705 [2]
Selected personal exhibitions
- 2008 «Igor Moukhin», Stockholm International Fairs, Sweden
- 2008 «Igor Moukhin», CM ART, Paris
- 2004 «I.Moukhin. Contemporary Russian Photography». The Camera Obskura Gallery, Denver, USA
- 2004 «I.Moukhin: Visions of Contemporary Russia». Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
- 2004 «Generation next». Auditorium parco della musica. Festival Russo, Rome
- 2003 «Contemporary Moscow Photography». Anahita Gallery, Santa Fe, USA [3]
- 2003 «Wien — Moscow». Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
- 2003 «Moskauer Jugent im 3. Jahrtausent». Moskauer Tage in Berlin, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
- 2002 «Moscou — Paris». Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russian Museum(2003)
- 2002 «Moscow». International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
- 2001 «Москва Light». Moscow
- 2000 «La jeunesse a Paris». (Mois de la photo a Paris 2000), Galerie Carre Noir, Paris.
- 1999 «Igor Moukhin». Galerie Carre Noir, Paris, France
- 1998 «Moscou la Jenne». Bibliothèque Elsa-Triolet, Pantin, France
- 1997 «Soviet Epoch: Benches and Monuments». Photohouse, Riga, Latvia
- 1996 «Life in the City». Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia
- 1995 «Vision of Russia». Naarden Fotofestival, Grote Kerk, Naarden, Netherlands
Group exhibitions
- 2010 «The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today». Museum of Modern Art [4]
- 2010 «Photographie de la nouvelle Russie 1990-2010». Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris 2010 [5]
- 2007 «Sots Art. Political Art in Russia from 1972 to today». Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, La Maison Rouge, Paris [6]
- 2002 «Давай! Russian Art now». Postfuhramt, Berlin; travelling MAK, Wien [7]
- 2002 «Idea Photographic: After Modernism». Museum of Fine Arts, New Mexico [8]
- 1999 «After the wall». Moderna Museet, Stockholm; The Ludwig Museum, Budapest; National Galleries im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- 1998 «Photography from the collection». The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- 1997 «From the collection». Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris
- 1991 «Changing Reality». The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D. C
References
- «PRIVATE - International review of photographs» #35 (winter 2006-07) Italy [9]
- «Young at Heart» Alexander Osipovich «The Moscow Times», August 19, 2005
- «I.Moukhin». B. Text by A. D. Coleman. Hatton Gallery, CSU, Fort Collins, 2005 [10]
- Teri Thomson Randall. «Photos from Moscow Igor Moukhin». «Pasatiempo. The New Mexicans Weekly Magazine of Arts», April 18–24, 2003 г. p. 46-47
- Matthias Echterhagen. «Zwischen Hast und Stillstand». газета «Die Tageszeitung» 09.07.2003
- Olga Gourko. «The Desire to be Seen». «Aperture». USA, 2002, № 167, p. 68–69
- Michel Guerrin. «Portraits de villes, portraits de soi». «Le Monde». 1999, 1 Mars
- «Russia in Focus» Howie Movshovitz,«The Denver Post» August 11, 1997
- Art Journal, 1994 Vol. 53 #2 USA
- «Spring Benches at the XL Gallery» Olga Listsova. «The Moscow Tribune» 1994
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1961-11-19 |
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Moscow, Soviet Union |
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