Professor of Art History

Born in Moscow. Art historian, museologist, specialist in information technology. Graduated from Historical faculty, Art History department, Moscow State University. Occupied in theory and history of the primitive art since his student years at the University. From 1979 till 1997 worked at the State Tretyakov gallery, was a curator of numerous exhibitions, including "Primitive Art in Russia. XVIII - XIX centuries. Icon painting. Painting. Graphics" (1995). Since 1997 working in the Laboratory of Museum Projects at the Russian Institute for Cultural Research, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and Russian Academy of Science.
Author of more than 50 publications on Russian art of the XVIII - XX centuries, museology and information technology in museums.





Main publications on the primitive and naive arts

1. Portrety Grigoriya Ostrovskogo // Iskusstvo. 1979. N 12
2. O russkom provincial'nom portrete vtoroy poloviny XVIII veka // Iskusstvo. 1982. N 4
3. Zhivopisny portret vtoroy poloviny XVIII veka v kul'ture russkoy usad'by // Russkaya hudozhestvennaya kul'tura XVIII veka i inostrannye mastera: Abstract of the paper. M., 1982
4. Portretnaya galereya v russkoy provincii vtoroy poloviny XVIII veka // Iskusstvo. 1984. N 4
5. Portretnaya zhivopis' v Amerike i Rossii i problema primitiva // Iskusstvo. 1989. N 5
6. Poetika provincial'nogo portreta // Istoriya i kul'tura Rostovskoy zemli: Abstract of the paper / Rostovo-Yaroslavsky muzey-zapovednik. Rostov, 1991
7. Tipologiya primitiva (Rossiya XVIII - XIX vv.). Postanovka problemy // Primitiv v iskusstve: grani problemy. M., 1992 (Partly reprinted in: Prostranstvo primitiva // Dekorativnoe iskusstvo. 1993. N 1-2)
8. Portretnaya zhivopis' v russkoy usad'be (na primere yaroslavskogo imeniya grafov Musinyh-Pushkinyh) // Istoriya i kul'tura Rostovskoy zemli. 1992: [Materialy nauchnoy konferencii] / Rostovo-Yaroslavsky muzey-zapovednik. Rostov, 1993
9. Epokha Prosveshcheniya i iskusstvo portreta v russkoy provincii // Kul'tura epokhi Prosveshcheniya. M., 1993
10. Russky portret vtoroy poloviny XVIII veka i problema stilya // Russky klassicizm. M., 1994
11. Poetika provincial'nogo portreta // Barokko v Rossii. M., 1994
12. Russky lubok i problema primitiva // Primitiv v izobrazitel'nom iskusstve: Materialy vserossiiskoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferencii / Gos. Rossiisky dom narodnogo tvorchestva. M., 1994
13. Famil'nye portrety iz imeniya Tihvino-Nikol'skoe (Rybinsky uezd Yaroslavskoy gubernii) // Hudozhestvennaya kul'tura russkoy usad'by. M., 1994
14. Russky lubok i problema primitiva // Primitiv v izobrazitel'nom iskusstve: Materialy vserossiiskoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferencii / Gos. Rossiisky dom narodnogo tvorchestva. M., 1994
15. Kupechesky portret: istoki, stanovlenie, istoricheskaya sud'ba // Trudy GIM. Narodnoe iskusstvo Rossii: Traditsiya i stil'. M., 1995
16. Zhivopisnoe ubranstvo inter'era v russkoy provincii vtoroy poloviny XVIII - pervoy poloviny XIX veka: Opyt rekonstruktsii // Voprosy iskusstvoznaniya. 1995. N 1-2
17. Primitiv v Rossii // Primitiv v Rossii. XVIII - XIX vek: Ikonopis'. Zhivopis'. Grafika: Katalog vystavki. M., 1995. (Partly reprinted in: Primitiv v Rossii XVIII - XIX stoletiy [Nauka o kul'ture: Itogi i perspektivy. Nauchno-informacionny sbornik. Vyp. 1]. M., 1996).
18. Usadebny portret // Primitiv v Rossii. XVIII - XIX vek: Ikonopis'. Zhivopis'. Grafika: Katalog vystavki. M., 1995
19. "Okhota k malevaniyu kraskami" // Rossiya. 1996. N 8
20. Vstupitel'naya stat'ya k sborniku // Primitiv v Rossii XVIII - XIX stoletiy [Nauka o kul'ture: Itogi i perspektivy. Nauchno-informacionny sbornik. Vyp. 1]. M., 1996
21. Primitiv - provincializm - diletantizm // Hudozhestvenny primitiv: estetika i iskusstvo: Materialy nauchnoy konferencii (1995). M., 1996
22. Primitiv v Rossii XVIII - XIX stoletiy kak problema istorii iskusstva // Primitiv v izobrazitel'nom iskusstve: Materialy nauchnoy konferencii. 1995 / Gos. Tretyakovskaya galereya. M., 1997
23. Kopiinoe proizvedenie v usadebnoy portretnoy galeree // Pinakoteka, 1998. N 5
24. Kopirovanie kak akt svobodnogo formotvorchestva. Naivnye i lyubitel'skie kopii s klassicheskih proizvedeniy // Problema kopirovaniya v evropeiskom iskusstve: Materialy nauchnoy konferencii / GII; NIITII. M., 1998
25. "Tshchaniem i userdiem...": Primitiv v Rossii XVIII - serediny XIX veka. M., 1998


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