Vladimir Dubossarsky
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Vladimir Dubossarsky (Russian: Владимир Дубоссарский) (1964) — a Russian painter working in pop art genre. Since 1994 he performs in an art duet with Alexander Vinogradov. Both live and work in Moscow, Russia (former soviet union). In the early part of their career together they adopted the style of socialist realism, an officially sanctioned art practice under the soviet regime. Their early works resembled posters for none existent thrillers and sleazy porn flicks. They worked with their idea of social order, laborer's, collective farmers etc. and put a modern twist on an outdated practice. Their result was a collection of idea's and themes that would make socialistic fantasies visible to the viewer. In 2001, Dubosarsky and Vinogradov made a transition from the socialist fantasy to the ideals of mass media. Total Painting(2001) created a large scale image of mass culture from around the world borrowing ideas from advertising and mainstream media. Our Best World(2003) created a common ground for pop stars such as Sylvester Stallone, spider man, Barbie, Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marilyn Monroe, and even Picasso. The Underwater World(2002) was made for the Russian pavilion for the 50th Venice Biennale. The piece references ideas gathered from pop images such as mail order catalog's, and heroes in contemporary advertising. In the end Duborsarky and Vinogradov have found a place in art that sits between the space of soviet culture, capitalist culture, consumption and a society that is striving to digest as much worldly culture as possible; instead of creating their own.
