birykoff

Alexei Biryukoff

artist based in Western Pennsylvania

277 posts

Nude #2

nude #2

60x60

oil on canvas

2004

This is the second nude i ever painted.

My first solo show with nudes was shut down BECAUSE of this painting. According to the local officials of Barnaul - the Siberian town i was living in at that point considered it pornographic and obscene.

3 years later i sent this work to a group show in Colorado and it was stolen (along with the other two pieces)

BTW - the orange stripe is a tribute of respect to Mark Rothko, which over years grew into a signature thing with me.

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12 years ago

Mother

8x17 feet ( this is the largest piece i ever did so far)

mixed media on paper

Unfortunately this work was lost in a fire at the international Graphics Biennial storage in St Petersburg, Russia.

but Perhaps this fits a piece that was never meant for profit. This show was dedicated to victims of the terror attack in Beslan, Chechnya in 2004.

soБЫТИЕ show

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12 years ago

Earl Gray

35x30 in

oil on canvas

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12 years ago

ink on paper

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12 years ago

Big Enough

mixed media on cardboard

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12 years ago

Performance At The Presence.[exe] Show 2008

performance at the presence.[exe] show 2008

presence.[exe] show

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