Orlov Boris

Bio

www.borisorlov.ru

1941 was born in Khimki, Moscow Oblast

1966 studied at MVHPU

1975 joined the Union of Artists of the USSR

1976-1986 one of the organizers of regular evenings and one-day exhibitions at the Sculptors Club in the House of Artists on Kuznetsky Most

1987 one of the organizers of the First creative association of Moscow artists

Lives and works in Moscow

Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Art Institute of Chicago Museum, Chicago

Museum fuer Modern Kunst im Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

Ludwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst, Aachen

Ludwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst, Budapest

Collection of Contemporary Sculpture, Seoul Olympic Park, Seoul

The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA

State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Moscow House of Photography, Moscow

Cultural Foundation "Catherine", Moscow

Novy Fund, Moscow

Art4.ru, Moscow

Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

Selected solo exhibitions

1972 One-day exhibition. House of artists on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow

1979 Open door days in the artist’s workshop (together with D. A. Prigov). Moscow

1980 One-day exhibition. House of artists on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow

1986 15 sculptures. Exhibition Hall of the Krasnogvardeisky District (“On Kashirka”), Moscow

1989 Boris Orlov, Dmitry Prigov. Struve Gallery, Chicago, USA

1990 Boris Orlov. Struve Gallery, Chicago, USA

Boris Orlov. Sonsbeek Art Center, Sonsbeek, Netherlands

1991 Death of the gods. Regina Gallery, Moscow

Military Games. Gorchakova-Diethrix Art Studio, New York, USA

1992 Catherine. Regina Gallery, Moscow

1994 Parade of astral bodies. Regina Gallery, Moscow

1995 Farewell anniversary (together with Semyon Faybisovich). Regina Gallery, Moscow

Boris Orlov. Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno, Moscow

1998 Architecture with excesses. Velta Gallery, Moscow

2002 Victory over the sun. Regina Gallery, Moscow

2004 The process. The contours of time. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

Retrospection. XL Gallery, Moscow

2005 Property of the author. 1973-2000. Collectors Club, Moscow

2006 Boris Orlov. Yakut Gallery, Moscow

2008 The host of the earth and the host of heaven. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

2010 Circle of heroes. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Selected group exhibitions

1969 Young Artists Exhibition. Artists’ House at Kuznetsky Most, Moscow

1972 Spring Exhibition. Artists’ House at Kuznetsky Most, Moscow

1981 Nouvelles Tendences de l’Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970–1980. Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France

1987 Retrospection 1957–1987. Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow

1988 Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern

Olympiad of Art. Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul

Glassnost. Kunsthalle, Amden; Galerie Valentine, Stuttgart, FRG

1989 Expensive Art (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow

Jenseits des Streites - Neue Kunst aus Moskau. Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne, Germany

1990 Logic of Paradox. Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow

Towards an Object. Sadovniki Gallery (Krasnogvardeisky district Exhibition Hall), Moscow

Adaptation and Negation of Socialist Realism. Contemporary Soviet Art. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA

1991 In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1992 Sots Art. Lenin Museum, Moscow

1992–1993 a Mosca... a Mosca. Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

1993 Adresse provisoire pour I’art contemporain russe. Musée de la Poste, Paris

Art in Politics. 3rd Minos Beach Art Symposium. Agios Nikolaus, Minos, Greece

1994 Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro

1995 Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957–1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow

1997 III Cetinjski Bienale. Cetinje, Montenegro

1998 It’s the Real Thing. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

1998–1999 Forbidden Art: The Post War Russian Avant-Garde. Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, USA; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, USA

2000 Left, Left, Left Right Left. Russian Avant-Garde of the 1910–1960s. New Hermitage Gallery, Moscow

2001 Piggy Bank. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

2002 The Space of the Object. Museum of Applied and Folk Art, Moscow

2003-2004 Berlin – Moskau / Moskau – Berlin 1950–2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; State Historical Museum, Moscow

2004–2005 Warszawa-Moskwa / Moscow-Warsaw. 1900–2000. Zach˛ eta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

2005 Private Exhibitions. 1956–1979. Museum Centre of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow

Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

Russian Pop Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

2006 ¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain

Planisfero Weltanschauung - Visione del mondo. Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Palermo, Italy

2007 Learning from Moscow. Staedtischen Galerie, Dresden, Germany

Sots Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris

2008 Die totale Aufklärung - Moskauer Konzeptkunst. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Fundación Juan March, Madrid

2008-2009 That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, Italy

Works

Boris Orlov. Imperial Bust (Sailor). 1975. Wood, enamel, plaster, author’s podium. Bust: 87x70x30 cm. Podium: 112x41x41 cm.

Boris Orlov. Bust of the Empress. 1988. Enamel on bronze. 63x46x18 cm.

Boris Orlov. Bust in the triumphal style. 1988. Enamel on bronze. 74x100x26 cm.

Boris Orlov. Formal portrait. Parsuna. 1989. Enamel on wood. 88x112x14 cm.

Boris Orlov. Never Turn Back! 1989. Triptych. Left part. Wood, fiberboard, enamel. 60x120x6 cm.

Boris Orlov. Never Turn Back! 1989. Triptych. Central part. Wood, fiberboard, enamel. 60x120x6 cm.

Boris Orlov. Never Turn Back! 1989. Triptych. Right part. Wood, fiberboard, enamel. 60x120x6 cm.

Boris Orlov. Stalin's empire style. Part 1. 1995. Porcelain. 36x16x9 cm.

Boris Orlov. Stalin's empire style. Part 1. 1995. Porcelain. 40х18х9 cm.

Boris Orlov. Stalin's empire style. Part 1. 1995. Porcelain. 39х18х9 cm.

Boris Orlov. Belisarius (Georgy Zhukov). 2010. Bronze. 68x30x42 cm.

Boris Orlov. Stalin's empire style. Part 1. 1995. Porcelain. 40х16х9 cm.

Boris Orlov. Stalin's empire style. Part 1. 1995. Porcelain. 39х16х9 cm.

Boris Orlov. Bust in style of Rastrelli. 1996. Bronze, enamel. 63х46х18 cm.

Boris Orlov. Pyramid. 2004. Enamel on wood. 153х76х3 cm.

Boris Orlov. From the Alley of heroes series. 1975-1989. Photo paper, black and white printing, enamel. 76,5x61,5 cm.