So the artists i drew were Komar and Melamid. This actually are two artists who work together by the name of Vitaly Komar (born 1943) and Alexander Melamid (born 1945). They are mainly known as graphic artists. Both of these men were born in Moscow, Russia. These men are both Americans, just born in Russia. And this totally interesting to me because im russian, so im automatically drawn to these artists. These two men later moved to Isreal and finally New York. Both of these men describe themselves as not just being artists but being a "movement". They believed their art to be unique and something new and inventive.
These two men founded the movement called 'SotsArt' which is a mixture between soviet pop and conceptual art. they had many exhibitions and finally became widely known in 1976, when they were to host their first international exhibition in New York, but the soviet denied them to leave the country.
the two men even created their own country for a time period that had a constitution and passports. this place was known as "trans-state".
Next throughout the 1970's these two men discovered art "called “Post-Art,” pioneering the use of multi-stylistic images, prefiguring the eclectic combination of styles in post modernism which became popular in the 1980s."
They also established their own company called Komar & Melamid Inc. which "the buying and selling of souls" were accumulated and one of which was Andy Warhols.
"From 1994-1997, the artists worked on the series People’s Choice, whereby they created the “most wanted” and “least wanted” paintings of various countries based on the results of surveys conducted by professional polling companies".
I actually really dig their artwork and movements they came up with. they were very bold in everything they did and did what they wanted to. these two men stop collaborating with one another in 2003, however, their work will continue to viewed and both men forever.
Komar and Melamid were very outgoing and inspirational to many people.
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