Alexander Kosolapov (russian: Александр Семёнович Косолапов) (born January 1, 1943, in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

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) is a Russian-American

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and painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 and has since lived and worked in

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Biography

In the late 1950s Kosolapov attended the school of the Surikov Moscow Art Institute. Amongst his classmates were Leonid Sokov and Alexander Yulikov. After his

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, the artist played a critical role in assisting in the gathering of materials and clandestine distribution of the unofficial Soviet art magazine ''

A-YA ''A-YA'' (''A-JA''), Cyrillic: a-Я — журнал неофициального русского искусства (English: Magazine of Unofficial Russian Art), was an underground Russian art revue. ''A-YA'' was illegally prepared in the So ...

'', edited by fellow Russian emigre Igor Chelkovski. Since his Soviet-era canvases (one of which was displayed in

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in 1982), he has produced more modern works, including Mickey Mouse sharing a conversation with Jesus, Tatlin's Tower leaning away from the clutches of a skeleton, and a Mercedes sporting an onion dome.

Public collections

* The State

Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

, St. Petersburg, Russia * The State

Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

, Moscow, Russia * The

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(MoMA), New York * The

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, New York * The

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, New York * The

Moscow Museum of Modern Art The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to public in December 1999. The project of the museum was initiated and executed by Zurab Tsereteli, president of the Russian Ac ...

(MMoMA), Moscow, Russia * The New York Public Library, New York * The National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia * The ART4.RU Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Moscow, Russia * The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, US * The

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at Duke University, US * The

Mead Art Museum Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead (class of 1867), of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White ...

, Massachusetts, US

References

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Sloane Gallery of Art
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