Alexey Parygin

Alexey Borisovich Parygin (; born December 2, 1964, in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian artist, philosopher, art historian, art theorist and curator. He is the author of several philosophical art projects, including '' Contemplation of Money'' (1997–2000), '' Art is a Business'' (2000–2015), ''Art in the Forest'' (2000–2005), '' City as an Artist's Subjectivity'' (2019–2020), '' Posturbanism Art Project'' (since 2005).

Biography

Alexey was born in Leningrad 2 December 1964. His father Boris Parygin was a social psychologist. Alexey studied at the graphics faculty of the Herzen University from 1982 to 1989. He organized the art group “Union № 0” in Leningrad in 1986–1989 and created the art squatters’ workshop “ Nevsky-25” in Leningrad in 1987–1990. Joined the Professional Artists’ Union of Russia in 1994. Member of the Bureau of the Graphics Section (since 2019), and member of the Board of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (since 2022).
The Art Critics Association (ACA) member since 2003.
PhD in Art History with the thesis ''Silk Screening as a phenomenon of the 20th Century art'' (2002).

Since the mid—1980s, the artist perfected printed graphic technics of serigraphy, linocut, woodcut, lithography, cardboard engraving and collagraphy).
The artist's works are in many museum collections in Russia (State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia) and the world.
The artist lives and makes art in his workshop at the Benois House (St. Petersburg, Russia).

The nature of creativity

In 1980-1990 Parygin concentrated on easel oil painting outside and using models at the studio, experimented with various paint foundations such as canvas, plywood, glass and other media and used texture and relief techniques.

From Aleksandr Kamensky’s article (1988):

From Mikhail German’s article (1991):

From the middle of the 90-ies the artist’s main studies subject matter and experiments became signs and sign systems as communicative link of the contemporary society. From 1997 the artist created a series of extended multimedia projects '' Contemplation of Money'', '' Art is a Business'', ''Art in the Forest''.

From Nikolay Blagodatov, Nikolay Blagodatov's article (2002):

Since 2000, Parygin has been developing the utopian concept of the form of art after the death of art—'' Posturbanism Art Project'' / ''PostUrbanism''.

Artist's books

Since 1989, Parygin has been contributing to artist's books. His first editions featured visual series of the author's poetic text: ''Pesok'' (''The Sand''). Leningrad. 1989; Circulation—5 numbered and signed copies; ''Tsvetnye zvuki'' (Colored Sounds, ''The Coloured Sounds''). Leningrad. 1989. Circulation—5 numbered and signed copies; ''Zelenaia kniga'' (''The Green Book''). Leningrad. 1989. Circulation—6 numbered and signed copies; ''Moia mansarda'' (''My Attic''). Leningrad. 1990. Circulation—6 numbered and signed copies. And the artist’s book ''Krasnye karliki'' (''The Red Dwarfs''). Saint Petersburg. 1990. Circulation—8 numbered and signed copies.

From Elena Grigoryants, Elena Grigoryant’s article (2019):

Spanning for three decades of featured art works the legacy holds about forty unique book objects. In the past decade the artist has participated several major group art editions: ''Metamorphosis''. LS Collection Van Abbemuseum. 2013; ''Mayakovsky-Manifesto''. St. Petersburg. 2014. ''Strannik Gumilëv'' (''Wanderer Gumilyov''). 2016; ''Jubilaeus''. LS Collection Van Abbemuseum. 2018; ''Russkiy bukvar (''Russian Alphabet book''). M. 2018; ''Poeziya neizvestnykh slov: Variatsii v kirillitse'' (''Poetry of Unknown Words: Variations in the Cyrillic alphabet''). M. 2019.

Museum collections

* British Library. (London).
* J. Paul Getty Museum. Getty Research Institute. (Los Angeles).
* Princeton University Library. Rare Books and Special Collections Dept. (New Jersey).
* Van Abbemuseum. Russian book art collection LS (Albert Lemmens & Serge Stommels). (Eindhoven).
* Saxon State and University Library Dresden. (Dresden).
* University of Hamburg, Hamburg State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky. (Hamburg).
* National Museum, Warsaw. Cabinet of modern graphics and drawings. (Warsaw).
* A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts. Graphics collection. (Almaty).
* Library of Catalonia. Prints and Drawings Collection. (Barcelona).
* National Library of Latvia. Prints and Drawings Collection. (Riga).
* Latvian National Museum of Art. Arsenal/ Artist's Book Foundation. Science library. (Riga).
* Deering Library. Northwestern University. Artist Book Foundation. (Evanston, Illinois).
* Chapin Library. Artist's Book Foundation. (Williamstown, Massachusetts).
* Kumu (museum), Kumu. Science Library. Tallinn.
* Luciano Benetton Collection Imago Mundi. Gallerie delle Prigioni. (Treviso).
* Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum. Mexico City.
* Museo de la Acuarela. (Toluca).
* Archivio di Comunicazione Visiva e Libri d’Artista. (Sicily).
* Mezinárodní portrétní galerie. (Tuzla).
* Остен музеј на цртеж. Skopje.
* Hermitage Museum. Hermitage Academic Library/ Rare Books and Manuscripts Sector. (St. Petersburg).
* Pushkin Museum. Science Library/ Rare Books Dept. (Moscow).
* Russian Museum. Department of engraving XVIII-XXI centuries. The contemporary photography sector; GRM Science Library/ Rare Books Sector (St. Petersburg).
* National Library of Russia. Department of Prints (St. Petersburg).
* Russian State Library. Department of Prints/ Artist's Book Foundation (Moscow).
* Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Rare Book Sector (St. Petersburg).
* Research Library of the Russian Academy of Arts. Rare Book Sector (St. Petersburg).
* Museum of Art of St. Petersburg of the 20th and 21st centuries. Saint Petersburg Manege. (St. Petersburg).
* Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. Library/ Artist's Books Sector. (Moscow).
* State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg. (St. Petersburg).
* Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum. (St. Petersburg).
* Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. (St. Petersburg).
* The Museum Complex The Universe of Water. (St. Petersburg).
* Peterhof State Museum-Reserve/ Benoit Family Museum. Russia.
* The Mayakovsky State Museum. (Moscow).
* ROSIZO, The State Museum and Exhibition Center "ROSISO. Graphics collection. (Moscow).
* Russian State Library of Arts. (Moscow).
* State Darwin Museum. Graphics. (Moscow).
* State Fine Arts Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan. Graphics collection. (Kazan).
* Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts named after I. Mashkov. (Volgograd).
* P. M. Dogadin Astrakhan State Art Gallery. (Astrakhan).
* Bashkir Nesterov Art Museum. Graphics collection. (Ufa).
* Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics. (Kaluga).
* Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts named after P. S. Gamzatova. (Makhachkala).
* Murmansk Regional Art Museum. Graphics collection. (Murmansk).
* Contemporary Fine Art Museum on Dimitrovsky Street. (Rostov on Don).
* Omsk Vrubel Museum of Fine Arts. Graphics collection. (Omsk).
* Liberov Center State Regional Art Museum. (Omsk).
* Lipetsk Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts. (Lipetsk).
* Krasnodar Kovalenko Art Museum. Graphics collection. (Krasnodar).
* Elabuz State Museum Reserve. Contemporary Graphics Foundation. (Elabuga).

Exhibitions

Since 1986, the artist participated in more than 250 exhibitions held in Russia (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Rostov-on-Donn, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaluga, Arkhangelsk, Saratov, etc.).
The artist exhibited in the Netherlands in Groningen, Eindhoven; Germany in Kiel, Hamburg, Aachen; Italy in Naples, Rome, Caltanissetta; Spain in Bilbao; Montenegro in Bar, Montenegro, Bar; Latvia in Riga; Poland in Warsaw; China in Beijing; Mexico in Mexico City; India; Brazil in Bagé; Guatemala in San Pedro Carchá; Ethiopia in Addis Ababa and others.

Group projects

The artist participated in international art projects, festivals and open-air exhibits: “Kubachi Tower” (Kubachi (urban-type settlement), Kubachi, Amuzgi, Makhachkala / Dagestan, 2022); “Artisterium XII” (Kutaisi, Tbilisi/ Georgia (country), Georgia, 2019); “Museum for Friends” (Lipetsk/ Russia, 2019); "Clouds" (Art-village Witland. Vistula Spit, 2018); “Printed Graphics” (Kazan, Sviyazhsk/ Tatarstan, 2016); “Crna Gora u o'ima ruskih slikara” (Bar, Montenegro, Bar/ Montenegro, 2012); “Warszawa w budowie — architektura XXI w malarstwie (Warsaw/ Poland, September 16–26, 2011) and others.

Principal Artist, Printmaking Studio, Timofey Markov Publishing House, St. Petersburg (2012-2014).
The artist worked on several joint publishing projects with Georgy Kovenchuk.

Solo exhibitions

* PostUrbanJazz.—JFC Jazz Club. Saint Petersburg. December 22, 2023—February 22, 2024.
* Posturbanism: Back to the Future. Alexey Parygin. Engravings, art objects, collection.—Book Graphics Library. Saint Petersburg. March 16—April 16, 2023.
* Parygin & Andrey Korolchuk, Korolchuk (painting, graphics).—Russian Museum, Lecture Hall. Saint Petersburg. November 30—December 31, 1991.

Group exhibitions

* Non Stop Jazz / Valery Mishin, Alexey Parygin, Yuri Shtapakov (graphics, art objects). Borey Art Center. Saint Petersburg. May 3—24, 2025.
* BureauGraphics. Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. Saint Petersburg. March 11—23, 2025.
* Chinese-Russian exhibition / The 3rd Jinan International Biennale 'The Age of Human Wisdom'. Shandong Art Museum. Jinan. China. December 20–26, 2024.
* Kazan International Printmaking Triennale „Rider“ 2024. The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan. October 3, 2024–January 19, 2025.
* Da(r)shak: A Decade of IPEP. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. Chandigarh. February 12–April 30, 2024.
* Contemporary Artist's Book. National Library of Russia. Department of Prints and Photographs. Saint Petersburg. December 4, 2023–February 28, 2024.
* Da(r)shak: A Decade of Printmaking & Viewership. Bihar Museum. Patna. 2023.
* Nuovi corpi nuove forme, Libri d’Artisti. Libri Oggetto (Dalla collezione Archivio di Comunicazione Visiva e Libri d’Artista). Galleria Civica d'Arte di Palazzo Moncada. Caltanissetta. 2022.
* 5ª Bienal Internacional de Gravura „Lívio Abramo“. Casa da Cultura Luiz Antonio Marinez Corrêa. Araraquara. 2018—2019.
* OSTEN Biennial of Drawing. National Gallery (North Macedonia), National Gallery of Macedonia—Chifte Hammam. Skopje. North Macedonia. 2018.
* E’CARTA Mini carte contemporanee. MAiO Museo dell’Arte in Ostaggio e delle grafiche visionarie. Cassina de' Pecchi. 2018.
* Il PIACERE NEI LIBRI rassegna di arte erotica dagli ex libris ai libri d’artista. Castel Nuovo. Naples. 2018.
* Sculture da Viaggio — omaggio a Bruno Munari. Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Caltanissetta. Caltanissetta. 2017.
* Die Verwandlung. 25 Jahre russische Künstlerbücher. Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg. Hamburg. 2013—2014.
* Latvijas Nacionālās bibliotēkas grafikas jaunieguvumi (gravīras, grāmatu plates, zīmējumi): 2010—2011. National Library of Latvia. Riga. 2012.
* V Bienal Internacional de la Acurela. Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum. Mexico City. 2002, November—2003, February.
* Равноденствие. Gallery Nevsky 20. Leningrad. 1991, June 22—July 22.
* Молодежная выставка. Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta. Leningrad. 1990, June.
* Без жури. Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta. Leningrad. 1989, April.
* Ленинград, история, люди (молодежная республиканская выставка). Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta. Leningrad. 1988, June 10—July 10.

Teaching

Teaching work since 1988.

Taught courses:
Drawing at the Department of Graphics and Sculptures Herzen University (2020–2021). Color science, printed graphics, research at the Department of Graphic Design at Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design (2018–2019). He taught layout, the basics of composition, and the foundations of sculpture at the Institute of Landscape Architecture Saint-Petersburg State Forestry University (2017–2019). Painting course and drawing course at the Department of Interior Design/ Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design (2003–2012), for which the concept of learning and working programs of the 1st in the 4th course was developed; painting course at the Design School, St. Petersburg, (2004–2009). Author's course Basics of examination of graphic works of art at the Department of Art Studies of St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, the management of diploma works (1995–2001).

Bibliography

Texts by A. Parygin

Among the priority scientific interests of A. B. Parygin is the history of the techniques of the author's printed graphics, first of all—silk screening. Issues of the primacy of using silkscreen as an art technique; Regional schools and an early history of the process; The chronology and geography of its spread in the world; the interconnection of the latest currents and technological innovations in art. Silkscreen in the art of the United States and Canada and Cuba (1920-60s), in European art: Germany, England, France, Finland (1930-60s) and the USSR. Parygin is the author of Russia's first fundamental art research on the history and phenomenology of creative silk screening. The results are published in two monographs (2009, 2010).

Parygin is the author of Russia's first fundamental art research on the history and phenomenology of creative silk screening . The results are published in two monographs (2009, 2010). The author of more than 100 articles on the history of graphics and contemporary art, including the artists of St. Petersburg (N.F. Lapshin, O.A. Lyagachev, Yu.K. Lyukshin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, A. I. Kuindzhi, Vladimir Konashevich, V.M. Konashevich, Andrey Korolchuk, A.A. Korolchuk, M.A. Kopylkove, N.I. Kofanove, B.N. Koshelokhov, Georgy Kovenchuk, G.V. Kovenchuk, A.V. Kaplun, L.K. Kazbekove, T.S. Kerner and others) for the German academic directory Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL).

Monographs

* Parygin A.B. The Art of Silk Screening. The 20th century. History, Phenomenology, Techniques, Names.—St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, ST. Petersburg GUTD, 2010.—304 pp.
* Parygin A.B. Silk Screening As Art. Techniques, History, Phenomenology, Artists.—St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, ST. Petersburg GUTD, 2009.—261 pp.

Publications by A. Parygin

* Parygin Alexey A City as an Artist's Subjectivity
Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023
Edited by Sarah Bodman.—Bristol: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research). University of the West of England, Bristol, University of the West of England, 2022. 292 pp.
* Parygin A. B
Постурбанизм как гипотеза
—St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. P. 255-259. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B
Созерцание денег (авторский комментарий к проекту)
—St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. P. 260-265. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B
Искусство — это бизнес (авторский комментарий к проекту)
—St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. P. 248-254. (RUS)
* Parygin Alexey "A City as the Artist's Subjectivity" is an Artist is a large Russian project in the livre d'artiste format // Book Arts Newsletter. No. 140. Bristol: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research). University of the West of England, Bristol, University of the West of England, 2021, July—August. P. 46-48. ISSN 1754-9086
* Parygin A. B. A City as an Artist’s Subjective Space / City as Artist's subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Ekaterina Klimova (art historian), Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Elena Grigoryants, Grigoryants E.I., Nikolay Blagodatov, Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — SPb: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. 128 pp. P. 5.
* Parygin A.B. Printed graphics between "yesterday" and "tomorrow" / Vs. Art. catalogue of "Printed Graphics of St. Petersburg Artists." St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, SPb SH. 2020. 192 pp. P. 3–8. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. Posturbanism as a concept of the future // St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 53, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2019. P. 236–238. (RUS)
* Paryguine А. Idée et Manifeste [Posturbanisme] // Revue Trakt. Nu. 6; Juin 2018.—Paris. pp. 26–28. (French)
* Parygin A. B. Artist's Book as an art form / "The Art of Printed Graphics: History and Modernity." In Sat. Articles on the materials of the scientific conference Fourth Kazan Art Studies Readings November 19–20, 2015. Kazan: GMAI RT, 2015. P. 75–78, il. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. Ljukšin, Jurij, Ljagačev, Oleg // Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Band 85, 2015. 540 pp. (German)
* Parygin A. B. Lapšin, Nikolaj; Kuindži, Archip // Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Band 82 — 2014, 539 pp. (German)
* Parygin A. B. Konasevic, Vladimir; Korolcuk, Andrej; Kopylkov, Mikhail; Kofanov, Nikolaj // Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Volume 81, 2013. 540 pp. (German)
* Parygin A. The Bedbug—2013. P. 140-165 / In the book: Georgy Kovenchuk (Gaga) draws "The Bedbug" (book-album) // Kovenchuk G., Borovsky A.—St. Petersburg, SPb: T. Markov Publishing House.—2013, 160 pp. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. Koselochov, Boris; Kovencuk, Georgij; Kovalskij, Sergei // Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Volume 80, 2013. 540 p. (German)
* Parygin A. B. The birth of Russian silk screening / Ural art and museum business: experience, problems, perspectives. Sat. Mat. Conf. All-Russian art readings of B. V. Pavlovsky's memory. EMIYA, 2011. Yekaterinburg. 2013. pp. 194–198. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. Moscow silkscreen 1950-2010 // Design. Materials. Technology. No 3 (28), St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, SPb GUTD, 2013. P. 77–82, Il. 1. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. Kabacek, Leonid; Kacnelson, Grigory; Kaplun, Adrian; Kazbekov, Latif; Kerner, Tatjana // Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Volume 79, 2013. 535 pp. (German)
* Parygin A. B. Canadian Silk-Screen Project. (1942-1963) // St. Petersburg Art Notebooks, # 26, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2013. P. 228–230. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. Silk Screening in the Art of Post-War Germany // Design. Materials. Technology. No 2 (22), St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, SPb GUTD, 2012. P. 66-72, Il. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. The Picturesque Avant-garde of the XX century as a School // St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, SPb GUTD, 2012. Series 3. No 1, St. Petersburg: SPb GUTD, 2012. pp. 88–92, Il. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. The First Steps of Creative Silk Screening in Russia // Design. Materials. Technology. No 2 (17), St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, SPb GUTD, 2011. P. 74-78, il. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. Course of painting and drawing at the Interior Department // St. Petersburg Art Notebooks, # 21, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2011. P. 181-190. (RUS)
* Parygin A. B. The First Steps of Creative Silk Screening (serigraphy) in Europe // Design. Materials. Technology. No 3 (14), St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, SPb GUTD, 2010. P. 114-116, Il. (RUS)

Public lectures

* ‘Subjective City as a Project (Printmaking and Artist’s Books)‘. The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan. 2024, October 4. 1-2.30 p.m
* ‘Subjective City as a Project‘. Vologda. 2024, July 13. 2-3.30 p.m
* ‘Manifesto as a Book‘. Book Graphics Library. Saint Petersburg. 2024, May 18. 9.45-10.45 p.m
* ‘Fundamentals of Printmaking Examination and a Short Course in the History of Engraving from its Appearance to the Present Day‘. Express course for artists of Goznak. Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg. 2024, April 3, 4, 5. 1-3 p.m
* ‘The Artist About the Artist’s Books. From Z to A‘. National Library of Russia. Department of Prints and Photographs. Saint Petersburg. 2024, February 13. 6-7 p.m.
* ‘Posturbanism: yesterday, today, tomorrow‘. Library of book graphics. Saint Petersburg. 2023, April 1. 5-6.30 p.m. (As part of a personal exhibition).
* Five lectures: ‘The Artist's Book in the Department of Prints NLR Russian‘. National Library of Russia. Department of Prints and Photographs. Saint Petersburg. 2023, February 2, February 9, February 16, March 2, March 7. 7-8.40 p.m.
* Five lectures: ‘Pleasure accessible to many. History of Prints‘ for the lecture hall of the Russian Museum. Mikhailovsky Castle. Saint Petersburg. 2022, September 29, October 13, November 10, December 15, December 29. 7-9 p.m.
* ‘The Artist's Book: Torment and Ecstasy‘ for Lobachevsky Lab. N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod. 2022, September 22. 6-8 p.m.
* ‘Post Urbanism as the Concept of the Future‘. David Kakabadze Kutaisi Fine Art Gallery. Kutaisi. 2019, June 15, Saturday. 3-4 p.m. (As part of the art festival “Artisterium XII”).

Interview

* Алексей Парыгин. Постурбанизм: знаки в пространстве идей.—Interview with Elena Grigoryants // Авансцена. 2023 (11), December, No. 3, 4. P. 148-155. Circulation–2000 copies.

Возвращение к истокам
Lana Konokotina. NTV (Russia), NTV—St. Petersburg. "Today in St. Petersburg". March 16, 2023 19:30.

„Россия докатилась до новой этики“: художник Парыгин назвал жалобы на „обнажёнку“ в Эрмитаже декларацией варварства
Interview with artist Alexey Parygin. Rosbalt. 2021, April 8. 19:05.

Российские художники рассказали истории о любви и ненависти к городам
Lana Konokotina. NTV (Russia), NTV—St. Petersburg. "Today in St. Petersburg". October 23, 2020. 19:30.

Critique

* Tatyana Danilyants, Danilyants T. Communicative strategies of the "artist's book" (Based on the work of Alexey Parygin) /
Сборник материалов тринадцатой научно-практической конференции «Трауготовские чтения 2022»
/ ed. A. K. Kononov.—St. Petersburg: BKG, 2024. 424 pp. 334-343. (RUS)
* Pavlovsky A. S. Designing yourself: About the first books of Alexei Parygin // Сборник материалов двенадцатой научно-практической конференции «Трауготовские чтения 2022» / ed. A. K. Kononova.—St. Petersburg: BKG, 2023. 360 pp. pp. 153–160.
* Klimova Ek. A City as a Book
Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023. Edited by Sarah Bodman
—Bristol: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research). University of the West of England. 2022. 292 pp.
* Wilkins, Caroline A vocal journey through the language of zaum // Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. Volume 4, Number 1, 1 April 2019, pp. 85–99 (15)
* Elena Grigoryants, Grigoryants El. Absorbing the Futurist heritage: Vasily Vlasov and Alexey Parygin
The Futurist Tradition in Contemporary Russian Artists’
Books // International Yearbook of Futurism Studies / Special Issue on Russian Futurism. Ed. by Günter Berghaus.—Berlin & Boston: Walter de Gruyter. Vol. 9. 2019, 520 p. pp. 269–296.
* Nikolay Blagodatov, Blagodatov N. Art is a search, search is an art.—Neva (magazine), Neva, No. 2, 2002. P. 253—255. (RUS)
* Elena Grigoryants, Grigoryants E. I. Images by Alexei Parygin // St. Petersburg Panorama, 1993, No. 3. P. 11. (RUS)
* Zhavoronkova S. M. Two artists are two worlds.—The Evening Petersburg, 1991, December 20. (RUS).
* Gorskaya M. In the hour of the equinox.—Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti, Leningradskaya Pravda, 1991, June 26. (RUS)
* Aleksandr Kamensky, Kamensky A. A
Что значит быть современным? Ответ на этот вопрос ищут молодые художники
(Review of two youth Leningrad's and Moscow's art exhibitions) // Pravda, 1988, September 9. (RUS)

Exhibition catalogs

* Posturbanism: Back to the Future. Alexey Parygin. Engravings, art objects, collection. Authors of the articles: Konokotina L., Kononikhin N. St. Petersburg: BKG. 2023. 24 pp. (RUS)
* Kolekcija. Iespiedgrafika Latvijas Nacionālās bibliotēkas Mākslas krājumā/ Mākslas krājumā. Dmitrijs Zinovjevs, Mārtiņš Mintaurs, Anda Boluža. Riga, Rīga: National Library of Latvia. 2022. 230 lpp.
* Imago Mundi/ Beyond the Black square. Contemporary Artists from St. Petersburg. Texts: Luciano Benetton, Liliana Malta, Gleb Ershov. Treviso: Antiga Edizioni, 2021. 480 pp. P. 308-309.
* III Международная триеннале современной графики в Новосибирске. Новосибирский государственный художественный музей. Novosibirsk: Изд-й дом «Вояж». 2021. 276 с.
* Second International Print Biennale (07.09—07.11.2019). Yerevan. 2021. С. 357.
* A City as an Artist’s Subjective Space. Групповой проект в формате книги художника/ Каталог. Авт. вст. статей: Парыгин А. Б., Марков Т. А., Климова Е. Д., Боровский А. Д., Северюхин Д. Я., Григорьянц Е. И., Nikolay Blagodatov, Благодатов Н. И. Под общей редакцией Парыгина А. Б. Saint Petersburg: Изд. Т. Маркова. 2020. 128 с.
* The Looking Glass and Through It. International art project. Catalog / Зеркала и зазеркалье. Международный выставочный проект. Каталог. МИСП. Авт. вст. статей: Толстая О., Шакирова Л., Пацюков В., Ипполитов А. Saint Petersburg: НП-Принт. 2020. 208 с.
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