Sergey Shnurov - paintings in the style of brand realism

Sergei Shnurov - personality scandalous and insanely popular in recent times. Together with the group "Leningrad" he releases hits, his ambiguous clips are watched by millions, and every third croons sing songs. Who would have thought that Sergei Shnurov painting wrote?

Childhood and Youth of the Cord

The leader of the group "Leningrad" was born and raised in St. Petersburg in the family of engineers. From an early age, Shnurov was a fan of the coryphaeuses of Russian rock - Shevchuk, the groups "Kino", "The Secret", "Zero", and later became a fan of Western rock musicians. After school, Sergei Shnurov entered the engineering and construction institute in his hometown, but did not finish it. In the early 90's he studied at the Art Restoration Lyceum and in the theological seminary. After graduation he changed professions: he was a keeper in the kindergarten, he made fencing for the graves, which he liked very much, he was a designer in an advertising agency and a PR director at a St. Petersburg radio station.

Musical creativity

From the beginning of the 90s Sergey Shnurov started working on music projects. His first band, created in 1991, was called "Alkorepitsa" and performed songs in the style of hardcore rap. A few years later the collective disintegrated, but a new one appeared - "Van Gogh's Ear", whose style resembled electronic pop music.

The group "Leningrad" was born in 1997. It all started with a joke - friends just got ready to play on different instruments. Suddenly, it turned out to be fun and hooligan, and after the first concert in the club the band was a success. In the group at different times there were from 8 to 15 participants, and the chosen musical style they called "alcohol ska-punk".

A popular band releases albums, changes soloists, disintegrates and reunites, but one thing unites it - Shnurov's bright personality. He starred in films on secondary roles and in the role of cameo, televised, starred in serials, but few know that Sergey Shnurov writes.

The first exhibition in Moscow

Sergey Shnurov's paintings began to write in the mid-90's, apparently, he had little fame as a musician and actor. Picturesque paintings were exhibited in St. Petersburg. For the first time in the capital, his works were shown to the public in 2010 in the FineArt gallery, to which Sergey's friend, artist Dmitry Shorin , contributed . The exhibition was called "Exclusive Brand-Realism" and presented the audience with 8 canvasses by the musician. According to Sergei, the gallery is small, so how many pictures there fit - so much he put.

Later Sergey Shnurov exhibited his paintings in many Russian galleries that deal with contemporary art. The cost of one picture of the leader of the group "Leningrad" for different sources is about 30 thousand dollars or euro. In any case, the price level is clear, but the truth is somewhere near.

Pictures of Sergey Shnurov - photo with names

In each picture you can find and find out either a symbol or a projection of a popular brand (from oil to religion). Pictures of Sergei Shnurov (photo - below) are quite diverse and provocative. The picture "Act", on which the copulation of two bodies is fixed, or "Do not steal", which depicts a kitten, crushed to death by the refrigerator of the firm "Bosch". It is worth noting that the size of the canvases is significant, Sergei signs and his works.

Shnurov's parody paintings "In the Hermitage" are presented at exhibitions, for example - it's an imitation of the famous artists, in a particular case - Matisse, and the black rectangle at the bottom of the picture is a kind of "hello" to Kazimir Malevich with his "Black Square".

"The road to country M" is a path leading to the horizon in the middle of the red field. In the sky there is a bright cloud or a ball of smoke. In any case, not to recognize in the picture the reference to the brand of cigarettes is quite difficult. The brand is recognizable, as well as on most of the strings of the Cord.

Oil painting is a panorama of the Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg, flares are burning in the columns on the sides, and the water is black because of the presence of oil in it, or this oil is. The aging moon in the sky is accompanied by a lonely star - an obvious reference to the Arab countries, which have a significant reserve of black gold.

Expert opinion

Art critics agree that Sergey Shnurov writes paintings whose style can be called "branded realism". Shnurov himself invented this style and called it. For brand realism, it is characteristic that the brand, the trade mark, comes first, and not the person with his experiences. In the modern world, worship of any brand is, unfortunately, quite massive. Sergei Shnurov, in his characteristic manner, derides this feature of people and says that he himself is a brand.

Creative plans

Now the leader of "Leningrad" is preparing to open a personal exhibition in his native St. Petersburg. According to preliminary information, the exhibition venue is the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, the exhibition will run from February 3 to April 9, 2017. Shnurov planned to open the exhibition in the summer of 2016, but for unknown reasons the opening of the exposition was postponed to the winter of 2017. The working title of the exhibition is "Retrospective of Brand Realism". At the moment in the museum "Erarta" you can see the picture of Shnurov "Shirt", which depicts a bright yellow product of the famous brand.

Representatives of the museum say that the content of the exhibition has not yet been determined definitively. According to rumors, in addition to paintings, Sergei Shnurov will present other objects of his work. There is an opinion that the exhibition will be devoted not only to Shnurov, but also to the history and work of his group "Leningrad".