Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Photographs: Gregori Maiofis
Publisher: Nazraeli Press
52 pages
Pictures: 26 duotone plates
Year: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-59005-396-6
Price: 88 €
Comments: 28 x 35,5 cm, hardcover, two different covers
Gregori Maiofis’ work has been influenced by multinational and multicultural concerns as well as his own genetic history. He comes from a family of artists and architects, and he grew up in St. Petersburg, a sophisticated city that is considered the capital of classical museum style. After a brief stint in Los Angeles, during which time he learned new art forms and honed his English language skills, Maiofis returned to his native St. Petersburg, because, as he states, “I can do things here artistically that I couldn’t do anywhere else.”
Proverbs is an ongoing series of photographs in which the artist focuses on universal truths. Using trained circus animals in many of his images – from a gargantuan brown bear to monkeys, dogs, lions and most recently, elephants – in settings absent of artifacts or other cultural information, Maiofis offers visually poignant, strike to the heart-of-the-matter images. (His latest work,Closed Mouth Catches No Flies, was an image that Maiofis had visualized very early on, but it wasn’t until years later that he finally met a lion tamer who, as part of his performance, actually puts his head in the mouth of a lion.)
Maiofis’ work has has been the subject of solo exhibitions across Russia, Europe, and the United States. His work is included in the permanent collections in many museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Novy Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.
More books by Gregori Maiofis
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Paloma al aire (first edition - last copy)
by Ricardo Cases
Euro 125 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
We are dogs!
by Jaka Babnik
sold out -
A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World (signed)
by Robert Zhao Renhui
Euro 165 -
Endangered (last copy)
by Erik Hijweege
Euro 45 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out
more books tagged »Russian« | >> see all
-
Inner Mongolia (signed+print - last copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 295 -
RESTRICTED AREAS
by Danila Tkachenko
sold out -
Feud (signed)
by Olga Matveeva
Euro 39 -
25 weeks of winter (signed - review copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 45 36.00 -
If You Have a Secret (signed)
by Irina Popova
Euro 165 -
The Other Shore
by Nikita Pirogov
Euro 15
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
sweet nothings
by Vanessa Winship
sold out -
Atlas (signed)
by Israel Ariño
sold out -
NYLPT
by Jason Evans
Euro 65 -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
Memorabilia (signed - last copy)
by Gabor Arion Kudasz
sold out -
Photocopies from Tokyo (signed)
by Misha Kominek
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Photographs: Gregori Maiofis
Publisher: Nazraeli Press
52 pages
Pictures: 26 duotone plates
Year: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-59005-396-6
Price: 88 €
Comments: 28 x 35,5 cm, hardcover, two different covers
Gregori Maiofis’ work has been influenced by multinational and multicultural concerns as well as his own genetic history. He comes from a family of artists and architects, and he grew up in St. Petersburg, a sophisticated city that is considered the capital of classical museum style. After a brief stint in Los Angeles, during which time he learned new art forms and honed his English language skills, Maiofis returned to his native St. Petersburg, because, as he states, “I can do things here artistically that I couldn’t do anywhere else.”
Proverbs is an ongoing series of photographs in which the artist focuses on universal truths. Using trained circus animals in many of his images – from a gargantuan brown bear to monkeys, dogs, lions and most recently, elephants – in settings absent of artifacts or other cultural information, Maiofis offers visually poignant, strike to the heart-of-the-matter images. (His latest work,Closed Mouth Catches No Flies, was an image that Maiofis had visualized very early on, but it wasn’t until years later that he finally met a lion tamer who, as part of his performance, actually puts his head in the mouth of a lion.)
Maiofis’ work has has been the subject of solo exhibitions across Russia, Europe, and the United States. His work is included in the permanent collections in many museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Novy Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.
More books by Gregori Maiofis
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Paloma al aire (first edition - last copy)
by Ricardo Cases
Euro 125 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
We are dogs!
by Jaka Babnik
sold out -
A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World (signed)
by Robert Zhao Renhui
Euro 165 -
Endangered (last copy)
by Erik Hijweege
Euro 45 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out
more books tagged »Russian« | >> see all
-
Inner Mongolia (signed+print - last copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 295 -
RESTRICTED AREAS
by Danila Tkachenko
sold out -
Feud (signed)
by Olga Matveeva
Euro 39 -
25 weeks of winter (signed - review copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 45 36.00 -
If You Have a Secret (signed)
by Irina Popova
Euro 165 -
The Other Shore
by Nikita Pirogov
Euro 15
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
sweet nothings
by Vanessa Winship
sold out -
Atlas (signed)
by Israel Ariño
sold out -
NYLPT
by Jason Evans
Euro 65 -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
Memorabilia (signed - last copy)
by Gabor Arion Kudasz
sold out -
Photocopies from Tokyo (signed)
by Misha Kominek
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Photographs: Gregori Maiofis
Publisher: Nazraeli Press
52 pages
Pictures: 26 duotone plates
Year: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-59005-396-6
Price: 88 €
Comments: 28 x 35,5 cm, hardcover, two different covers
Gregori Maiofis’ work has been influenced by multinational and multicultural concerns as well as his own genetic history. He comes from a family of artists and architects, and he grew up in St. Petersburg, a sophisticated city that is considered the capital of classical museum style. After a brief stint in Los Angeles, during which time he learned new art forms and honed his English language skills, Maiofis returned to his native St. Petersburg, because, as he states, “I can do things here artistically that I couldn’t do anywhere else.”
Proverbs is an ongoing series of photographs in which the artist focuses on universal truths. Using trained circus animals in many of his images – from a gargantuan brown bear to monkeys, dogs, lions and most recently, elephants – in settings absent of artifacts or other cultural information, Maiofis offers visually poignant, strike to the heart-of-the-matter images. (His latest work,Closed Mouth Catches No Flies, was an image that Maiofis had visualized very early on, but it wasn’t until years later that he finally met a lion tamer who, as part of his performance, actually puts his head in the mouth of a lion.)
Maiofis’ work has has been the subject of solo exhibitions across Russia, Europe, and the United States. His work is included in the permanent collections in many museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Novy Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.
More books by Gregori Maiofis
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Paloma al aire (first edition - last copy)
by Ricardo Cases
Euro 125 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
We are dogs!
by Jaka Babnik
sold out -
A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World (signed)
by Robert Zhao Renhui
Euro 165 -
Endangered (last copy)
by Erik Hijweege
Euro 45 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out
more books tagged »Russian« | >> see all
-
Inner Mongolia (signed+print - last copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 295 -
RESTRICTED AREAS
by Danila Tkachenko
sold out -
Feud (signed)
by Olga Matveeva
Euro 39 -
25 weeks of winter (signed - review copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 45 36.00 -
If You Have a Secret (signed)
by Irina Popova
Euro 165 -
The Other Shore
by Nikita Pirogov
Euro 15
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
sweet nothings
by Vanessa Winship
sold out -
Atlas (signed)
by Israel Ariño
sold out -
NYLPT
by Jason Evans
Euro 65 -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
Memorabilia (signed - last copy)
by Gabor Arion Kudasz
sold out -
Photocopies from Tokyo (signed)
by Misha Kominek
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com