Background
Arsen Savadov was born on September 24, 1962, in Kiev, Ukraine to the family of Vladimir Savadov, a book illustrator. He inherited his talent for drawing from his father.
Kiev, Ukraine
Arsen Savadov graduated from the Shevchenko State Art School in 1986.
Arsen Savadov was born on September 24, 1962, in Kiev, Ukraine to the family of Vladimir Savadov, a book illustrator. He inherited his talent for drawing from his father.
Arsen Savadov graduated from the Shevchenko State Art School in 1986.
In 1987 Arsen Savadov became famous for the painting "The Sorrow of Cleopatra" written together with George Senchenko. Work on the Parisian exposition FIAC has acquired the artist-neorealist Pierre Armand. Actually, this painting had a tremendous success far beyond the borders of the Soviet Union.
Savadov began to open himself to the world as a photographer. In recent years, Savadov returned to painting. He works in the style of postmodernism and alternates painting with photo projects, although the line between them is thin. It remains faithful to the theme of the human body, which includes grotesque, elegant or uncanny compositions. The same images and motifs echo in his paintings and photo-performances. Savadov's provocative works cause shock, disgust and admiration at the same time. He represented Ukraine at the 49th Venice Biennale. His lives and works in Kiev and New York, United States.
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1987The Sorrow of Cleopatra
1987Untitled
1988Black Apes
1989Untitled
1989Untitled
1990Untitled
1990Black Apes
1991Black Apes
1991Untitled
1996Untitled
1996Untitled
1996Underground
2000Underground
2000Underground
2000Karaim Cemetery
2001Gimn of Poseidon
2016Vesuvio 3000
2017Gulliver's Dream
2014Night Watch
2011Eastern Lighthouse
2010Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Fashion at the Graveyard
1997Untitled
1997Untitled
1997Untitled
1997Donbass Chocolate
1997Donbass Chocolate
1997Donbass Chocolate
1997Donbass Chocolate
1997Donbass Chocolate
1997Marxizm de Sad
1998Marxizm de Sad
1998Collective Red
1998Collective Red
1998Collective Red
1998Collective Red - part 2
1999Collective Red - part 2
1999Collective Red - part 2
1999Angels
2000Angels
2000Angels
2000Karaim Cemetery
2001Karaim Cemetery
2001Book of the Dead
2001Book of the Dead
2001Book of the Dead
2001Commedia dell'Arte in Crimea
2012Quotations: "My characters are personalities with a vague understanding of reality."
Arsen Savadov is a member of the Paris Commune, an art group.