Born in Lyubertsy, Moscow region. Art historian, journalist. Specialist in contemporary folk art. Graduated from Moscow State Historical and Archival Institute. Since 1991 working in the Department of Contemporary Folk Culture at the Russian Institute for Cultural Research. Occupied in the naive art since late 1980-ies. Author of number of publications on contemporary folk art.





List of publications on naive art

1. [Portrety naivnyh hudozhnikov] // Dekorativnoe iskusstvo. 1993. N 1-2
2. Napravleniya neprofessional'nogo izobrazitel'nogo tvorchestva s tochki zreniya razlichnyh sred bytovaniya i funktsionirovaniya // Primitiv v izobrazitel'nom iskusstve: Materialy vserossijskoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferencii / Gos. Rossiisky dom narodnogo tvorchestva. M., 1994
3. Ruchnoe iskusstvo // Neues Leben. 1995, N 15 (21.04)
4. Otdel'nost': Lyusya Voronova i ee kartiny // Neues Leben. 1995, N 16 (28.04)
5. Eshchyo odin konets veka // Sezony. M., 1995
6. Legko li byt' naivnym // Pravda. 1997. N 47 (5-11.12)
7. Tipy primitiva i ih auditoriya // Primitiv v izobrazitel'nom iskusstve: Materialy nauchnoy konferencii. 1995 / Gos. Tretyakovskaya galereya. M., 1997
8. Neprofessional'naya hudozhestvennaya deyatel'nost' i specializirovannye oblasti kul'tury // Orientiry kul'turnoy politiki. Vyp. 10. M., 1997
9. Bozh'i sozdaniya // Klub. 1997. N 12
10. Hudozhniki o poete // Orientiry kul'turnoy politiki. Vyp. 12. M., 1999. - In co-authorship with I.P.Vovk
11. Svoy vzglyad // Klub. 1999. N 2. - In co-authorship with I.P.Vovk
12. Problemy determinirovannosti naivnogo iskusstva smezhnymi kul'turnymi oblastyami // Marginal'noe iskusstvo / MGU. Filosofsky fakul'tet. M., 1999. - In co-authorship with I.P.Vovk
13. Naivnoe iskusstvo v epokhu postmodernizma // Sovremennoe naivnoe iskusstvo Rossii: Materialy Vserossiiskoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferencii. 1999 / Gos. Rossiisky dom narodnogo tvorchestva. M., 1999. - in co-authorship with I.P.Vovk
14. Zhit' vmeste // Klub. 1999. N 11. - In co-authorship with I.P.Vovk


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Department of Contemporary Folk Culture
E-mail: igor-vovk@mtu-net.ru
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