"He was a leading figure of the Soviet pop art scene, founding the Moscow Conceptualists, which opposed official government art, as well as the Sots art movement, which remixed Soviet slogans. In 2015, he was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. "I have been working on connecting the space of the painting with the space of our life," he said in a 2017 interview."
"The scholar and writer was an expert on neoclassical architect and designer Robert Adam. He was behind 1988's Super Mario video game, helping propel the character to global recognition and affection. He made objects fit for the art museum - in fact, his works have been displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC."
"His house in Adelaide was known as an "open gallery" with colorful artworks and furniture. He started out painting "sadness," incorporating angels and demons, before his work shifted toward happiness, hope, and love. He wore many hats, among them a copyist-restorer of mosaics and icons from the Daphni Monastery and Mount Athos in Athens. He also founded an art commune in the city."
A leading figure in Soviet pop art founded the Moscow Conceptualists and the Sots art movement that remixed Soviet slogans and opposed official government art. He received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from France in 2015 and aimed to connect the space of painting with the space of life. A scholar specialized in neoclassical architect Robert Adam. A creator of the 1988 Super Mario video game helped propel the character to global recognition. Several artists produced museum-quality objects, maintained open-gallery homes, shifted thematic focus from sadness to hope, restored Byzantine mosaics and icons, founded an art commune, and created expansive mosaics for the City Museum in St. Louis.
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