Vadim Gushchin () (born 1963) is a Russian art-photographer.
Biography Gushchin was born in Novosibirsk in 1963. He is known primarily for his work, made in the genre of post-conceptual still life. In 1986, he graduated at the Moscow Energy Institute. He has been creating artistic photography since 1988. He lives and works in Moscow.
Books and catalogues (selected) A la recherche du pere, Paris, 1994.A la recherche du pere Aufbruch. Die neue russische Fotografie, Kоеln, 1998. Wadim Gutschtschin Meine Dinge, Braunschweig, 1999. IDEA Photographic: After Modernism, Santa Fe, 2002. Valery Stigneev Century of Photography, 1894-1994, Moscow, 2005.Valery Stigneev Century of Photography Photoestafeta. From Rodchenko to our days, Moscow, 2006.Photoestafeta. From Rodchenko to our days Odense Foto Triennale 2006, Odense, Denmark, 2006. FotoFest 2006, Houston, TX, 2006. Monography Photographs. Vadim Gushchin, Moscow, Publish House Artist and Book, 2008.Monography Photographs. Vadim Gushchin Doors open day Russian art 1989-2009, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow. Contemporary Russian Photography. FotoFest 2012, Houston, TX, 2012. Monography Everyday Objects/Cultural Treasures, Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam, 2013. Staging Encounters, Lianzhou Fotofestival, 2014. Potovisa. Language of Memory, The 7th International Festival of Photography in the Krasnodar Region
Exhibitions Solo exhibitions He has participated in art in exhibitions since 1991 and his first solo exhibition was held in 1995. He has more than 30 solo exhibitions including: Meine Dinge, Museum fuer Fotografie, Brunswick, Germany, 1999. Exhibition in ROSIZO Gallery, Moscow, 1999. Personalismus des Dinges, Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Duesseldorf, Germany.Personalismus des Dinges Bread and Wood, International Photo-Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2006. Breаd, Johannes Larsen Museum, Odense, Denmark, 2006. Exhibition in Museum of the History of Photography, Sankt-Petersburg, 2009. Aestetik der Statik Alexander Grinberg/Vadim Gushchin in Viktor Grray Gallery, Duesseldorf, 2010.Aestetik der Statik Inventory of a Private Library, Blue Sky Gallery, Oregon Center for Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon, US, 2013. Object. Function. Image., Lumière Brothers Photography Сenter, Moscow, 2013.Object. Function. Image.Vadim Gushchin Turns Household Items Into Art Vadim Gushchin. Passed, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2013.Vadim Gushchin. Passed Bratislava, Slovakia Cultural Treasures, International Photo-Festival Lianzhou Foto 2014, Lianzhou, China, 2014.Liandzhou Foto, ChinaCultural Treasures Subject Interpretation, 7th International Photofestival PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia. 2015 Inventory of the Private Library, Lumière Brothers Photography Сenter, Moscow, 2018-2019.http://photography-now.com/exhibition/136126 Exhibition in the PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2019. https://www.facebook.com/PDNBGallery/posts/10156846827722858?comment_id=10156854689087858
Group exhibitions He has also participated in more than 50 group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Russia and abroad. His works have been presented in the international and Russian сonceptual group projects, such as: A la recherche du pere, 1993—94, Paris, France. Neue Fotokunst aus Russland, 1994—95, tour of five German cities. Aufbruch. Neue russische Fotografie, 1998, Leverkusen, Germany. IDEA Photographic: After Modernism, 2002, Santa Fe, US. Odense Photo Triennial, Denmark, 2006. In Box of Dreams, (Contemporary Russian Photography), International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, 2009. Doors open day Russian art 1989-2009, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2009. Leben elementar, Trier, Germany, 2010. Contemporary Russian Photography, Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2012. Museum, look of Photographer, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2012.Museum, look of Photographer Contemporary Russian Photography: From Mystery to Poetry and Back, 5th Seoul Photo 2013, Seoul, Korea, 2013. Tarantel 2, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2013.Tarantel 2 Dinner is Served. The Russian Museum Culinary Companion. The Russian Museum, Sankt-Petersburg. 2013 – 2014.Dinner is Served "." (New Russian Avangarde. Art as Bridge between East and West.) Kellermann Gallery, Duessldorf, Germany. 2015 "Soviet Photo", Lumiere Brothers Centre for Photography, Moscow. 2015 "Russian House", Schilt Publishing Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland. 2015 New Acquisitions. 1998-2014, The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. After Glamour. An artistic analysis of current developments in Russian society. KIT, Düsseldorf, Germany. 2016.http://www.verymagazine.org/very-issue-19/199-overview-issue19/794-after-glamour-moscow-style Artist as Hero. International Photography Festival, Pingyao. China. 2018. Stillife in Photography, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. 2018. http://www.rusmuseum.ru/stroganov-palace/exhibitions/still-life-in-photography/#rmPhoto[gallery7972]/1/
Award 2007 - The Silver Camera- Award, received 1st place for best report on Moscow in the category of Architecture MoscowSpring. outskirts Landscape
Collections Gushchin's work is held in the following permanent public collections: The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of Modern Art, Moscow. Museum House of Photography, Moscow.Museum House of Photography National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow. Museum of Moscow, Moscow. Museum of Photographic Collections, Moscow. Lumiere Brotherth Photography Center, Moscow. State Russian Museum of Photography, Nishny Novgorod, Russia. Collection of Photograph's Union, Moscow. Surgut's Museum of Fine Arts, Surgut, Russia. Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US. Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas, US. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, US. Museum Albertina, Vienna, Austria.Albertina kauft zum Auftakt der Viennafiar mehrere Kunstwerke von Sevda Chkoutova und Wadim GuschtschinAlbertina Museum fuer Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany. Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark. Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium.Boghossian Foundation Spallart Collection, Salzburg, Austria. https://www.sammlung-spallart.at/en/
Private collections in Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the US, South Korea, and Belgium.
Video about artist and artist's interview Interview in the Bleek-Magazine, October 2014Interview in the Bleek-Magazine Vadim Gushchin: still-life, made in November 2011 to the opening of Vadim Gushchin's exhibition Kultural treasures in the Gallery Glaz, Moscow.Vadim Gushchin: still-life
References
External links
Artist's YouTube-chanel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF5T9lPnrxnl57QvDorL_tw/ Vicky Goldberg in Aperture-Blog, 2014 Internet-Exhibition on the Lens Culture 2014 Webpage of the artist on the Art Photo Index, 2015 Michael Weinstein, Review: Vadim Gushchin/Jennifer Norback Fine Art Webpage of the artist Marina Bondarenko, Investment in the Russian conceptual photography Webpage of the artist Artsland Vadim Gushchin Turns Household Items Into Art by Christopher Brennan. The Moscow Times 13 September 2013 | Issue 5212