Alexander Brodsky

(Russian, born 1955)

glass tower ii (with figure) by alexander brodsky

Alexander Brodsky

Glass Tower II (with figure), 1984–1990

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island of stability by alexander brodsky

Alexander Brodsky

Island of Stability, 1989–1990

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Biography

Timeline

Born 1955, Moscow
1978 Second Prize, OISTT Competition: Theater for Future Generations, Paris, France. (with Ilya Utkin)
1982 First Prize, Central Glass Competition: Crystal Palace, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
1983 Honorable Mention, Central Glass Competition, A Sculpture Museum, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
1983 Third Prize, Shinkenchiku Competition: A Dwelling with Historicism and Localism, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
1984 Second Prize, Central Glass Competition: A Glass Tower, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
1985 Second Prize, Shinkenchiku Competition: Bulwark of Resistance, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
1986 Second Prize, Central Glass Competition: A Glass Monument to the Year 2001, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
1987 Honorable Mention, Central Glass Competition: The Intelligent Market, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
1988 First Prize (Architecture), East Meets West in Design Competition, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. (with Ilya Utkin)

Exhibitions

2011
Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2010
Windows, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy
Counterpoint, Contemporary Russian Art — From the Icon to the Avant-Garde, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Alexander Brodsky: Installations, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia
2009
The Third Moscow Biennale, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
Night Before the Attack, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art and M+J Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2008
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL, Russian Dreams..., December 4 – February 8, 2009
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Drawing Review: 37 Years of Works on Paper, November 22 – December 23
2007
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Alexander Brodsky, April 5 – May 10 (solo)
2006
Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, Inhabited Locality, September 10 – November 19 (solo)

Public Collections

State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow, Russia
Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Portland Art Museum, Oregon, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, USA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
Wellington City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Pushkin State Museum for Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Literature

2010
Artforum, “Alexander Brodsky”, Brian Droitcour
2009
Kishkovsky, Sophia. “For Richer and for Povera.” ARTnews 108, no. 5 (May 2009): 58, 60
Turner, Elisa. “Russian Dreams….” Art News 108 num. 4 (April, 2009) p. 118-19
2008
Cote, David. “Beckett Shorts.” Time Out New York, January 3-9, 2008, p. 135
Yung, Susan. “Beckett Shorts.” CultureVulture.net, (2008), http://www.culturevulture.net/theater/beckettshorts_1-08.htm
2007
“Aleksandr Brodsky: Pavilion in the Park in Moscow.” Lotus international 130 (2007): 51-54
Ashman, Angela. “Voice Choices” Village Voice, December 5 -11, 2007, p. 38
Bennett, Kim. “Brodsky & Utkin: Etchings from the Projects Portfolio (1981-1990).” Article 3 (Fall 2007): 2
Brantley, Ben. “When a Universe Reels, A Baryshnikov May Fall.” The New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 2007, p. E5
Feingold, Michael. “Ye Un-Merry Gentlemen.” The Village Voice, December 26, 2007 – January 1, 2008, p. 41