Ivan Korzhev

Ivan Korzhev (/ˈkɒrʒɛv/; born 24 November 1973) is a Russian artist specialising in sculpture and modern architecture. Author of numerous monumental, indoor, memorial, park sculpture artworks as well as architectural creations. Awarded (2008) the title of Meritorious Artist.

Dynasty

Ivan Korzhev belongs to a dynasty of famous artists and architects:

• great-great-grandfather - Korzhev Pyotr (1867-1920,

Moscow) – founder of the Korzhev dynasty, architect and land surveyor, engaged in searching routes for railways. He played the piano and cello, composed music, arranged family concerts and took up painting professionally. Pyotr Vasilyevich was a friend of Leo Tolstoy;

• great-grandfather -

Korzhev Mikhail (1897-1986, Moscow) – Soviet avant-garde architect, founder of the Soviet landscape architecture;

grandfather- Korzhev Gely (1925-2012) – Soviet and Russian artist, painter, "severe style" representative, Honoured Artist of Russia, member of the Russian Academy of Arts;

grandmother- Korzheva Kira (1923-2007, Moscow) – Soviet and Russian artist, painter;

mother- Korzheva Irina (1953, Moscow) –Russian glass painter.

Education

Ivan Korzhev graduated from Moscow Art School in 1991. In 1996 he graduated from the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute (Department of Sculpture). He has been a member of the Moscow Union of Artists since 1996. In 2008 Ivan Korzhev was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

Along with sculpture, Ivan Korzhev has been actively engaged in architecture. An architecture and design corporation "Art Bureau XXI" headed by Korzhev, has carried out more than 250 projects including public buildings, private residences, parks, landscapes, interior décor, fountains, etc. Many of these projects won national and international architectural prizes.

Ivan Korzhev is a winner of a range of international Moscow festivals. For the reconstruction project of the former building of sewing factory (now a modern office center in Moscow) the sculptor was nominated for the first architecture award.

Even greater success Ivan Korzhev has reached as a sculptor. The artist has created more than 100 sculptures, a series of monumental images of famous people: “Genghis Khan”, “Alexander the Great”, “Gautama Buddha”, “Yemelyan Pugachev“, «Ida Rubinstein“, “Marcus Aurelius“, “Boethius Severin“, “Nikolay Novikov “, etc.

In 2011 Ivan Korzhev’s sculptures of ancient muses Erato and Terpsichore for the central façade of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (Bolshoi Theatre) capped a long-term work on the restoration of the main cultural attraction of the Russian capital. Sculptures by Ivan Korzhev replaced the earlier art works of P.Klodt and M. Rukavishnikov, which had decorated two central exedras of the Bolshoi Theatre.

More than 30 memorials and gravestones have been created by Ivan Korzhev. The sculptor took part in making the theme reliefs during the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Korzhev is the author of the monument for the family grave of famous Russian industrialists and philanthropists the Stroganovs in Moscow, as well as of the monument to the outstanding Russian educator, journalist and public figure Nikolay Novikov, erected in 2012. In accordance with the Korzhev’s project there was a full reconstruction of the main square in front of the Museum of Maximilian Voloshin in 2013 in Koktebel (Crimea). It was finished with the formal opening of M. Voloshin monument.

Art Works

Ivan Korzhev has been formed as a sculptor due to the constant search of the category of beautiful, deep philosophical interpretation of reality, critical attitude towards himself and his art works. Hard work and experiments with genres, stylistics, plastic arts, shape and material are the skills of the artist. Despite the diversity of original techniques, his art works are full of adherence to classical art values. The features of his works show the conceptual realism to be the main trend of Korzhev’s art.

The sculptor follows the antique art canons in some of his works, borrowing archaic poetic images ("Zeus", "Sphinx of Taurida", etc.)

Familiar images, as a result of author’s interpretation, look quite different ("Dionysian festivals", "Expulsion from Paradise", etc.) An unsurpassed know-how of the artist is to treat traditional themes like starting points for searching answers to eternal questions. Here the author uses a wide range of modern art techniques like image framing, collage, syncretism, allegory, formalization, etc. ("Amazonomachia", "Moiras", "He and She", "A Couple", etc.)

In his Bible themes ("The Prodigal Son", "Judith", "Kiss of Judas", "Judas", "Pontius Pilate") the simplicity of image conveying and deep metaphoristic author’s view are combined into harmonious unity.

Dramatic effect together with features of the "severe style" and bold decorative decisions predominate in his series of historical images (“Gautama Buddha“, “Genghis Khan“, “Alexander the Great“, “Yemelyan Pugachev“, “Joan of Arc“, “Alexander Menshikov“, “Evpaty Kolovrat“, “Marcus Aurelius“, etc.) Historical images by Ivan Korzhev seem to be museum pieces only at first glance. Deeper knowledge of color, multiple textures and symbolism of his works reveal the deep dialectic relations of eternal and temporal, good and evil. That escalates the theme itself.

Korzhev’s art works concerning symbolic-allegorical themes ("Carnival", "Silence", etc.) and social criticism themes ("The Outcast", "Expectation of Expectations", “Investor”) were created in a certain modern manner. The symbol here becomes a concept, which can be interpreted depending on the viewer’s background. The author makes use of the phenomenon of "layer-by-layer perception", when a viewer can penetrate into the next layer, each time discovering something new.

Ivan Korzhev’s sense of “beautiful” and “beauty” itself lies deep under philosophical perception of reality. That allows Ivan Korzhev to retain his own creative freedom. Self-expression is not his goal. He is open to the useful criticism so that to stay true to life, to be delicately between “old” and “new” not sticking in old themes and styles. Ivan constantly broadens the boundaries of his art, enjoying each moment of life and keeping his eyes focused on everything new.

2003 – Personal exhibition at the Museum of Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi (Vietnam).

2009 – Personal exhibition at the Central House of artists, Moscow.

2010 – ARTMANEGE 2010, Moscow.

2010 - 5th Anniversary Moscow International Art Festival "Traditions and Modernity".

2011 – Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in the South Urals "Creators of the Worlds", the city Satka.

2011- ARTMANEGE 2011, Moscow.

2012 – The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.

• Скульптура
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  Коржев И. М.Волошин. 207х90х80 см. 2013г.

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  Коржев И. Толтек. 230х110х132 см. 2013 г.

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  Коржев И. Лежащий Ауяско. 82х200х60 см. Бронза. 2013 г.

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  Омар Хайям. 197х98х71. Бронза. 2013г.

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  Коржев И. Современная скульптура. 191х40х20 см. 2014г.

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  Коржев И. Марк Аврелий, 2011, 202х80 см

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  Коржев И. Юдифь, 1995, терракота, 120х43х25см

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  Коржев И. Мойры, 2010, пластик, 1245х417см

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  Коржев И. Юдифь XXI, 2010, литьевой камень,125х28х24см

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  Коржев И. Северин Боэций, 2011, 202х80 см

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  Коржев И. Пушкин, 2002, бронза, 54х28х31см

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  Коржев И. Емельян Пугачёв, 1996, бронза дерево, 198х68х68см

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  Коржев И. Понтий Пилат, 1998, бронза мрамор, 31х11х15см

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  Коржев И. Поцелуй Иуды, 1999, бронза, 35х21х14см

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  Коржев И. Молодой Пилат.Оратор, 1997, бронза, 87х50х18см

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  Коржев И. Зевс, 2002, бронза золочение змеевик, 39х21х21см]]

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  Коржев И. Отверженный, 1993, керамика , 15х14х17см

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  Коржев И. Молчание, 1994, красное дерево, 42х16х9см

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  Коржев И. Александр Македонский, 2009, литьевой камень раскрашенный, 235х100х80см

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  Коржев И. Карнавал, 1995, бронза, 98х40х21см

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  Коржев И. Изгнание из рая, 2005, гипс, 160х67х26см

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  Коржев И. Иуда. Предначертание, 1994, керамика, 36х21х40см

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  Коржев И. Инвестор, 2008, тонированный посеребренный пластик, стекло бумага, 220х45х48см

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  Коржев И. Танец семи покрывал. Ида Рубинштейн, 2010, литьевой камень раскрашенный, ткань, 140х18х25см

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  Коржев И. Ходжа Насреддин, 2010, бронза дерево, 91х75х64см

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  Коржев И. Евпатий Коловрат, 2009, литьевой камень тонировка под бронзу черный металл, 83х90х67см

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  Коржев И. Будда, 2010, пластик гипс дерево раскрашенное, 148х102х60см

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  Коржев И. Жанна Д'Арк, 2006, литьевой камень раскрашенный, 110х20х21см

• Рельефы
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  Коржев И. Рельеф Юлия, 2011, тонир.литьевой камень, 156х100х6 см

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  Коржев И. Двоевластие, 2011, бронза, 230х62см

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Война 2, 2011

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Война, 2011

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  Коржев И. Серия из 12 рельефов Противостояние.Амазономахия, 2009, бронза, 230х160см

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  Коржев И. Конкурс красоты, 2010, литьевой камень раскрашенный, 200х85см

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Любовь, 2011

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Любовь 2

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Двое, 2010, тонир.литьевой камень, 100х70 см

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Двое, 2010, тонир.литьевой камень, 100х70 см

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Двое, 2010, тонир.литьевой камень, 100х70 см

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Двое, 2010, тонир.литьевой камень, 100х70 см

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  Коржев И. Серия рельефов Двое, 2010, тонир.литьевой камень, 100х70 см

• Графика
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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. Богатырь, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см

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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. Чувства, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см

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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. Конец трудового дня, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см

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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. Любовь, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см

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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. Мамины колечки, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см

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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. Несправедливость, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см

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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. После, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см

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  Коржев И. Авторская серия Руки. Рука мастера, 2008, цветной карандаш, 66х50см