Draft:Bazhanov (Bamdas) Leonid Alexandrovich

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Bazhanov (Bamdas) Leonid Aleksandrovich (March 27, 1945, Moscow — January 11, 2025, Moscow) — Russian art critic, art historian, curator, specialist in contemporary art of the second half of the 20th — early 21st centuries. Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2011), Honored Missioner of Culture of the Russian Federation (2012).

Contents

1. Biography
2. Main Works
3. Notes
4. Links

Biography

Son of Doctor of Technical Sciences Alexander Markovich Bamdas (1905-1972).

Graduated from the Department of History and Theory of Art at Lomonosov Moscow State University (1973). In 1986, he was the founder of the "Hermitage" Creative Association. In 1991, he founded the Center for Contemporary Art on Bolshaya Yakimanka. Since 1994 — artistic director of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts. Since 2001 — Actual Member of the Russian Academy of Art Criticism. Lived and worked in Moscow. Laureate of the "Innovation" Prize for the contribution to the development of contemporary art.

Died on January 11, 2025 in Moscow at the age of 79, exactly 53 years after the death of his father.

Main works

• Towards an assessment of avant-gardism and neo-avant-gardism // Soviet Art Studies`77, issue 1. — Moscow, Soviet Artist, 1978 (co-authored with V. S. Turchin);
• Die Wiedergeburt der Avantgarde. — Tradition in Georgien. — In: Georgia on my Mind. — Kassel, Museum Fredericianum, 1989;
• A Mosca! A Mosca! — In: A. B. Oliva, L. Bažanov. … a Mosca… a Mosca… [Ercolano, Bologna. Exhibition Catalogue]. — Verona, Venice, Olograf Edizioni, 1992. (2 editions);
• I Carry Everything Mine with Me, or The Jacket of My Mother’s Friend. On the Question of Self-Identification and Role Behavior in Contemporary Russian Art // Culture in the Transitional Period. In Search of Identification through Art in Post-Soviet Russia. International Conference, Yale, [USA]. — Moscow, National Center for Contemporary Art, 2006;
• Richter in Moscow // Gerhard Richter. — Moscow, Goethe-Institut, 2006;
• Preface to the German edition. Preface to the Russian edition // Positions 5: Conversations with Cultural Figures of Contemporary Russia (Compiled by L. Bazhanov and V. Iro). — Moscow, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Goethe Institut, Akademie der Kunste, 2012 (Co-authored with V. Iro);
• Coordinates of a Generation // Coordinates of a Generation/LXXV. Eduard Steinberg, Viktor Pivovarov, Igor Shelkovsky. [Exhibition Catalogue]. — Moscow, National Centre for Contemporary Art, 2012;
• Light in January // Lucida Space. The Phenomenon of Light in Contemporary Culture. Vol. 1. [Exhibition Catalogue]. — Moscow, NCCA, 2014;
• Never-Extinguishable Light // Lucida Space. The Phenomenon of Light in Contemporary Culture. Vol. 2. [Exhibition Catalogue]. — Moscow, NCCA, 2014;
• DADA. A Century // PravDADA. — Moscow, NCCA, 2016.

Notes

• Our Pompidou // Kommersant (January 12, 2025).
• Leonid Bazhanov 1945-2025. Facebook.

Links

• Page on the Russian Academy of Arts website

• Leonid Bazhanov on the website of the Russian Section of the International Association of Art Critics
• Page on the HSE website

References

• Page on the Russian Academy of Arts website

• Leonid Bazhanov on the website of the Russian Section of the International Association of Art Critics
• Page on the HSE website