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The Machinery of Portrait: experience, of a viewer, teacher, artist
Опыт зрителя, преподавателя, художника
by Victor Melamed
Description
Russian graphic artist Victor Melamed—who is well-known for his works for the leading domestic and foreign newspapers and magazines like Kommersant, Expert, The Rolling Stone, The New Yorker—in his book shares reflections on the art of portrait in the past and present, in high and pop culture, in painting, illustrating, caricature, and design. Having a practical approach to the creation of a portrait and pulling back the curtain of the artist’s creative “kitchen”, the author discreetly raises the bar and invites us to think about how the image of a man is being formed and perceived.
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Author Biography
Designer, illustrator, and educator. He lives and works in Moscow. Victor has been pursuing illustrating since 1997. He has painted for over 20 publishing houses, including New Yorker; from 2005 to 2014 had been monthly illustrating the section in Russian Rolling Stone called “Hall of Fame”—dedicated to the best albums in the history of pop music. At different times he was engaged in marketing, cover artwork, murals, wooden sculptures, and animation. In 2009 Victor became the first Russian professional scriber. Since 2006, he has been teaching his course in illustration and conducting educational intensities at British Higher School of Art & Design. He held master classes in St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Kiev, Tashkent and other cities.
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- Publisher Ad Marginem Press
- Publication Date December 2019
- Orginal LanguageRussian
- Publication Country or regionRussia
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 600 RUB
- Pages320
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleМашинерия портрета.
- Original Language AuthorsВиктор Меламед
- Copyright Year2019
- Page size143x190 (143x190) mm
- Illustration99 illustrations (b&w, color)
