Tokarev Alexander Vyacheslavovich

Born in Odessa into a family of painters on November 10, 1946, he lives and works in Moscow. In 1966 he graduated from the Odessa Art School, then from the art and directing departments of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). Since 1966, he has participated in all-Union, republican and foreign exhibitions. Member of the Union of Artists since 1974. From 1974 to 1980 he worked in cinema as a screenwriter, director, artist, from 1986 to 1992 - chief artist of the Moscow Musical Experimental Theater. In 1995-1999 collaborates with Mstislav Rostropovich (all projects in Russia). A. Tokarev is the creator of the famous series of works under the general title “MAN-ORCHESTRA”, which brought the author worldwide fame. Over the past decade, the artist has created several grandiose multi-part works (polyptychs). They amaze with their scale, new form and unusual content. Each polyptych is a multi-valued text, ironic and philosophical. After the 2004 exhibition, at which A. Tokarev presented some of his polyptychs, the media dubbed him “the most intelligent and at the same time ironic artist of our time.”