b. 1961, lives Moscow.
Igor Mukhin is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation. Although younger than other well-known Russian photographic artists such as Alexander Slyusarev and Boris Mikhailov, he is associated with them through his membership in the “Immediate Group” (1989-1991). His career spans the Brezhnev period when independent photographers worked “underground” to today’s international Moscow art scene. Unlike many contemporary Russian photographers, his work as popular at home as it is abroad, and both historically meaningful and with a current hard edge.
| Moukhin is a master street photographer. He has documented the rapid
changes in Soviet and post Soviet society through a personal rather
than a journalistic approach. He has a special interest in youth
culture and much of his best work is of young people, often living on
the margins of society. His well-known series of the decomposing
monuments of the Soviet period are visual essays on the relationship of
art and history in Soviet society.
His
work has been extensively published and exhibited. He lives in Moscow
with his wife, Tatiana (Tanya) Lieberman, also a well known
photographer.
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