RABOTA: Auction 2 – 15 Works by 15 Russian Contemporary Artists

“The watermelon is a symbol of the passing summer in Russia. During the summer, watermelons are expensive but by September the prices start to drop and the fruit becomes very cheap. At this point, most people can afford watermelon but no one buys it because summer has passed and the temperature is 10 degrees. No one eats watermelon in the cold and a couple of weeks later they have vanished from supermarket shelves. Winter is just around the corner."

Arseny Neskhodimov was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 1981. He now lives and works in Moscow. In 2003 he graduated from the Kemerovo Institute of Culture with a BA in Photography and Cinema. Since 2008, he's worked as a freelance portrait photographer.

He’s won several awards for his work, including the Welcome Photography Prize, Aesthetica Art Prize, Silver Camera Award, International Photography Award, and Annual Photography Award, among others. He focuses on issues including disillusionment and a sense of alienation among the generation born in the early 80s – often referred to as “Xennials” – who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. 

Education: BA in Photography and Cinema, Kemerovo Institute of Culture, Kemerovo, Russia, 2003.
Awards: Welcome Photography Prize, Aesthetica Art Prize, Silver Camera Award, International Photography Award, and Annual Photography Award.

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