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Evgenij Kozlov (E-E) - biography

Evgenij Kozlov (E-E),  [phonetic translation Yevgeny Kozlov (YE-YE)]
born 1955 in Leningrad, currently living in Berlin.

At around 5-7 years of age, Evgenij periodically visited the Hermitage Museum with his father, where he drew off the illustrations of old masters, and then until the age of 11 practised at a drawing club within the Oktyabrskiy district’s Young Pioneer Palace.

He attended grade 9 and 10 at the #190 middle school for fine arts under the V. I. Muhina Academy of Arts.

In 1978, having been invited by Timur Novkov, he joined “Letopis” founded by Bob Koshelohov in 1977.

Evgenij Kozlov lead a series of biographic and artistic journal entries from 1979 to 1983. more >>

In 1982, Timur Novikov offered him membership in “Новые Художники” (”Novye Khudozhniki” / “New Artists”), becoming the group’s second member. more >>

During the 80s, Evgenij Kozlov created his own specific style to portray a metamorphosis of reality (the “E-E” style), often using his own photos for the task (“Anna Karenina I” more >>, “Anna Karenina II” more >>, “Good Evening Gustav” more >>) and creating new symbols («art из CCCP “Art from the USSR” more >>).

The artist’s studio “Russkoee Polee”«РУССКОЕЕ ПОЛЕЕ», located on Fontanka embankment 145, was legendary throughout 1989-1991. It served as a meeting place for artists, journalists (as reported in “Aspects” on German television) and gallery experts. It was there that Evgenij Kozlov met Hannelore Fobo in 1990.

The year 1990 was notable for the foundation of his “2 x 3 m” collection of modern Russian art more >> - its first exhibition was held that same year on the Palace Bridge in Leningrad (E. Bogdanova, G. Guryanov, V. Gutsevich, O. Kotelnikov, V. Mamyshev-Monro, I. Savchenkov, I. Sotnikov, etc.).

In 1991, Evgenij Kozlov expanded his artistic talent to video art. The same year he developed his ideas on the nature of creating and understanding art, as exemplified in his statement "Two Cosmic Systems" more >> and in his theory of the "Art of the Future". The latter was based on the “New Classics” artistic cycle of 1989-1990 and formulated during a conversation with Hannelore Fobo. more >>

In 1994, Evgenij Kozlov moved to Berlin and - with the aid of Hannelore Fobo – opened the “Russkoee Polee 2” studio within the confines of an old factory in central Berlin.

The studio regularly showed Evgenij Kozlov’s own work and hosted a number of cultural activities, beginning with the third exhibition of the “2 x 3 m” collection” more >>. Other activities included the fourth ‘2 x 3 m’ exhibition (1995) more >>, already housing 25 pieces from Russian artists. Curators and artists flew in with special flights provided via support from British Airways.

- various exhibitions taken part by Oleg Kotelnikov, Oleg Zajka, Andrey Khlobystin, Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya (Gluklya), Evgenij Kondratev, Andrius Ventslova and others.

- concerts by “New Composers” (1999, 2000 more >>), “Mumiy Troll’” (2001 more >>),  the composer Dmitriy Pavlov, who wrote music for the film “Kukushka”, and Andrey Boreyko, head conductor for the Dusseldorf Symphonic Orchestra (2003). more >>

- club parties: “Russkij Novy God” with Bob Young / Club 90º (1998), “E-E Relax Party” (1999), “Chocoparty” (1999) and “The Next Century is Gøod” (2000)