Andrei Grositsky (1934–2017) graduated from the Surikov Institute and was a member of the Moscow Union of Artists from 1968. From the late 1960s his main subject was things: tubes, tins, locks, keys, scraps of pipe. In 2007 the Tretyakov Gallery held his solo exhibition. Of old objects he said that he found in them a memory of past generations. In 2021 the Moscow Museum of Modern Art showed his exhibition Thingness.
Work / No. 27
Brown Object
1990s · Oil on canvas · 90 × 77 cm
Andrei Grositsky (1934–2017) painted anonymous, factory-made and worn objects: weights, meat grinders, locks, scraps of pipe. He enlarged them and painted them with an almost sculptural solidity. In 2007 the Tretyakov Gallery held his solo exhibition. He said that the object had long held a secret meaning for him. In 2021 the Moscow Museum of Modern Art showed his exhibition Thingness, curated by Sergei Khachaturov.
