Alexander DANILOV.
IT'S VERY FAR...
March 30 - April 30, 2004

Alexander DANILOV

Was born in 1959 in Chelyabinsk.
Gratuated from the Chelyabinsk Art School (1979).
Was engaged in designing of interiors, worked the art editor, collaborated with central publishing houses: "Art", "The Moscow worker", "Children's Literature", "Dawn". Since 1991 began to work on "artist's book", has created publishing studio "Divan".
The member of Union of Russian Artists (1993), participated in numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad (England, Czechia, France etc).
The author of number of the projects. The most interesting ones are: "Argazi. Znakishumavetratrav", "White, black, red, golden", "It's very far...".

Exhibitions where the books have been displayed
'Danilov, Chernyshev. Painting, Graphics, Ceramics, Books'. Picture Gallery. Chelyabinsk, 1993.
New Entries of the Chelyabinsk Artists for 10 years (1986-1996). Picture Gallery. Chelyabinsk, 1996.
The Vanguard and the Tradition. The Books of the 20th Century Russian Artists. Russian State Library and DOUBLUS Fund. Moscow, 1993.
The 20th Century Russian and French Book Designers (Livres d'Artistes Russes et Sovietiques). 1910-1993. France, Uzerche. In cooperation with PAYS-PAYSAGE Museum, National Library and National Museum of Modern Art - Georges Pompidou Center. 1993.
New Territories of Art. Cultural and Historical Exhibition Center. Krasnoyarsk, 1993.
'Paper-Theatre II'. Anna Akhmatova Museum (on the Fontanka). St. Petersburg, 1994.
'The Artists' Book'. Museum of Fine Arts. Ekaterinburg, 1994.
John Rylands University Library. Great Britain. Manchester, 1995.
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. Great Britain. 1995.
Aberystwith Art Centre. Great Britain. 1995.
Stormont Rooms Gallery. Great Britain. Rуе, 1996.
New Entries of the Chelyabinsk Artists for 10 years (1986-1996). Picture Gallery. Chelyabinsk, 1996.
'The Artist's Book'. Modern Art Center. Nizhni Novgorod, 1998.
ARS/LIBRI Gallery. Ekaterinburg, 1998.
'ARGAZI. ZNAKISHUMAVETRATRAV (SIGNSOFNOISEOFWINDOFGRASS)'. Exhibition Hall of the Union of Russian Artists. Chelyabinsk, 1999.
'The Artist's Book From Private Collections. The 20th Century'. The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Moscow, 1999.
International Museum Biennale. Krasnoyarsk, 1999.
'The Russian Artists' Book'. Prague, 1999.
'The Book Designer'. Chelyabinsk Region Universal Scientific Library. Chelyabinsk, 1999.
'Flood-Lands of Time'. Land-Art Festival. Nizhni Novgorod, 2000.

Collections where the books are kept
Chelyabinsk Region Picture Gallery
ARS/LIBRI Gallery. Ekaterinburg
DOUBLUS Fund. Russia. Moscow
PAYS-PAYSAGE Museum. France. Uzerche
Anna Akhmatova Museum (on the Fontanka). St. Petersburg
National Library of France. Paris
Chelyabinsk Region Universal Scientific Library
Union of Russian Writers. Moscow
Victor Nov's Private Collection. Israel. Jerusalem
Nika Spallinger's Private Collection. Switzerland
Pierre Alain Roll's Private Collection. Switzerland
Victor Okounev's Private Collection. Chelyabinsk
Sergei Gontsov's Private Collection. Pskov
Alexander Onishchouk's Private Collection. Chelyabinsk
Lori Shortreed's Private Collection. Canada

Photo: Sergei ZHATKOV