Caricature: Solo Show of Igor Smirnov at the Russian Academy of Arts

July 8 – July 27, 2014
Exhibition halls of the Russian Academy of Arts

Organized to mark the 70th anniversary of Igor Smirnov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, Member of the French Academy of Humor the exhibition presents almost 50 caricatures by the world recognized master of caricature.

He has participated in more than 250 exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Netherlands, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Japan, Cuba, etc. His interesting and witty drawings were published in major newspapers and magazines, these are Pravda, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Red Star, Izvestia, Literaturnaya Gazeta, Crocodile, New Time, Businessmen and other editions. The graphic art of his caricatures is vivid, aphoristic and expressive. Grotesque, metaphor, eccentricity, independent vision are characteristic features of his caricatures understandable to all the viewers without comments and inscriptions.

Igor Smirnov is a holder of more than 60 prizes won at international competitions of caricature and festivals of satire and humor.





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