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Alex Avgud
Aleksandr Standing

2022

About the Item

The photograph, Aleksandr Standing, in this size is in an edition of only 5. This impression is #1 Born in Moscow in 1986, Alex Avgud is a Russian born photographer based in the Netherlands. After gaining a Master’s degree in mathematics from the National Research Nuclear University in Moscow, he entered the photography department at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague, from which he graduated in 2019. His work addresses current socio-political problems such as the LGBTQ fight and migration. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in the Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) and in France, in particular in a group exhibition at the 2017 Rencontres d’Arles. Alex Avgud has also participated in numerous calls for projects such as the Dutch Fontanel Magazine and the Ron Mandos Photo Talent Award. Alex has exhibited with FOAM Fotomuseum Amsterdam at Les Rencontres d’Arles festival (France), at Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam, EYE Filmmuseum, amongst other exhibitions in The Netherlands, France, Denmark and Norway. His next show will take place at the 37th Hyéres International Festival of Fashion and Photography (Hyeres, France) in October 2022. In 2020 Alex became a Laureate of Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talent, and was shortlisted for Kassel Dummy Book Award 2020. The book participated in numerous exhibitions such as at Photo Australia, Hong Kong Photo Book Festival, Organ Vida Festival (Croatia), Singapore International Photography Festival, Angkor Photo Fest (Cambodia), amongst others. In 2021 Alex was shortlisted for OD OpenDoors Award (London, UK). His works are in private collections in USA, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, USA, Austria etc. THE WORKS: This image is part of the project ‘Exercises in Freedom’. - ‘Exercises in Freedom’ is an ongoing series that explores notions of migration, sexuality and relativity of freedom merging photography and physical performance with elements of contemporary choreography. Members of LGBTQIA+ community together with the photographer find corporeal manifestations of various mental states. The series exists in 2 parts. First chapter was shot in the Netherlands and documented my desire to see Russian gay men find a place of belonging in a tolerant community. Chapter 2 was shot in Russia after I had to move back there. This chapter charts the psychology of repatriation to an increasingly isolated, politically paralysed and homophobic society, and my search for safe spaces there. Its social aspect aside, the series is a research on borders between stillness and movement, sensuality and drama.
  • Creator:
    Alex Avgud (Russian)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21 in (53.34 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New Orleans, LA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU841311324732
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