Igor Kopystiansky

1954–

Introduction


Igor Kopystiansky (born (1954-12-16)16 December 1954 in Lviv) is an American artist, active in New York City since 1988. He has a multimedia practice, including painting, photography, film, and video, with an investigation of language as his primary paradigm. On works in media of film and video, he collaborates with his wife Svetlana Kopystiansky. His independent works and their joint works are shown internationally and held in museum and private collections around the world. Archives of works by Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky are located at the Centre Pompidou, Kandinsky Library.

Wikidata identifier

Q27199369

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Introduction

Born n the USSR, in the city called in Russian Lvov or in Ukrainian L’viv.

Country of birth

Ukraine

Roles

Artist, assemblage artist, collagist, conceptual artist, installation artist, painter, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500150586

Names

Igor Kopystiansky, Igor Kopistiansky, Igor Romanovitch Kopystiansky, Igor' Kopystjanskij, Igor' Jakovlevič Kopystjanskij

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First acquired
2008

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