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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