VALERY KATSUBA (Belarus, 1965).
"Fighters. Real Académica de Bellas Artes de San Fernando", 2016.
Analogue photograph on hand-printed C-Print photographic paper adhered to aluminium. Copy 1/4.
Work published in the catalogue "La tradición académica", Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 2017, p. 13.
Measurements: 100 x 100 cm; 103,5 x 103,5 cm (frame).
This work belongs to a set that was exhibited at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Petersburg and the City Council of Madrid, among other institutions.
Valery Katsuba began his training at the Admiral Makarov Higher School of Marine Engineering in Leningrad (now the Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy, St Petersburg), where he completed a degree in meteorology at the Arctic Faculty with honours. He then began postgraduate research under the guidance of Academician Vladlen Adamenko. It was at this time that he met journalist Sergey Kalinin and art historian Catherine Phillips, and under their influence he began working in journalism. Throughout his career he has participated in numerous exhibitions including: 2000 Winter tales. Central House of Artists, Moscow Photo Biennale, Moscow, 2002 Strength and beauty, Every passion is blind and wild. Central House of Artists, Moscow Photo Biennale, Moscow, 2005 Seasons. My friends. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow Photo Biennale, Moscow, 2006 Phiscultur. Society of Fine Arts (Círculo de Bellas Artes), Madrid, 2014 100 Years On. Scientific-Research Museum of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, parallel program of Manifesta 10, European Biennale of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, 2014 Morning. St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, 2015 Faraway from home. St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, 2017 Academic tradition: Saint Petersburg-Madrid. Museum de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 2018-19 Models: classics and contemporary. National Museum of San Carlos, Mexico City and 2021 Valery Katsuba: Russian Romantic Realism, Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai. His work is currently held in numerous major art collections, among which are for example; Georges Pompidou National Center for the Arts, Paris, El Centro de Arte Contemporaneo 2 de mayo, Madrid, Shanghai Center of Photogaraphy, Shanghai, the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Suzdal Museum of Fine Culture, Suzdal, State Archive of Film and Photo Documents, St. Petersburg, French National Association for Contemporary Art, Paris and the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid.