Artwork information
- Author
- Guennadi Maslov
- Project
- Ethiopia First
- Name
- Friendship
- Year
- 1987
- Medium
- gelatin silver print, toned
- Dimensions
- 35,5х28 cm
- Catalog number
- MASG-14(1987)
- Inscription
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on the verso side: “Эфиопия. Бале-Гинир. 1987. Дружба / Guennadi Maslov. Friendship (from Ethiopia First) 4/10 GM/ГМ 1987” and the artist’s signature
About the artist
Friendship
Guennadi Maslov (b. 1959, Kharkiv) — Kharkiv photographer. After graduating from Kharkiv Electro-Technical College he studied at the Kharkiv State University (now the Karazin National University), obtaining a master’s degree in 1986. Having entered the local photography community in the late 1970s, a few years later he started to prove himself as a gifted artist, and became one of the founders of Kontakty (Contacts) group. Other members of the group included Misha Pedan, Igor Manko, Volodymyr Starko, Boris Redko, Leonid Pesin, and Sergey Bratkov, who joined later. Once or twice a week the group met in the photolaboratory at the Construction Workers Palace of Culture, where Maslov was employed as a staff photographer in 1984-1986. A professional military interpreter, Maslov did his compulsory army service in Ethiopia as an officer of the country’s Southern Operational Command. Meanwhile in Kharkiv Kontakty was gradually transformed into Gosprom group and continued its active involvement in the city’s artistic life. On his return to Ukraine Maslov worked as a photography instructor at the Kharkiv State University. In summer of 1991 was a visiting professor at University of Cincinnati School of Art. In 1992-1993 headed the Kharkiv Children’s Photography Center.
In 1993 moved to Cincinnati, USA, where resides now. In 2017 received MFA in Visual Arts from the Lesley University, College of Art and Design, Cambridge, USA. The artist’s works are included in the collections of Houston Fine Arts Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati, Moscow State Archival Collection, Kharkiv State Fine Arts Museum, Kharkiv School of Photography Museum and private collectors in Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, USA, Germany, Slovakia and Finland. Adjunct Associate Professor of Blue Ash College, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Blue Ash College, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Father of the photographer Sasha Maslov.
Solo exhibitions:
1991 — “Contemporary Soviet Photographers” (together with Evgeniy Pavlov and Oleksandr Suprun), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1993 —“Маслов-Павлов-Супрун / Maslov-Pavlov-Suprun”, Kharkiv Art Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1993 — “Daughters/Mothers”, Midfest International Festival, Middletown, Ohio, USA
1993 — “Guennadi Maslov: New Works”, Veselka Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2002 — “Maslov”, International Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
2003 — “Половини / Halves”, Kharkiv Art Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2003 — “Halves”, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Covington, Kentucky
2005 — “Footnotes”, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2005 — “Наполовину серьезно / Almost serious”, Kyiv Month of Photography, Kyiv, Ukraine
2005 — “Захід-Схід / West-East”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Poltava, Ukraine
2006 — “Footnotes”, as a part of Biennale FotoFest, NorthlineArt Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
2012 — “Ukrainian Time”, Cintas Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2013 — Retrospective, Public Library, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
2017 — “Constructing Modern Memories” (together with Andrii Kozakov), Wash Park Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2019 — «Сестринство / Sisterhood», exhibiton on the occasion of the 30 years of sister city partnership (together with Volodymyr Bysov), Gorky Park Outdoor display. Kharkiv, Ukraine
Group exhibition:
1982 — “IX Всесоюзный конкурс независимых художников / IX All-Union Contest of Independent Artist” (Best Slide Award), Moscow, RSFSR
1985 — 2nd Regional Slide Festival (Honorary Award), Kharkiv regional photoclub at the Trade Union Amateur Arts House, Kharkiv, USSR
1985 — Eastwards Prospectus International Contest (Monochrome Category Diploma), Galerija Fotograficna, Warsaw, Poland
1986 — “Человек и море / Man and Sea”, Odesa, Ukraine
1986 — “New Photography from Ukraine”, Photographic Hall. Heb, Czechoslovakia
1989 — “Фотографии–150” (Achievement Award), Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, RSFSR
1992 — “New East-European Photography”, Museum of Industrial Culture, Nuremberg, Germany
1995-1996 — Art Directors’ Club of Cincinnati Annual Awards, Convention Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1995 — Wyoming Arts Festival (Best of Show Award), Wyoming, Ohio, USA
1996-1998 — “Cinergy Collection”, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, USA
1996 — “Selected works”, Images Centre for Photography, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1996 — “Feed the Body, Feed the Soul”, Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
1996 — Annual Members Show, Wolf Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1998 — Annual Members Show, Wolf Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2000 — “Artists Books/Photos with Text”, Wolf Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2001-2002 — “Current Works”, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
2001 — “In God We Trust”, Hughes-Zahorek Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2002 — Annual International Competition (Semi-Finalist Award), The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2005 — “Ukrainian Photography: Tracing Culture Through Art”, Space Gallery, Knauss Hall at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA (curator — Bill Davis)
2006 — “Altered States: Works by 12 Photographers”, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, USA (curators — Dennis Kiel, Dennis Harrington)
2010 — “Disturbing Reality”, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2012-2018 — annual Faculty Staff Exhibition, Blue Ash College, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2012 — “Всесвітній сад / Universal Garden”, Kharkiv municipal gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2012 — “Re-Art Project”, Krohn Conservatory, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2014 — “Ukrainian Time”, Cintas Centre, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2016 — “American Trends”, as a part of Colorful Guizhou Festival, Guiyang, China
2018 — “Flyover Country”, as a part of Biennale FOTOFOCUS, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2019 — “SOS Art”, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Curatorial projects:
1992 — American Students’ Montage Photography show, Kharkiv Industry and Art Institute, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1992 — “Фотография США / USA Photography”, Kharkiv Art Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1993 — “Soul of Ukraine”, BASE Art Gallery, Cincinnati, as a part of Midfest International, Middletown, Ohio, USA
1996 — “Multi-Exposure” (exhibition of American photographers), Union of Artists Exhibition Hall, Kyiv, Ukraine
1996-1997 — “A Day in The Life of Sister Cities”, Touring Exhibit of Children’s Photography. USA and Ukraine
2001 — “Фотографы Цинциннати / Cincinnati Photographers”, Kharkiv municipal gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2001 — “Американская коллекция / An American Collection”, Kharkiv Art Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2001 — “The Road. Works by Yury Voroshilov”, Main Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2005 — “Nightlife: Cincinnati. Photos by Maurice Mattei”, Kharkiv municipal gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2007 — “Ukrainian Photography”, Cincinnati Arts Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2015 — “Three Intuitions”, Gallagher Student Center, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (co-curator — Gregory Rust)
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