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Andrew Pavlovsky | |
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| Born | 1962 |
| Nationality | Russia  |
| Known for | Graphic design, Advertising, Painting |
Andrew Rostislavovich Pavlovsky is a Russian artist. He is a member of the Moscow Artists Union, the International Federation of Artists (IFA) and Russian Philosophical Union.
Pavlovsky's family comes from the nobles of South-Western land of the Russian Empire and the Don Military. Among his ancestors were participants of the War of 1812, listed on the memorial board of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior; Anatoly A. Linkov, a participant of the Ice March of the White Army (1918), (insignia 3543) and F.P. Kazantsev, railway inventor and engineer[ citation needed ].
He was influenced by Dmitry A. Shuvalov (1932–2013), a Russian artist, a professor of St. Petersburg Art and Industry Academy, and Serafim A. Pavlovskiy (1903–1989), a graduate of VKHUTEMAS.
Pavlovsky began his painting career in 1984. His paintings are kept in private collections in Russia, Germany, the U.S., and Sweden.
In 1986 Pavlovsky began working in graphic design and advertising. He collaborated with the Central Committee of the Leninist Young Communist League of the Soviet Union, the Stas Namin Music Center (SNC), publishing houses «Raduga», All Union Record Studio «Melodiya», the Central State Concert Hall «Rossiya», Mosconcert, Moscow State Philarmony, «MiG» corporation, VNPO «ELEKTRONIKA». He was designer of the contest of «Moscow beauty», commercial advertisements and performing artists posters. During the Perestroika period he worked as the director of several advertising agencies: JUPITER (USSR- Hong Kong Joint venture) and SODRUZHESTVO (USSR-USA Joint venture) combining the work of the art consultant and graphic designer. During early Post-soviet times he worked for Russian Government Administration, Russia's State Department of Economic Development and Trade, Russian versions of magazines ELLE, ELLE-Decor, Moulin ROUGE, ANTOURAGE, MEZZANINE, Russian Information Agency «NEWS». Pavlovsky designed advertisements for «Moscow days» in Warsaw, Prague, Madrid, Budapest (director and producer Sergey Vinnikov) and Vienna. Pavlovsky was a producer of art projects such as «The portrait of science in centuries. Moisey Nappelbaum, Alexander Marov», St. Petersburg State Photography Center, 2007. In 1987–1990 he taught at the Studio of the visual perception esthetics «Studio A» where he had introduced a methodology to train a «Viewer». In 2002 he was organizer and chief artist of the creative association M’ART Group.
Pavlovsky's main discipline is graphic design. He represents a transitional generation of Russian artists between the Soviet and Post-soviet eras. His design style was influenced by Russian constructivism. Pavlovsky coined a term "additive constructivism". His commercial posters are kept in the collection of the Russian State Library.
Painting gives Pavlovsky space for rest from modern design creative conflicts and serves as a platform for research in the field of color, proportions, and composition, and informs his design work. He sticks to the Russian aesthetic tradition of the 20th century. He doesn’t have a large number of paintings but they demonstrate his love for color and respect to the masters of the past.
