The list of the Best Russian contemporary artists (49ART-arteex) - of authors not older than 1960 year of birth , was made by ARTEEX based on their creations evaluation , popularity , commercial activity (their titles, awards , participations in exhibitions and fairs , auctions , mention in art-ratings , presence of their works in museum collections and so on were taken into consideration).
Some authors were included in the list of Best contemporary artists within the programme Discovery (based on expert recommendations), which allows to open new talents to the art-society.
ARTEEX does its best to be objective making the list, but anyway it reflects only subjective position of ARTEEX.
The maximum number of names in the List is – 250 authors (Top-250). Nowadays the list is being supplemented. The list is open. ARTEEX is considering suggestions of including authors in the list of best contemporary artists.
How to make a list of the Best contemporary artists of Russia here: https://arteex.ru/en/about/list_arteex
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Andrey Tarusov included in the list of the Best Russian contemporary artists (ARTEEX). Andrey Tarusov – an artist, who became famous, first in Russia, then in America, for his being able to create amazingly beautiful women. In his creative experience, there is cooperation with Disney, Fox and even Playboy. Being an illustrator in pin-up style, Andrey managed to gain popularity in 2012, when his first calendar «Apocalypse Tomorrow» was published while people were discussing the end of the world. The second wave of popularity was in the end of 2013 with publication of «Olympic calendar 2014». He can make sexual anybody: even Shapoklyak or Freken Bok from Soviet cartoons. The catching imagination pin-up is his crowning style, but Tarasov is trying out with drawings and topics playfully. But, he admits that he will never part with seductive pretty women.