Mamyshev-Monroe Vladislav
From the series “Ding-Ding or the Holy Paparazzi.”

From the series “Ding-Ding or the Holy Paparazzi.”
Year: 2003.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Size: 60х81.

Attribution: Maxime Sharon (France). Letter by E. Selina. Photographs from the exhibition of Monroe against the background of the painting. From the collection of Bernard Loze (Chairman of the Russian-French Friendship Society, Director of YUKOS).

Mamyshev-Monroe Vladislav (1969, Leningrad - 2013, Bali).

Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe, one of Russia’s most significant performance artists, died on Saturday 16 March after drowning in a hotel swimming pool in Bali, where he had lived since 2007. His unexpected death shocked Russia’s artistic community, underscoring his place as a key figure in the Russian art world and his charismatic personality. The 43-year-old, also known as Vlad Monroe, was best known for his impersonations of prominent figures from Hitler, the Pope and Putin to Marilyn Monroe, after whom he was affectionately nicknamed. The artist's works are kept in the Russian State Museum, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Moscow House of Photography, The State Center of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MuHKA), New Museum (Saint-Petersberg), Stella Art Foundation, Museum Art4.ru, Foundation New Rules, The Center Pompidou (Paris) in many other famous museums and private collections.