Ex Drummer of rock band "Cinema" Georgy Guryanov recognized as the most expensive artist in Russia for 10 years

According to the first reviews of the market of Russian contemporary art InArt 2016 which will be presented on 23 September in Vienna, the most expensive Russian artist of the last decade became Georgy Guryanov, known as the drummer of the legendary "Cinema" rock band (1961 - 2013).

"We analyzed the 1000 contemporary Russian artists, whose career peaked after the 1990s, and whose works have participated in the auction over the past 10 years. The most expensive artist became Georgy Guryanov, in particular his" Self-Portrait "was sold on summer Russian auctions in London for 183 thousand 612 pounds, "- he said at a press conference on Monday, director of Sotheby's Russian Irina Stepanova.

Guryanov (1961 - 2013) - Russian artist and musician "Cinema" group, drummer, arranger, author of a bass and backing vocalist from 1984 to 1990. Since 1982, he participated in the "New Artists" Timur Novikov. Died July 20, 2013 in St. Petersburg.

Stepanov said that the list of artists that had been prepared for review by the results of trading abroad, does not match the rating of the internal market.

"This is not surprising, the same thing we are seeing in Eastern Europe", - she said.

Overview InArt-2016 published in Russian and English, it will be presented to the international community on 23 September in Vienna at the Vienna Contemporary Fair. 2017 InArt reviews will be published twice a year - in April and September.

"The first issue of analytical review - an important step towards the formation of standards of the art business and his movement to international standards Research survey suggests systematization of objective data on the market." - He said at a press conference initiator of the project, the gallery owner Xenia Podoinitsyna.

According Podoinitsyna, participated in the survey 40% of the galleries involved in the sale of works of Russian artists. The results showed that for the period from July 2015 to June 2016, 20% of respondents galleries have an annual turnover of more than 250 thousand euros. Popularity (about 47%) enjoys painting, and working in the price range between 1,000 and 5,000 euros (about 38%).