Throughout the 1970s, Komar & Melamid worked in a style they called “Post-Art,” pioneering the use of images and pictures of multiple looks and styles. They also collaborated on various conceptual projects, ranging from painting and performance to installation, public sculpture, photography, music, and poetry. With all this being said, perhaps they are best known as the founders of SotsArt, a form of Soviet Nonconformist Art that combines elements of Socialist Realism and Western Pop Art in a conceptual framework that also references Dadaism.
In 1994-1997, Komar and Melamid created the "Peoples Choice" series, which consisted of the "most wanted" and "most unwanted" paintings of 11 countries. They then used polls and allowed people to vote and express what they thought art was and what they would like to see in art. Even though they did this poll, Komar and Melamid has said that they weren't so concerned if people actually liked and enjoyed their art, they were more concerned with expressing themselves through the use of freedom of speech, in a sense. The tandem were a great team during their run together, but sadly it came to an end in 2003 when they decided to go their separate ways.
-O.D.
Komar and Melamid's "Peoples Choice" was a very interesting idea. It was a popularity contest between 11 countries of which art was acceptable and which wasn't acceptable. I found this very interesting but it had to be controversial because all the countries had to have different opinions. Also Komar and Melamid's ability to not care whether their art was accepted or not is also noble. They were more impressed with their ability of freedom of speech and didn't care about critics or opinions. I really am inspired by them because they expressed themselves and didn't care what others thought about them. They both were very artistic and this poll they took was a very interesting style of art and a reason to express their freedom of speech
- Owen
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