1. Slava Mogutin is a New York-based Russian artist and author, who works across different media, including photography, video, text, installation, sculpture, and painting.
11 Facts About Slava Mogutin
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Slava Mogutin soon began working as a journalist for the first independent Russian publishers, newspapers and radio stations.
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At the age of 21, Slava Mogutin had gained both critical acclaim and official condemnation for his outspoken queer writings and activism.
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The situation escalated further when Slava Mogutin attempted to register for the first same-sex marriage in Russian history with his partner at the time Robert Filippini.
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In Novy Vzglyad, Slava Mogutin met Eduard Limonov, who eventually became his spiritual mentor.
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Slava Mogutin is the author of several hardcover monographs of photography, including Lost Boys and NYC Go-Go.
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Slava Mogutin is the winner of the Andrei Belyi Prize for Literature.
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Slava Mogutin has translated into Russian Allen Ginsberg's poetry, William S Burroughs' essays and Dennis Cooper's fiction.
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Slava Mogutin appeared as an actor in Bruce LaBruce's agitprop porn movie Skin Flick and Laura Colella's independent feature Stay Until Tomorrow.
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On July 14,2017, Slava Mogutin published his newest monograph, Bros and Brosephines.
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Slava Mogutin continues to work on his multimedia art and has publicly criticized the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin for his homophobic political policies.