Alexander Kargaltsev
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| Born | Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Photography, theatre, cinema |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
Alexander (Sasha) Kargaltsev is a Russian-born American artist, writer, photographer, actor and film director.
As photographer, Kargaltsev is known for his series of nude male portraiture. In 2012 he published a book Asylum with nude portraits of Russian gay asylum seekers in the United States. In 2014 he notoriously responded to the allegedly racist photograph of Russian model Dasha Zhukova sitting on a black woman who posed as a chair, with his version of the photo. His activism works also included organisation of a protest against IKEA for the removal of photograph of a lesbian couple from the Russian edition of Ikea Family Live magazine. Kargaltsev is represented by Gallery Mooi Man in Europe and multiple galleries in US, including "Gitana Rossa" in New York City.
His short movies, The Cell (2010) and The Well (2009) won him a scholarship at the Russian State University of Cinematography. Kargaltsev moved to New York City in 2009 after winning a scholarship in New York Film Academy and applied to asylum in United States, citing persecution, based on his sexual orientation. Kargaltsev's asylum was approved in May 2011 after nine months of hearings. The evidences gathered was presented to USA Immigration and Naturalization Services.
Kargaltsev debut as a theatre director was the play "The Net", staged in Dixon Place in New York. He directed the play 'Crematorium', based on story written by Russian playwright Valeriy Pecheykin. The play was staged in its abridged version at New York's Shelter Studios and Gene Frankel Theatre.
Nude on stone paving
Portrait of Dmitry Bozin
Vladik and daemons
Tyler
The summer we met
Kargaltsev answer to Dasha Zhukova
Study in gay affection
Part of a homoerotic series of photographs of models around Central Park
IKEA Gets Queered with Russian Kiss-In
Life study series of photos
Mitt Jones relaxing
Micky Friedmann in Moscow
Kargaltsev posed nude on rocks
Portrait of Luis.
Study on stairs
Study series
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