Marc Chostakoff

Born in Casablanca (Morroco) in 1961, the artist works and lives in Marseille (South of France). He first dedicated his work to etching. In 1989, he was one of the first artists to invent digital art. This new artwork (digital images) are exposed in many group and solo exhibitions.
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Water, or the elusive nature of the world.

The sea, waves, the horizon, these all existed long before the arrival of man and will continue to exist, aloof and indifferent for time eternal. The elusive nature of the world with the sea, waves, the horizon, all seem like obstacles in opposition to man. How then can we be part of what eludes us; water running through our fingers, a wave appearing from nowhere or the horizon which seems to go still further as we advance?
In one of his first photographs, Marc Chostakoff shows the sea in the horizon. For just an instant, and by clever positioning of a series of geometrical forms over the horizon, there seems to be some resistance and the imperturbable line of the horizon seems disputed.
In later pictures Marc Chostakoff will, like an architect, “construct” the sea by creating the unexpected : stairs of water, an orthogonal waterfall, an isolated block of water, a sea-island in the middle of ...

He graduated from Art school Beaux-Arts de Marseille, after five years (June 1985)

EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES :2011
« Eau de là ». Artothèque Antonin Artaud, Marseille
2010
« Ciels ». Galerie Art-Positions, Marseille.2007 : "MEMOIRE ET REGARDSDU PAYSAGE URBAIN EN MUTATION"Cit du design : journes du patrimoine portes ouvertes du chantier. Saint-Etienne. Horizons exposition galerie Martin - Dupont Marseille2005 : Horizons exposition lInstitut Franais de Valence (Espagne).2004 : "MEMOIRE ET REGARDSDU PAYSAGE URBAIN EN MUTATION"Muse dArt Moderne de Saint-Etienne. SUR LES TRACES DE FELIX ZIEM MARTIGUES. Muse Ziem, Martigues.Paysages de MartiguesCette exposition s'accompagne de la parution de deux ouvrages :"Ziem Martigues", photographies de Marc Chostakoff, textes de Gilbert Beaug et de "Flix Ziem, de la Mditerrane l'Orient", peintures de Flix Ziem, textes de Grard Fabre. (Images En Manoeuvres ditions).2002 : 14es Rencontres photographiques, Centre culturel Simone Signoret, Chateaux-Arnoux / Saint Auban2000 : Muse Arts et Histoire, Bormes les Mimosas "Horizons" M.J.C. Aubagne. "Horizons" galerie contemporaine Bastide St Joseph, mairie du 7eme secteur Marseille.1997 : "Horizons", Galerie : La fontaine Obscure,Aix en Provence.1995/96 : "Horizons", Espace Brenet - Nicola, Marseille.1993 : Espace Ecureuil, (lieu de m...