ARTOUT is proud to welcome its new participant Georgy (Gosha) Ostretsov. The multi-media artist Georgy Ostretsov has worked in the Moscow art scene since the mid-1980s, when he advanced the so-called “man style” (chelovek-stil') of avant-garde fashion, and participated in projects of the Detskii Sad group. At that time he also formed a partnership with the artist and komiksist Georgii “Zhora” Litichevskii, one of the very few Russian artists to utilize comics iconography in his work as early as the 1970s. They called themselves “George & George” a creative partnership that remains active to this day. From 1988-1998 Ostretsov lived in Paris, working for the fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. He also took part in projects by Jean Paul Gautier and Luc Besson. Georgy is currently participating in the Sots-Art show at the Maison Rouge foundation in Paris.
