"The tension between contemplation and participation underlies the work of the Moscow-born and New York-based Yevgeniy Fiks, who addresses the history and current cultural status of Soviet Communism in his paintings, photographs, and conceptual works.

--Olga Kopenkina, Modern Painters, May 2008

Adopt Lenin

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Exhibitions

Things Fall Apart (2009)

Publications

Yevgeniy Fiks, "Communist Guide to New York City"

Yevgeniy Fiks "Lenin for Your Library?"

Selected Bibliography

"De-fetishizing Lenin Kitsch," by Sydney, Thing Theory, February 3, 2009

Lori Cole, artforum.com Critics' Picks, January 26, 2009

Michael Harvey, Art in America, January 2009

Paddy Johnson, "Yevgeniy Fiks at Winkleman Gallery," artfagcity.com, October 2, 2008

Catherine Spaeth, "All in One Day: The Gallery Give-Away in Changing Economies," catherinesarttours.blogspot.com, September 29, 2008

Daniel Larkin, "The Russian Soldier," ArtCal Zine, September 19, 2008

Colby Chamberlain, "Critics' Picks, Yevgeniy Fiks," artforum.com, 9/16/08

Yaelle Amir , "Lenin Re-Commodified," ArtSlant New York, www.artslant.com/ny/, 9/14/08

Olga Kopenkina, Modern Painters Page 1, May 2008

Olga Kopenkina, Modern Painters Page 2, May 2008

Olga Kopenkina, Modern Painters Page 3, May 2008

Yevgeniy Fiks