When first hearing about Komar and Melamid I did not think that there idea of polling all different countries to see what the world saw art, as was a great idea. But it actually turned out to be very interesting seeing what different parts of the world enjoy and consider appealing to their characteristics and life styles. Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid both Russian born American graphic artists teamed up together to collaborate their unique art talents and take the world by storm. Komar and Melamid both teamed up to create a People’s Choice series, which took place from 1994 to 1997. This series considered the most wanted and most hated paintings polled from eleven different countries. They polled all eleven countries from what there favorite colors were to what art they liked to show in their house. Born, raised, and educated in the Soviet Union where the government’s motto was in people or the citizen’s interest they decided to give the Russian people a chance to exercise their taste. Another idea that helped create this series was while living the latter part of their career in America they saw Americas as an adequate judge of art in the historical precedence that the world was trusted with judging what President to elect that they also could judge art. They decided to poll ten other countries to see the vast differences in opinions people had on art. After finishing their polls and results they posted it on a website created and run by them where they showed all their findings and showed what each countries favorite and hated picture was.
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