Roundtable discussion V: Artist’s Responsibility in terms of Yegor Ostrov’s exhibition The Depth of Starkness.
Participants: I. Chechot, P. Gerasimenko, G. Gurianov, A. Klukanov, O. Kudriavtseva, A. Kuryokhina, V. Kuznetsov, S. Makarov, O. Maslov, T. Milyukova, D. Novik, Y. Ostrov, Sergeyev S., O. Tobreluts, G. Yershov and others
Yegor Ostrov. The Depth of Starkness. Yegor Ostrov and Arno Breker (painting).
Curator – Ivan Chechot. A well-known artist from St Petersburg, Yegor Ostrov (born 1972) presents a series of twelve large paintings at the Gallery D-137. The works are based on photographs of monumental sculptures by Arno Breker, reworked with the help of rhythmic, undulating rastering. In this project, the artist varies ways of employing and agreeing the colour raster with the forms and rhythms of a photo-reproductive motif taken from the history of art — one that is, above all, figurative and classical. Continue reading
Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe. Dostoevsky in Baden-Baden, Woman as Is(photography, video).
Co-organized with XL gallery (Moscow) Continue reading
Stanislav Makarov at the Moscow Collectors Club.
Moscow. Russia
Sergeyev Sergey. Bull’s Whisper (painting, graphics).
Booklet. Curator – Andrey Khlobistin. The oeuvre of Sergeyev Sergey embraces the cutting edge of modern art. Masterly creating the effects of different (including fantastic) materials, textures and even sounds, his works hover on the whimsical verge of conservatism and experimentation, traditionalism and exoticism, expressive materiality and ephemerality. Continue reading
Art Moscow’2004, the International Art Fair. Moscow. Russia.
Catalogue Georgy Gurianov, Stanislav Makarov, Sergeyev Sergey, Olga Tobreluts
Roundtable discussion IV: Nude Curator.
Brochure. Participants: E. Andreeva, S. Bugaev (Africa), I. Chechot, J. Demidenko, A. Fedorova, E. Figurina, P. Gerasimenko, V. Gerasimenko, T. Heikella, A. Khlobistin, M. Koldobskaya, M. Kostritz, O. Kotelnikov, O. Kudriavtseva, H. Lemann, A. Matveeva, T. Milyukova, E. Mokhorev, K. Novikova, D. Pilikin, M. Savelieva, O. Tobreluts, O. Turkina, G. Yershov and others
Stanislav Makarov. Angels (gummiarabic print).
Curator – Ekaterina Andreeva. Stanislav Makarov is a radical contemporary artist deeply rooted in the system of art. He discerns the subordinate and the main thing, the definition and the definable, in the phrase “contemporary artist”. The definition “contemporary” is directly related to the artist’s archaicising technique and the stylistics of his photo-watercolour landscapes (gum arabic). Continue reading
Nina Vitanova-Vlakhova. Brain Extension (multimedia images)
Georgy Gurianov. Sailors and Heaven (canvas drawings, photography).
Curator – Andrey Khlobistin. “Women in ports try to touch a sailor who has just returned from a voyage; this is supposed to bring them good luck”. Popular superstition. “When he came in and saw an hussar of the line recounting his military exploits (Prince Andrew could not endure that sort of man), he gave Boris a pleasant smile, frowned as Continue reading