venerdì 29 maggio 2009

° "Blue Noses" group

The project "Kitchen Suprematism" (photograph, installation "The Malevich Hall" at the exhibition «0.10» in 1915) 2006.

The work of the "Blue Noses" group combines an element of provocation with the tradition of clowning and buffoonery. The artists deride the most painful points in our social situation. In the present project their reflexive gaze is directed towards the cultural values of classical avant-garde art. The Suprematist forms of Kazimir Malevich have been interpreted in terms of our profane reality such as the geometric shapes of sausages and cheeses. Within this ideology the "supremuses" and "architectones" of Malevich's metaphysical space are presented as something earthly, lifelike, temporary, vulnerable, even "edible" and in danger of being destroyed at any moment by all-round commercialization. "Kitchen Suprematism" reconstructs the famous display of Malevich's work at the «0.10» exhibition in St Petersburg in 1915, where his "Black Square" was exhibited for the first time.


Biography

Founded in 1999


VIACHESLAV MIZIN

1962 born in Novosibirsk

1984 graduated from Novosibirsk Architectural Institute

lives and works in Novosibirsk and Moscow


ALEXANDER SHABUROV

1965 born in Berezovsky, Sverdlovsk Region

1985 graduated from Sverdlovsk College of Arts

since 1993 the member of the Artists' Union of the Russian Federation

1998 received grant from the Soros Foundation for denture treatment as an artistic action

lives and works in Ekaterinburg and Moscow


Selected exhibitions


2008

Thaw. 15 years of M. Guelman Gallery. Chelsea Art Museum, New York


2007

Mind Games (together with Ilia Chichkan). Galerie IN SITU Fabienne Leclerc, Paris

The Shame of Russia. Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin

Sots-Art. Political Art in Russia. Maison Rouge, Paris

Sots-Art. Political Art in Russia and China. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Artist’s Diary. Special project of Marat Guelman Foundation within the 2nd Moscow Biennale. Central House of Artist, Moscow

Thaw. 15 years of M. Guelman Gallery. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg


2006

Blue Noses. Kunstverein Rosenheim, Munich

Kitchen suprematism. In the programme of 6th Moscow Fotobiennale. House of journalist, Moscow

RUSSIA! S. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

Russia 2. Bad News From Russia. White Box, New-York


2005

The Blue Noses. Etan Cohen Fine Art, New York.

The Blue Noses. KnollGalerieWien, Vienna

The Blue Noses. B&D Studio Contemporanea, Milano, Italy

The Vogue of Labour. M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow

The Blue Noses. Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark

Always a Little Further. The Arsenale. 51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

“P.S. Beyond the red horizon”. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow


2004

Watch out! Art from Moscow and St. Petersburg. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo


2003

Do I Look Like a Loser? State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Absolut Generation. Within the 50th Venice Biennale. Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy

Redefining Identifies. The Russian Contemporary Art and the Age of Globalization. Tate-Modern, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London


2002

“Davaj! Aus dem Laboratorium der Freien Kunste in Russland", Postfuhramt, Berlin; Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna


2001

Communication betwеen the Arts. I Bienal de Valencia. Valencia, Spain


2000

"Dynamic Pairs". State Russian Museum, St-Petersburg, Central Exhibition Hall " Manege", Moscow


2000-1999

“Le Fou dedouble. L’idiotie comme strategie contemporaine”. Central House of Artist, Moscow; Central Exhibition Hall, Nizhny Novgorod; Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara; Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia; Chateau d’Oiron, Oiron, France