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
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