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Source: Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
On September 2, the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art hosted an Evening of Vernissages. Eleven resident galleries presented new exhibitions, and the Winzavod Open Studios hosted a performance by Andrey Soul, the 12th season's resident.
Winzavod's Open Studios hosted a music and dance performance, "Sudden Rave," by artist Andrey Soul as part of the season's final exhibition, "This Is Not Enough, This Is Too Much, This Is Enough." At 15-minute intervals, the conventional space of the gallery's white cube transformed into a nighttime party—a platform for the artist's self-expression, where Andrey and other participants "took over" the space with sound, light, and dance.
The pop/off/art gallery presented Vasily Kononov-Gredin's exhibition "Interior Option." For the duration of the project, the gallery space became a total installation, featuring a new series of photographs, sculpture, and art objects. The space features altered objects with familiar characteristics—an exploration of subjectivity, individual experience, deep memory, and the limits of autonomy.
The exhibition will run until October 12.
XL Gallery opened Igor Samolet's solo exhibition "Choice." The project is based on the artist's reflections on the decision-making process: mundane or critical, simple or unthinkable. Exploring uncertainty as a distinct phenomenon, Samolet used his own experiences as the basis for a complex image—a kinetic "choice setting."
The exhibition will run until October 11.
Vasily Slonov's exhibition "Who Are We to Each Other?" opened at the 11.12 Gallery. This new project presents a vision of an artistic universe brought to life by the artist. Using just one element—a brick—Slonov reimagines the world in all its diversity.
The exhibition will run until October 18.
VLADEY Space opened a solo exhibition, "Funny Room," by artist Inal. In this new series, the artist revisits his own childhood experiences with reflections in the funhouse mirrors of traditional funhouses and their subsequent interpretations. In fairy tales and popular culture, characters depicted in funhouse mirrors are often considered evil—but is this really the case?
The exhibition will run until October 17.
The a-s-t-r-a Gallery presented a memorial exhibition, "The Way to Cronus," by Valentin Korzhov (1975–2022), marking the artist's 50th anniversary. Korzhov created diverse and seemingly disparate works, yet always united by a common purpose. Through them, he found and defined himself.
The exhibition will run until October 17.
PENNLAB Gallery has opened a new project, "Digital Shadows of Words," by artist Yulia Pavlova. This research explores the memory of Chechen poet Arbi Mamakayev and attempts to rethink how the ways of preserving and reproducing the past are being shaped today. The project asks what forms of memory are preserved today, as physical media lose their significance and digital media remain unstable and susceptible to manipulation.
The exhibition will run until October 15.
HSE ART Gallery, in partnership with the Gallllery platform, presented the curatorial project "Are You Ready for the Future?" by collector Pierre-Christian Brochet. The exhibition is less a display of his collection than a reflection on the institutional nature of collecting.
The exhibition will run until October 14.
FUTURO Gallery opened a duet exhibition by Daniil Antropov and Sergey Karev, "Objects of Surface, Space, and Beauty." The exhibition brings together two artists who address similar issues: what are the limits of visual art's expressive potential, and where do the boundaries between traditional artistic forms and media blur? The project's distinctiveness lies in the way both artists subvert traditional notions of artistic mediums.
The exhibition will run until October 17.
On the evening of the Vernissage, the Triangle Gallery transformed into an open studio for Chinese artist Yirui Fan, who was preparing new works for an upcoming exhibition at the gallery. In his work, Yirui Fan explores the intersection of Eastern and Western visual traditions with contemporary philosophical thought, using abstract painting as the primary vehicle for his conceptual practice.
Totibadze Gallery opened Yulia Kirakosyan's exhibition "The Story of One Summer." The artist's works are highly decorative, typically composed of multiple planes that create a mosaic of images. The gallery's new project is dedicated to Yulia Kirakosyan's summers—fresh, airy, filled with symbols and signs that evoke images and memories.
The exhibition will run until October 12.
FINEART Gallery presented Alexander Rukavishnikov's solo project "3/4 Sleeve." The artist is a sculptor and martial artist. Art occupies 3/4 of Alexander's life, and martial arts the rest. These 3/4 Sleeves can also be divided into sculpture and painting/graphics. The exhibition features works created in the spirit of Zen wisdom.
The exhibition will run until October 19.
The BIS ART gallery hosted the opening of the exhibition "Get-togethers" by artists Shishik and Ophelia t. Home is a place where walls bear witness to human authenticity. Where people take off their masks and allow themselves to be vulnerable, strange, and real. The artists' works are a conversation about how people shape their personal space, and how space shapes people.
The exhibition will run until September 16.
Admission to the galleries is free. Please check the gallery's website for opening hours. For full details and contact information, please visit the gallery's website. on the website.
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