Tag: perestroika
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Russian Revolution: A Contested Legacy
The exhibition is unique as a form of intergenerational and intercultural dialogue. It brings together curatorial and artistic talent to initiate an inquiry into the legacy of the Russian revolution
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Alexey Titarenko: ‘I wanted to capture my inner perception of the world around me’
An exhibition at the Naiya Alexander Gallery in New York brings together Alexey Titarenko’s photographs from four cities taken over 30 years. Here, he talks about how life in the Soviet Union shaped his work, being jailed by the KGB,…
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The New Blockheads
This retrospective looks at the work of a group of performance artists from St Petersburg in the late 1990s, who used irony, the grotesque and absurdism to reflect the transitional and uncertain world around them
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Valera & Natasha Cherkashin: ‘There is no future without understanding our past and our present’
The Russian artist couple talk about the importance of history in their work and the beginnings and development of their multimedia art practice, encompassing photography, performance, video, digital art, painting and drawing
