A Shadow of the Soul but Slightly Sharper
The title of the exhibition 鈥楢 Shadow of the Soul but Slightly Sharper鈥� is a quote from Alexei Parchikov鈥檚 poem 鈥楳oney鈥�. The exhibition itself can be seen as an analysis of what each one of us, and the whole world, has experienced in this past difficult year 鈥� the year of the pandemic.
Showcased at the exhibition 鈥楢 Shadow of the Soul but Slightly Sharper鈥� are items artists created during quarantine, and also works by classics of contemporary Russian art such as Ilya Kabakov, Erik Bulatov, Vladimir Yankilevsky, Eduard Steinberg, Mikhail Roginsky, Igor Shelkovsky, Francisco Infante, Ivan Chuikov and others, produced at different times starting from the 1970s and now reactivated in the present-day context.
Contemporary art is a telescope aimed at the future. The themes and concepts that were once developed by unofficial art have turned out to be surprisingly consonant with the experiences we have undergone and continue to undergo in this challenging time of crisis, when the virus that has taken millions of lives forced us to alter our usual behaviour and entailed serious economic, social and psychological consequences.
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The title of the exhibition 鈥楢 Shadow of the Soul but Slightly Sharper鈥� is a quote from Alexei Parchikov鈥檚 poem 鈥楳oney鈥�. The exhibition itself can be seen as an analysis of what each one of us, and the whole world, has experienced in this past difficult year 鈥� the year of the pandemic.
Showcased at the exhibition 鈥楢 Shadow of the Soul but Slightly Sharper鈥� are items artists created during quarantine, and also works by classics of contemporary Russian art such as Ilya Kabakov, Erik Bulatov, Vladimir Yankilevsky, Eduard Steinberg, Mikhail Roginsky, Igor Shelkovsky, Francisco Infante, Ivan Chuikov and others, produced at different times starting from the 1970s and now reactivated in the present-day context.
Contemporary art is a telescope aimed at the future. The themes and concepts that were once developed by unofficial art have turned out to be surprisingly consonant with the experiences we have undergone and continue to undergo in this challenging time of crisis, when the virus that has taken millions of lives forced us to alter our usual behaviour and entailed serious economic, social and psychological consequences.
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