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Practice For Everyday Life – Young Artists from Russia at Calvert22 from Wednesday March 23rd 2011


Image:Yulia Ivashkina interior_11, 2010 Painting (oil, canvas) 125cm x 180cm
Courtesy of the artist

23rd March – 29th May 2011

Featured Artists:
Tanya Akhmetgalieva, Olga Bozhko, Alexander Ditmarov, Yulia Ivashkina,
Sergey Ogurtsov, Taus Makhacheva, Anya Titova, Arseniy Zhilyaev

In association with the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) Moscow, and Centre for Contemporary Art – Winzavod, Calvert 22 is proud to present new work from a selection of emerging artists from Russia. This unique presentation, conceived as an annual event, aims to convey a vivid sense of current artistic practice in Russia and introduce a new generation of artists and perspectives to the UK.


Image:Sergey Ogurtsov Rene Daumal dying at Gurdjieff’s palace Chateaudu-
Priere 44cm x 22cm x 12cm From the series Empty Homes of Being, 2008-
2010 Books Courtesy of the artist

The participating artists have been co-selected by Joseph Backstein (Director of ICA, Moscow and Commissioner of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art) and David Thorp (Calvert 22 Associate Artistic Director) and drawn from the ICA, Moscow and the prestigious START programme, established by the Centre for Contemporary Art – Winzavod in order to promote and develop young artists from across Russia.

Both the ICA, Moscow, and Centre for Contemporary Art – Winzavod, have created a unique forum and context for a discourse in contemporary art among young Russian artists that has been largely missing from the Moscow art scene previously. Beside the ad hoc relationships that usually and perhaps naturally exist between artists, there was no formal means of offering practical and ideological support to assist – especially younger – artists in developing their ideas and being able to discuss and engage with contemporary art practice more globally.


Image:Sergey Ogurtsov Gaston Bachelard burns Freud’s letter at castle
Marcasseles, Bar-sur-Aube 30cm x 22cm x 8cm From the series Empty Homes of Being, 2008- 2010 Books Courtesy of the artist

All of the artists involved in this exhibition have directly benefited from being a part of these two programmes. Although they do not represent a trend or even a dominant ‘school’ (such as the YBAs in the UK for example) they do noticeably demonstrate an engagement with contemporary art that is in dialogue with ideas currently being expressed elsewhere in the world.

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Image:Tanya Akhmetgalieva The Chrysalis Phase (detail), 2009 Installation (fabric, wool) Dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist Photograph: Andrey Kobylko

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