EXHIBITION “HOMAGE TO A PERSONAGE”

The so-called Saint Petersburg myth, created in the 19th century by Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol, was later developed by the poets Andrei Bely, Alexander Blok, Korney Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak, the “OBERIU” group (Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky) and others. St. Petersburg fantasy gave rise to absurdist images of dead old women and city officials, noses that walk on their own, as well as to characters known to every Soviet child — Moidodyr, Tarakanische, an absent-minded guy from Basseinaya street. 

The collection of the Sergei Kuryokhin CCA contains works by artists who embody contemporary St. Petersburg mythology. Cosmonauts and snowmen, elephants and dwarfs, doctors and musicians — these mysterious entities continue the traditions of the “Petersburg devilry”, while simultaneously creating a new look for historical characters and contemporaries.

🎨Artists: 

Vladimir Abikh * Stas Bags * Andrey Bartenev * Anatoly Belkin * Lyudmila Belova * Andrius Venclova * Ilya Gaponov and Kirill Koteshov * Georgy Guryanov * Alexander Dashevsky * Vladimir Dubossarsky * Yuri Dyshlchenko * Vladimir Zagorov * Dmitry Kavko * Boris Kazakov * Vladimir Kozin * Nikolay Kopeikin * Oleg Kotelnikov * Andrey Krisanov * Vasya Lozhkin * Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe * Kostya Mitenev * Marat Murakaev * Vova Perkin * Yuri Petrochenkov * Veronika Rudyeva-Ryazantseva * Andrey Rudiev * Roma Savin * Inal Savchenkov * Maria Safronova * SEVER-7 Art Group * Sergey Sergeev * Ivan Sotnikov * Grigory Strelnikov * Anna Frants * Rebecca Horn * Sergey Chernov * Dmitry Shagin * Dmitry Shorin

Curated by Victoria Iluyshkina

Exhibition opening: 18 February at 7 PM

Hours: Mon-Sat | 12 AM — 9 PM; Sun | Closed