🗓️October 15 – November 14, 2014
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
📍 13/2, Zoologicheskaya Ul., Moscow 123242 Russia
◆”The Other Capital” Group Exhibition◆
Organizers: Museum of Moscow, Northwestern Branch of the National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA)
The exhibition “The Other Capital”, dedicated to contemporary art in St. Petersburg, opened at the Museum of Moscow in the Proviant Warehouses on October 14, 2014. Its central theme was the reflection by St. Petersburg artists on their city and its cultural heritage in dialogue—and in opposition—with Moscow.
The works of 68 contemporary artists from St. Petersburg—including painting, installation, objects, photography, and multimedia—were selected by curators from both cities: Evgenia Kikodze and Olesya Turkina. The exhibition was conceived as a metaphorical, alternative map of the city, assembled from the works of key figures on the St. Petersburg art scene. All participants were contemporary artists representing various generations of unofficial art, continuing the traditions of significant St. Petersburg underground movements from the 1960s to the present day.
Among the works presented were paintings by members of the “Mitki” group Ivan Sotnikov and Vladimir Shinkarev; video installations by Marina Alexeeva; naïve paintings by Olga and Alexander Florensky; an installation by Vladimir Kozin; paintings by Yevgeny Yufit, Oleg Kotelnikov, Alexander Morozov, and Alexander Dashevsky; objects by Pavel Brat, Stas Bugs, and Petr Bely; embroidery by Tatyana Akhmetgalieva; a media installation by Dmitry Lurie; and works by Valeria Nibiru, Ivan Plyushch, and many other artists.
“The distinctions and features presented by St. Petersburg’s contemporary art are easiest to identify through comparison with the Moscow landscape,” said co-curator Evgenia Kikodze. “Comparison allows for a more complete and nuanced description of trends.”
“The exhibition metaphorically reconstructs an urban space with its avenues, streets, and courtyards and traces the paths of those who have inherited the myths, fantasies, and ghosts of Petersburg,” added co-curator Olesya Turkina.
A catalog titled “The Other Capital” was published for the exhibition opening, featuring articles by the curators and participating artists on the history of St. Petersburg’s art groups and movements.
Curators: Evgenia Kikodze, Olesya Turkina.