Exhibition: Olga Chernysheva – Keeping Sight
M HKA, Antwerpen
24 October 2014 - 18 January 2015
©Courtesy Diehl Gallery Berlin
For the 2014 collection intervention, the M HKA invited the internationally renowned Russian artist Olga Chernysheva (born in 1962, Moscow) to investigate the collection and develop a response to it. The M HKA acquired a major new work by her, the video installation Screens (2013), which, together with her audiovisual work, photos and drawings, was on display at the exhibition.
Chernysheva is a leading name from the Moscow generation emerging in the 90s who made a name for herself during a period of great political and cultural changes, which were, however, partly determined by the difficult reforms of the Soviet system and the economic problems that affected a large part of the population. Her work in different media - including very short essays which she combines with still or moving images - is based on a close observation of the reality around her.
Olga Chernysheva continues the long Russian tradition of social realism (very different form Socialist Realism, the official artistic doctrine of the former Soviet Union) and of art as a kind of critical and compassionate narrative. Her work is formally sophisticated, subtle and humorous.
Media
>Olga Chernysheva, Series 'Domestication', 2014, colour photo, Collection Dmitry Aksenov, Courtesy Diehl Gallery - Berlin
>Olga Chernysheva, Series 'Domestication', 2014, colour photo, Collection Dmitry Aksenov, Courtesy Diehl Gallery - Berlin
WorksShow artists
> Antoni Muntadas, Emission - Réception, 1973-1974. Installation, slides.
> Hans Eijkelboom, Fotonotities 1992-2007, een keuze uit het fotografisch dagboek [Photo Notes 1992 - 2007: A Selection from the Photographic Diary], 1992-2007. Installation, c-print, epson luster paper, 160 x (60 x 50 cm).
> Hermann Pitz, Camera, 1997. Sculpture, wood, concrete, 19 x 22 x 8 cm.
> Francis Alÿs, When Faith Moves Mountains, Lima, Peru, April 11, 2002, 2002. Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions.
> Olga Chernysheva, Windows, 2007. Installation, 16 ipads.
> Olga Chernysheva, On Duty, 2007. Photography, 11 photo's, optical silver gelatin prints, framed , 11 x (136 x 90 cm).
> Olga Chernysheva, Moscow Area, 2008-2012. Installation, series of 80 black and white small-format slides in carousel .
> Olga Chernysheva, Cactus Seller, 2009. Photography, 33 lightboxes, mixed media, 33 x (51 x 36 x 8 cm).
> Olga Chernysheva, To Moscow, 2009. Photography, 8 photo's, analogue on barite paper, framed, 8 x (75 x 111 cm).
> Olga Chernysheva, Guard, 2009. Photography, 7 photo's, gelatin silver fibre prints, framed , 7 x (150 x 100 cm).
> Olga Chernysheva, Trashman, 2011. Video, projection, 00:06:30.
> Olga Chernysheva, Clippings, 2012-2013. Installation, 8 flatscreens .
> Olga Chernysheva, Untitled (Person Protected by ...), 2012. Drawing, 12 drawings, charcoal on paper, collage, framed, 42 x 59,5 cm, 42 x 30 cm .
> Olga Chernysheva, Life in Art, 2013. Drawing, charcoal, pencil, paper, 3 x (30 x 41,5 cm), 4 x (42 x 59 cm).
> Olga Chernysheva, Screens, 2013. Installation, 12 flatscreens .
> Olga Chernysheva, Briefly, 2013. Drawing, 10 drawings, charcoal on paper, 10 x (37 x 59 cm).
> Olga Chernysheva, Domestication, 2013. Photography, 20 photo's, colour, unframed , 90 x 120 cm, 90 x 135 cm.
> Olga Chernysheva, Inconsolable: The Giver of Hope at Revolution Square, 2014. Video, 00:07:17.