Whatever may be said about them, but AES F interesting is the fact that successful (for Russia, unfortunately, is not the norm.) Their work has long been selling well in the global auction: the sculpture "Warrior № 4" from the project "Last Riot" is second in the list of the most expensive works of contemporary Russian artists (shiny bronze soldier growth of 160 cm was sold four years ago at Sotheby's for 242,000 dollars converted from pounds), and their work has been exhibited at prestigious venues and pieces of the same "Feast of Trimalchio 'are known collections, and they had an active international career (and this is very important), the permanent exhibition and the overall feeling that these people are in great demand. AEC abbreviation F comes to mind one of the first, when you think about the investment purchases in modern art, conversation and crowded divination type love - not love, spit, kiss, to the heart prizhmut - sent to hell ... And who we love?

• Bronze. H 160
  Result: 242.05 thousand dollars
  12.03.2008. Sotheby's, London. Lot 142
  Source: artinvestment.ru

Why them? You can put the question another way. Who today is brighter than the AEC F? Who in today's Russia is ready spectacular project that does not skukozhilas in space an arena and can be rapidly deployed for five days? Who has set nerazobschenny work comparable in terms of technological performance with sculptures of Koons? Actually, that's the answer. A lot of fingers on your hand will not have to bend.

exhibited in the Manege AES F trilogy The Liminal Space . Technically, the exhibition presents three separate auditoriums that demonstrate the video "Last Riot" (conditional - Hell), "Feast of Trimalchio" (conditional - Paradise) and Allegoria Sacra (shareware - Purgatory). Revived photos, animation, computer graphics. Despite the scary name, it's very allegorical and bloodless. In the center of the exhibition - sculptures of growth "Last Riot". Looks like acrylic, but people in the know suggested that this bronze, enamelled to this effect. Comparable in size sculpture gallery AES F "Triumph" has just sold at Art Moscow for 40,000 euros. But those on the show, would be much more expensive.

On the walls - photos and paintings of the quartet. On some papers are the names of the collectors: Viktor Bondarenko, Dobrovinsky, Vladimir Mukhin.

For viewers who want to get a text comment was provided multimedia rack - monitors, headphones, video with subtitles.

was evident that visitors used to the classical models, the "Trilogy" was lost, revealing the failure of traditional ways of understanding and "development" of art. Those for whom contemporary art - the habitat, it is advised to watch this show in another way: stop digging into contexts, turn off the mind and rely on feelings. Try and feel inside the fictional world and its characters, rules, metaphors. A context will itself - and on their own, through a metal detector, quietly joined the screen space with the space of the exhibition hall. Here are they: Angels and Demons, the masters and servants, guardians and potential rebels. With a glass of wine in hand ... On the "Trilogy" gathered all Moscow - hundreds. Gallery owners, artists, collectors, curators and the public. Remembered Andrei Lugovoi, coming from the pavilion towards the airport Hell-Purgatory. Absolutely surreal infernal picture. Or Asian cleaners in green scrubs, as if descended from video AESov. Skeptics suspect that went public, is not particularly interested in art. Not lacking, but in general it is not. All three auditoriums were filled with people, visitors stood in the aisles. Such interest is not symitiruesh. So what options there - will have to go into. And with interest the future projects AES F.

exhibition looked Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

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AES F Feast of Trimalchio. Exercise bike. Vladimir Mukhin collection Photo: Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

AES F recent uprising. Sculptures Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

AES F Allegoria Sacra. Metaphorical airport-Purgatory Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov, AI