Khudyakov, beetles, Gaponov and Flowers in the Center of MARS
ARTinvestment.RU   02 декабря 2016

The exhibition "Reversion" is the work of famous modern Russian artists that use technology and special visual language in dialogue with the audience

Center "of MARS"
1 — 31 December 2016
Moscow, Pushkarev lane, 5

"Reversion" — is a look into the future through the prism of the past and present through the eyes of contemporary artists. In his works, Konstantin Khudyakov (Moscow), Dmitry Zhukov (St-Петербург), Ilya Gaponov (St-Петербург) and Dmitry Tsvetkov (Moscow) reflect on our genetic code and our values over the ideals and illusions. The Arsenal of artistic means, the artists of the project are diverse: the work is made of beads, fabric, glass, mirrors, oil, barbed wire, etc.

Thinking about his mission and the eternal quest for happiness take us back to the experience of the past. Reversion — inclination of a living organism to return to the original parental forms, atavism or reverse mutation. In psychology reversion — a way to cope with feelings that threaten his own "I" using the play script, switching the relation of man with the subject to object or Vice versa.

an appeal to the values of the past instead of finding solutions in the present and the desire to go forward into the future, there is a change of direction, of the reversion of. To live back, keep coming back in their personal histories during childhood, comfortable. In the past there is no liability, the burden of which falls on us in the present.

across the country, changes are often reminiscent of historical reversion, referring us to the events and meanings of the past, mifologiia and idealizing them. So often that it makes you wonder about the existence of the genetic code of each individual country, doomed to endlessly walk in circles.

The artists of the exhibition "Reversion" has reached international recognition and are respected by collectors and sought after at auctions. Their works are in the collections of major museums and private collections around the world.

Konstantin Khudyakov, honored artist of Russia, academician, Vice President of the Academy of arts, transformerait historical facts, religious and cultural subjects in digital code and moves in the mirror. How to transform the past of the country when you move in virtual reality?

the Artist Ilya Gaponov writes his works in oil and Kuzbassugol. The author shows Kuzbass in the period of industrialization, 20-30-е years of the XX century. This time of the glorification of work miners who become national heroes of the country for decades. With the beginning of Perestroika heroes are not needed, their Titanic work was not demanded and forgotten.

the Sculptor Dmitry Zhukov explores the Parallels between the patterns, which are embroidered by our ancestors, and three-dimensional lace sculptures from metal and wire, which he weaves in space.

Dressy uniforms Dmitry Tsvetkov refer to the period of the personality cult, war and historical battles. Stitched by all the rules and are decorated with beaded awards, they stand as living witnesses of the great events, while carrying a degree of irony in the interpretation of a contemporary artist.

Source: centermars.com