Russian Dreams Exhibition at Bass Museum Features Contemporary Russian Artists
On December 4, 2008, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami unveiled the exhibition titled Russian Dreams, which continued until February 8, 2009. Curated by Olga Sviblova, this showcase includes works from notable Russian artists, including AES+F Group, Alexander Ponomarev, and Dmitri Gutov. In collaboration with the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow, the exhibition delves into the theme of dreams in the context of post-perestroika Russia. Key pieces feature Olga Chernysheva's Dream Street (2000), Andrei Molodkin's Democracy installation, and Sergei Shutov's Celestial Forces of the Iron City (2008). Unlike previous exhibitions, it emphasizes the intricacies of dreams while referencing significant historical figures such as Vladimir Tatlin and Erik Bulatov, situating Russian art within avant-garde movements.
Key facts
- Russian Dreams exhibition ran from December 4, 2008 to February 8, 2009 at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami
- Curated by Olga Sviblova, Director of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
- Featured artists include AES+F Group, Alexander Ponomarev, Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov, Dmitri Gutov, Alexei Kostroma, Julia Milner, Rostan Tavasiev, Haim Sokol, and MishMash Project
- Collaboration between Bass Museum of Art and Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
- Olga Chernysheva's Dream Street series shows a gate sign altered from 'Wood Street' to 'Dream Street'
- Andrei Molodkin's installation Democracy uses oil-filled plastic letters to spell 'DEMOCRACY'
- Sergei Shutov's Celestial Forces of the Iron City uses barbed wire to draw industrial objects on museum walls
- Dmitry Gutov's Shostakovich. In Memory of Sollertinsky features horizontal bars with rifle cartridges as musical notes
Entities
Artists
- Sven Spieker
- AES+F Group
- Alexander Ponomarev
- Vladimir Dubossarsky
- Alexander Vinogradov
- Dmitri Gutov
- Alexei Kostroma
- Julia Milner
- Rostan Tavasiev
- Haim Sokol
- MishMash Project
- Olga Sviblova
- Olesja Turkina
- Eugenia Kokhodze
- Olga Chernysheva
- Alexei Buldakov
- El Lissitzky
- Andrei Molodkin
- Vladimir Tatlin
- Boris Groys
- Erik Bulatov
- Sergei Shutov
- Dmitry Gutov
Institutions
- Bass Museum of Art
- Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
- Russian Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale
- Federal Exhibition Hall in Bonn
- ARTMargins Online
Locations
- Miami
- United States
- Moscow
- Russia
- Bonn
- Germany
- Zheleznogorsk
- Krasnoyarsk-26
Sources
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