Apr 20, 2011
An Elusive Object of Art
- Galerie Dana Charkasi, curated by Iara Boubnova, as part of curated by_vienna 2011: EAST by SOUTH WEST
- Artists:
- Stefania Batoeva
Alexandra Galkina
SOSka Group
Pravdoliub Ivanov
Vikenti Komitski
Ivan Moudov
Samuil Stoyanov
Sibin Vassilev
Kostis Velonis
- An Elusive Object of Art
- The project presents itself as a typical show of artifacts in space. It focuses on the exhibits' character as objects, which is treated with denial, irony, or mystification. The artists participating in the exhibition have rethought and reinvented this aspect by physically abusing or rearranging the objects. They find this characteristic of an artifact both repulsive and unavoidable. The project is grounded in the never-ending struggle of contemporary art with its own materiality. It highlights the irritation of artists from Eastern Europe, who are generally neglected by the market and turn toward the material aspects of art and its understanding as a commodity.
- Iara Boubnova
- Born in Moscow, lives in Sofia
- Iara Boubnova is founding Director of Sofia's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). Her curatorial projects include Beyond Credit, Istanbul, and Photo I, Photo You, London (2010); Common History and its Personal Stories, MUSA, Vienna; From Ideology to Economy, Moscow; Liquid Frontiers, Lille (2009); History in Present Tense (2007); Dialectics of Hope (2005); the 2nd and 1st Moscow Biennials (2007, 2005); the Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main (2002), and the Bulgarian National Pavilion at the 48th Venice Biennial (1999).
- opening on: 12.05.2011, 19:00
- 12.05. - 18.06.2011
- opening hours
- Tue-Fri 12-6pm
Sat 11am-3pm
Galerie Dana Charkasi - Fleischmarkt 11, 1010 Vienna
www.dana-charkasi.com