EXHIBITION
I didn't Recognize You Either /


22.03 – 14.04.2019
ABOUT
In the context of the project two artists create a dialogue or a narrative focused on the essential impossibility of any conversation. Valery Chtak expresses it with encrypted ironic messages in different languages, while Kirill Kto wins over with his sincere ambiguous statements. The exhibition will be held in the large hall of Cube.Space and will combine works representing various genres and techniques, most of which will be produced directly on site. Murals, paintings on canvas, banners, pieces of cardboard, figurative painting, abstract art, text and image – the artists use various expressive mediums to define the limits of their artistic vernacular. From a simplistic viewpoint, this can be seen as an interaction of two different practices: street art that invades the space of a traditional art exhibition, and contemporary painting that street art practices.
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ARTIST
Kirill Kto is a cult figure in Moscow's street art subculture, and has contributed to it not only through his diverse artistic practice, but also as one of the few theorists and curators of street art. Lebedev was involved in street art as part of the Zachem? collective (2002-2009) and No Future Forever collective (2005-2009). He co-organised Pasha 183's posthumous solo show Our Work is a Feat! at Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2014); initiated and oversaw the first street art prize in Russia, Street Contribution (2013); and co-curated the Wall project at Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art (2010–2013). Lives and works in Moscow.
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Valery Chtak (b. 1981) has developed his significant black and white painting style, an artistic language that he continues to explore to this day in the late 90s. Around the same time Chtak and friends attended an informal contemporary art school founded by Avdey Ter-Oganyan. Between 2000 and 2005 Chtak was part of the Radek Community – an artist association committed to staging cutting-edge performances.
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