KOMMUNALKA

January 24 — March 1, 2020
Triumph Gallery

Leading representatives of St. Petersburg graffiti and street art scene contributed to the exposition. The artists showcase projects across different media: from classical graffiti to spatial installations and video.

This January traditionally opens the exhibition year at Triumph gallery with a street art project. The Kommunalka group show takes a snapshot of current street art in St. Petersburg. Leading representatives of St. Petersburg graffiti and street art scene contributed to the exposition. The artists showcase projects across different media: from classical graffiti to spatial installations and video.

For the time of the exhibition, the gallery space will act like a communal apartment, or kommunalka, which combines wildly different styles and genres. Sophisticated conceptual statements of Maxim Ima and Vladimir Abikh are juxtaposed with large-scale whole-room installation by Nikita Dusto; perfect geometric compositions by Pasha Wais with quirky assemblages by Dima Retro and graffiti "pieces" made in the gallery by Trun and Shen. Works by Turben and Misha Marker reveal different aspects of humor and irony as conveyed through painting on canvas, while works by Stas Bags produce suspense. All the exhibited studio works demonstrate different facets of the participants' talent and skill, honed by many years of street practice.

Urban Legends
2020
Mixed media on canvas
90 × 120 cm

For the time of the exhibition, the gallery space will act like a communal apartment, or kommunalka, which combines wildly different styles and genres. Sophisticated conceptual statements of Maxim Ima and Vladimir Abikh are juxtaposed with large-scale whole-room installation by Nikita Dusto; perfect geometric compositions by Pasha Wais with quirky assemblages by Dima Retro and graffiti "pieces" made in the gallery by Trun and Shen. Works by Turben and Misha Marker reveal different aspects of humor and irony as conveyed through painting on canvas, while works by Stas Bags produce suspense. All the exhibited studio works demonstrate different facets of the participants' talent and skill, honed by many years of street practice.

Curator: Polina Mogilina

Artists:
Maxim Ima, Nikolay Super, Egor Shen, Pasha Wais, Nikita Dusto, Trun, Stas Bags, Vladimir Abikh, Misha Vert, Grisha 7aur, SY, Dima Retro, Turben, Sasha Sam, Ilya Henok, Igor Multi, Misha Marker, Anton Selone, Martin Aroe

Still Life
2020
Installation, mixed media
Sizes vary

Curator: Polina Mogilina

Artists:
Maxim Ima, Nikolay Super, Egor Shen, Pasha Wais, Nikita Dusto, Trun, Stas Bags, Vladimir Abikh, Misha Vert, Grisha 7aur, SY, Dima Retro, Turben, Sasha Sam, Ilya Henok, Igor Multi, Misha Marker, Anton Selone, Martin Aroe

Old City vs. New People (1) 2020 Assemblage, plywood, wood, iron, plastic, acrylic and enamel paints 100 × 45 × 15 cm Old City vs. New People (2) 2020 Assemblage, plywood, wood, iron, plastic, acrylic and enamel paints 100 × 45 × 15 cm

Painting number twenty 2020 Oil on canvas, 190 x 70 cm

Rising Star 2020 Plywood, acrylic 100 × 70 × 50 cm

Style is Not the Limit 2018 Plywood, spray paint, acrylic, varnish 100 × 100 cm

Still Life 2020 Installation, mixed media Sizes vary

Or maybe we shouldn't mix them together? Diptych 2020 Canvas, tempera, spray paint, facade paint, varnish, yarn. 140 × 90 cm.

Urban Legends 2020. Canvas, mixed media, 90 × 120 cm

Unity was never achieved 2019–2020 Canvas, acrylic, spray paint 90 × 70 cm

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