Thinking landscape

June 9 — August 21, 2022
Museum of Moscow and Triumph Gallery

The project is dedicated to the artistic study of the surrounding space and the search for new forms of interaction with it — through painting, architecture, sculpture, photography, video art.

On June 10, Museum of Moscow and Triumph Gallery will open Thinking Landscape group exhibition. The project is dedicated to the artistic study of the surrounding space and the search for new forms of interaction with it — through painting, architecture, sculpture, photography, video art. The exposition will bring together the works of more than twenty Russian artists of different generations.

According to the curator Yulia Aksenova, the concept of landscape is seen today as the focus of memory and cultural identity. Historical, political and social processes are encrypted in it — the unique facets of our collective and personal experience. In turn, art gives us the key to reading the meanings inherent in the landscape and is actively involved in the process of its interpretation.
Different generations of artists comprehend the space at the exhibition: from such well-known authors as Igor Shelkovsky, Yuri Avvakumov and Alexander Brodsky, to young artists — Zhenya Rzheznikova, Anastasia Tsaider, Dunya Zakharova and others.

Shukhov Towers on the Oka River.
2011

On June 10, Museum of Moscow and Triumph Gallery will open Thinking Landscape group exhibition. The project is dedicated to the artistic study of the surrounding space and the search for new forms of interaction with it — through painting, architecture, sculpture, photography, video art. The exposition will bring together the works of more than twenty Russian artists of different generations.

According to the curator Yulia Aksenova, the concept of landscape is seen today as the focus of memory and cultural identity. Historical, political and social processes are encrypted in it — the unique facets of our collective and personal experience. In turn, art gives us the key to reading the meanings inherent in the landscape and is actively involved in the process of its interpretation.
Different generations of artists comprehend the space at the exhibition: from such well-known authors as Igor Shelkovsky, Yuri Avvakumov and Alexander Brodsky, to young artists — Zhenya Rzheznikova, Anastasia Tsaider, Dunya Zakharova and others.

The works presented at the exhibition often appeal to images of space and boundlessness, however, each of the presented works is characterized by an individual experience: the authors refer to both general ideas, phantoms and myths, as well as to deeply personal memories.

Many projects at the exhibition are devoted to the problems of landscape archeology, explore its structure, reveal the value of specific places as centers of historical and personal memory.

Other authors turn to the issues of ecology, the problems of the ever more noticeable introduction of man into the environment and changes in the natural landscape.
Another theme of the exhibition is the idea of creating a modern monument that reflects on the turning points in history. In their statements, the artists reflect on the themes and forms of such a monument.

Egor Plotnikov
Landscape.
2019

The works presented at the exhibition often appeal to images of space and boundlessness, however, each of the presented works is characterized by an individual experience: the authors refer to both general ideas, phantoms and myths, as well as to deeply personal memories.

Many projects at the exhibition are devoted to the problems of landscape archeology, explore its structure, reveal the value of specific places as centers of historical and personal memory.

Other authors turn to the issues of ecology, the problems of the ever more noticeable introduction of man into the environment and changes in the natural landscape.
Another theme of the exhibition is the idea of creating a modern monument that reflects on the turning points in history. In their statements, the artists reflect on the themes and forms of such a monument.

Thinking Landscape exhibition will be held in the second building of Museum of Moscow, in a spacious three-aisled hall, renovated in 2021. And if the artists through their works tried to comprehend the category of space in itself, then the curator sought to artistically comprehend a specific building. Some of the works were created especially for the exhibition. Among them are the facade of the house in the technique of "wandering walls", made by the architect Yevgeny Ass as a homage to the work of Alexander Konstantinov, an inflatable sculpture by Ivan Gorshkov, reflecting on the image of the earth, and a multi-part installation by Anton Olshvang, assembled from plants cast in silver and shadow portraits of night trees, frozen on scrolls of Soviet barite paper.

Maria Arendt Library.
2018

Thinking Landscape exhibition will be held in the second building of Museum of Moscow, in a spacious three-aisled hall, renovated in 2021. And if the artists through their works tried to comprehend the category of space in itself, then the curator sought to artistically comprehend a specific building. Some of the works were created especially for the exhibition. Among them are the facade of the house in the technique of "wandering walls", made by the architect Yevgeny Ass as a homage to the work of Alexander Konstantinov, an inflatable sculpture by Ivan Gorshkov, reflecting on the image of the earth, and a multi-part installation by Anton Olshvang, assembled from plants cast in silver and shadow portraits of night trees, frozen on scrolls of Soviet barite paper.

Thinking Landscape project is part of a larger artistic exploration of the concept of space that has been exciting artists and curators for several years. So, in 2015, several thematically related exhibition projects were opened at once within the framework of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, one of which is the exhibition "Own Land / Foreign Territory" (curated by Yulia Aksenova) in the Manege. The exhibition featured works by international and Russian artists exploring the relationship between space and politics.

General partner website ОАО "РЖД"

Curator: Yulia Aksenova

Maria Arendt Library.
2018

Thinking Landscape project is part of a larger artistic exploration of the concept of space that has been exciting artists and curators for several years. So, in 2015, several thematically related exhibition projects were opened at once within the framework of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, one of which is the exhibition "Own Land / Foreign Territory" (curated by Yulia Aksenova) in the Manege. The exhibition featured works by international and Russian artists exploring the relationship between space and politics.

General partner website ОАО "РЖД"

Curator: Yulia Aksenova