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The Edge
Nikita Chernoritsky
July 1 — August 21, 2022
Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Triumph Gallery
Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Triumph Gallery
The artist’s picturesque works are made against a dull black background, and all the depicted objects sharply protrude from it with bright local color spots, as if snatched by a directed beam of light.
Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Triumph Gallery present an exhibition by Nikita Chernoritsky "The Edge", dedicated to the borderline states of a person and the study of the concept of external and internal boundaries and limits. The exhibition is held as part of the Young Lions joint program to support young art.
The Edge project was a continuation of Nikita Chernoritsky’s exhibition Method. Edges (2018) and the next step in working with the perception of space. The artist’s picturesque works are made against a dull black background, and all the depicted objects sharply protrude from it with bright local color spots, as if snatched by a directed beam of light. In these works, one can notice features close to cinematographic art, hyperrealism and associations with the technique of contrasting Spanish painting of the 17th-18th centuries. At the same time, all the figures depicted by the artist are impersonal, devoid of individuality — they can be identified by their outlines, while the objects themselves are hidden behind the depicted draperies of fabric and glossy matter.
The Edge project was a continuation of Nikita Chernoritsky’s exhibition Method. Edges (2018) and the next step in working with the perception of space. The artist’s picturesque works are made against a dull black background, and all the depicted objects sharply protrude from it with bright local color spots, as if snatched by a directed beam of light. In these works, one can notice features close to cinematographic art, hyperrealism and associations with the technique of contrasting Spanish painting of the 17th-18th centuries. At the same time, all the figures depicted by the artist are impersonal, devoid of individuality — they can be identified by their outlines, while the objects themselves are hidden behind the depicted draperies of fabric and glossy matter.
Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Triumph Gallery present an exhibition by Nikita Chernoritsky "The Edge", dedicated to the borderline states of a person and the study of the concept of external and internal boundaries and limits. The exhibition is held as part of the Young Lions joint program to support young art.
The Edge project was a continuation of Nikita Chernoritsky’s exhibition Method. Edges (2018) and the next step in working with the perception of space. The artist’s picturesque works are made against a dull black background, and all the depicted objects sharply protrude from it with bright local color spots, as if snatched by a directed beam of light. In these works, one can notice features close to cinematographic art, hyperrealism and associations with the technique of contrasting Spanish painting of the 17th-18th centuries. At the same time, all the figures depicted by the artist are impersonal, devoid of individuality — they can be identified by their outlines, while the objects themselves are hidden behind the depicted draperies of fabric and glossy matter.
The Edge project was a continuation of Nikita Chernoritsky’s exhibition Method. Edges (2018) and the next step in working with the perception of space. The artist’s picturesque works are made against a dull black background, and all the depicted objects sharply protrude from it with bright local color spots, as if snatched by a directed beam of light. In these works, one can notice features close to cinematographic art, hyperrealism and associations with the technique of contrasting Spanish painting of the 17th-18th centuries. At the same time, all the figures depicted by the artist are impersonal, devoid of individuality — they can be identified by their outlines, while the objects themselves are hidden behind the depicted draperies of fabric and glossy matter.
Here, finally, the theme of the borderline state is revealed — how familiar objects change their identity in the eyes of the viewer against a black background, associated with the "edge", which absorbs everything that exists, is outside of time and place and is essentially emptiness. A series of monochrome trees reflects the metaphor of the transition to another state even more vividly, and the plots of the works balance between non-existence and constant presence. Pale, lifeless tree trunks, frozen in the darkness, despite everything, continue to live. The theme is continued by a series of video works in which the characters, again acting against a black background, put on masks, hiding their own identity. The static frames and the lack of context make the viewer doubt the reality of the existence of objects, emphasizes the lifelessness of the video characters.
Here, finally, the theme of the borderline state is revealed — how familiar objects change their identity in the eyes of the viewer against a black background, associated with the "edge", which absorbs everything that exists, is outside of time and place and is essentially emptiness. A series of monochrome trees reflects the metaphor of the transition to another state even more vividly, and the plots of the works balance between non-existence and constant presence. Pale, lifeless tree trunks, frozen in the darkness, despite everything, continue to live. The theme is continued by a series of video works in which the characters, again acting against a black background, put on masks, hiding their own identity. The static frames and the lack of context make the viewer doubt the reality of the existence of objects, emphasizes the lifelessness of the video characters.
Nikita Chernoritsky deliberately refuses titles for his works, pointing out the absence of the author’s interpretation. In his works, everyone finds their own meaning, relying only on personal experience, personal associative array and psycho-emotional state. At the same time, it is the viewer who "pulls" the depicted objects from non-existence, revives them, disturbing the peace of the prevailing darkness. Being on the border of the real and metaphysical worlds, the space and images of Nikita Chernoritsky settle in the very depths of the subconscious, into which the artist plunges day by day in search of meanings and himself.
Curators: Polina Mogilina, Daria Kamishnikova
Curators: Polina Mogilina, Daria Kamishnikova
Nikita Chernoritsky deliberately refuses titles for his works, pointing out the absence of the author’s interpretation. In his works, everyone finds their own meaning, relying only on personal experience, personal associative array and psycho-emotional state. At the same time, it is the viewer who "pulls" the depicted objects from non-existence, revives them, disturbing the peace of the prevailing darkness. Being on the border of the real and metaphysical worlds, the space and images of Nikita Chernoritsky settle in the very depths of the subconscious, into which the artist plunges day by day in search of meanings and himself.
Curators: Polina Mogilina, Daria Kamishnikova
Curators: Polina Mogilina, Daria Kamishnikova
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