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Ümmühan Kazanç
Recycle Group, “Selfies”, 2015, thermoshaped
plastic mesch, 250 x 400 cm (98 3/8 x 157 1/2 in.). |
I
have privilidge to met art works by Recycle Group at Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery
(Paris) Stand. Recycle Group who have awarded Kandinsky Prize, (2010 Best Young
Artist), Innovation Prize exhibition (2009, NCCA Moscow, Russia) and Kandinsky
Prize (2009, London) were in Istanbul for ArtInternational Fair and exhibited
their works titled as “Selfies”, “Selfie 1” and “Selfie 2”. These works were
among most visited art works in ArtInternational Fair. “Selfies” and “Selfie
Sticks” are part of our lives and Recycle Group interpreted this social media madness
throught using classical sculptures handling selfie sticks. Everybody is Greek
or Roman Gods/Goddess or Kings/Queens! As the name of the Group suggests Recycle
Group use recycled material to create their art works and they have used thermoshaped
plastic mesch in Selfie Group.
Recycle
Group also opened an important exhibition called “Conversion”, at SantʼAntonin
Church in 56th Venice Biennale, Venice in 2015.
Recycle
Group live and work in Krasnodar, Russia. Recycle Group consists of Andrey
Blokhin (b. 1987) and Georgy Kuznetsov (b. 1985), two contemporary Russian
artists who work primarily with industrial mediums such as acrylic, plastic
mesh, and polyurethane rubber to examine contemporary culture through a
quasi-archaeological lens.
Recycle Group, “Selfie 1”, 2015, thermoshaped plastic mesch, 200 x 100 cm., (78 3/4 x 39 3/8 in.). |
As
their name suggests, the duo is concerned about the rising level of material
waste as a byproduct of widespread consumerism. The wall sculpture “Car
Skeleton” (2014) partially entombs miscellaneous electronic parts and machinery
in a way that evokes fossilized remains of ancient civilizations, questioning
whether the aspects of today’s throwaway, technology-obsessed society will be
worth immortalizing in history later. Their works also draw upon classical
Western traditions such as narrative relief carving and Christian iconography
to compare contemporary times with other histories – social media with
religion, corporate leaders with kings, and online existence with mausoleums.
FOR MORE INFO:
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7,
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www.suzanne-tarasieve.com
info@suzanne-tarasieve.com
RECYCLE GROUP
Andrey Blokhin
Born
in 1987 in Krasnodar, Russia
2004
Graduated from the lyceum of the Academy of Industrial Art in Krasnodar
2010
Graduated from the Academy of Industrial Art in Krasnodar
Georgy Kuznetsov
Born
in 1985 in Stavropol, Russia
2005
Graduated from Stavropol Art College, Stavropol, Russia
2011
Graduated from the Academy of Industrial Art in Krasnodar, Russia
Recycle Group, “Selfie 2”, 2015, thermoshaped plastic mesch, 200 x 100 cm., (78 3/4 x 39 3/8 in.) |
SOLO SHOWS (Selection)
2015
Conversion,
SantʼAntonin Church, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (Curator: James
Putnam)
Heaven
Carrier, Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York, USA
Manezh
Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
2014
Final
sale, London School of Economics, London, UK
Art14,
Triumph gallery, Olympia Grand Hall, London, UK
RECYCLE,
Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013
Holy
ID, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve – LOFT 19, Paris, France
Part
Of The Moment, Triumph gallery, Moscow, Russia
Taittinger
Art Salon, New York, USA
2012 – 2013
Paradise
Network, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia (Curator: Anna Zaitseva)
2012
Recycle,
PERMM museum, Perm, Russia
HIAP,
Kaapelin galleria, Helsinki, Finland
Future
archeology, Mironova Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2011
Miracle
Proof, Contemporary Art Museum TverCA, Tver, Russia
2010
Reverse,
M&J Guelman Gallery – Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow , Russia
Layers,
Triumph-gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009
Blister,
M&J Guelman Gallery – Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Winzavod
Moscow, Russia
M!ARS
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
2008
Recycle
project, M!ARS Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
PRIX / AWARDS
2010
Kandinsky Prize, Best Young Artist / Project of the Year, Moscow, Russia
2009
Innovation Prize exhibition NCCA Moscow, Russia
2009
Kandinsky Prize in London, Louise Blouin Foundation, London, United Kingdom