Kirill Chelushkin (b. 1968, Moscow, Russia). A theoretically ideal pattern formation arose – form follows the movement of elements inside the frame, the scene, as if it becomes its materialized echo, a kind of dictated action to follow. The idea of the materialization of light, of light as a sort of absolute body. And of shadow as emptiness, as the absence of light, as a hole or immateriality.
The object of space, as endless attempts have been made to actualize it, squeeze it in, adapt it to the reality of the screen, is incarnated at least in this ephemeral form. The inverse perspective system of iconography here finds its embodiment in a natural way. The projection of light in space works precisely according to the law of inverse optics, but not on a flat surface. In order to avoid distortion, the rules of inverse perspective must be followed strictly. At the same time, this type of videosculpture provides us with a model of proto-3D technology. This is 3D done manually. A flat image, using projection, seems stretched onto its three dimensional model. On the computer, this is a mathematical, virtual model. In our case – weightless, white, artificial and material.
The next idea finding its embodiment in videosculpture is “space as an object” and “event as a thing”. Unlike most art practices, which are striving for a “breakthrough into space”, here it is more likely to discuss the opposite type of procedure, the conversion of space and event to object and thing (the word “product” begs to be added as well). Histories and stories endlessly multiply and breed; the quantity of events is so large that there arises a desire to subject them to compression, pack them up, zip them into an impossibly huge file. Similar to the ideas of Claude Shannon: in order for information to be consumed, a narrow channel is needed, rather than a garbage dump.
More detailsPrimary solo exhibitions
2022
- Overwhelming Majority. Shtager&Shch Gallery, London
2021
- Breath (video installation), Zotov cultural center, Moscow
- Indefinissable. Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
- Lifestyle. Marina Gisich Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020
- Walk of life, Bizon gallery, Kazan, Russia
2018
- Brutal Nostalgia, Concrete Whispers, Shtager&Shch Gallery, London, Great Britain
- Overwhelming Majority, Shtager&Shch Gallery, London, Great Britain
- The other side of picture, The State Russian Children Library, Moscow, Russia
- One black stripe, NK Gallery, Antwerp, Netherlands
- Art Georgia, Tbilisi
2017
- Cosmoscow Art Fair, NK Gallery booth, Moscow, Russia
- Art Bahrain, NK Gallery booth, Kingdom of Bahrain
2016
- A Happy Man. Marina Gisich Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Nobody's trail. NK Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- Foreign Lands. Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
2015
- Invasion. NK Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
2014
- Fucking shame. project for Cosmoscow and Pop/off/art gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013
- All that left in the ground. Pop/off/art gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Iron. Rabouan-Moussion Gallery, Paris, France
2012
- One good thing. Marina Gisich Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2011
- 3th Art festival Untranslated. Scafandr-2, Moscow, Russia
- 4th Biennale Moscow. Double-movement, Pop/off/art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Foolishness. Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
2010
- Zurück. Art & Space Gallery, Munich, Germany
- 242. Marina Gisich Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2008
- Adaptation. Pop/off/art gallery, Moscow, Russia
- FLICKER. Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
Public exhibitions
2019
- Russia. Realism of the 21st century. Project of State Russian Museum in Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts, Kazan, Russia
2018
- Breakthrough. Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, Russia
- Mad House. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
2017
- Art Miami, Marina Gisich Gallery booth, One Herald Plaza, Art Miami Pavilion, Miami, USA
- Hurrah! Sculpture. The Manege Central exhibition Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Right for the future. The Museum of 20th–21st century St. Petersburg Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2016
- Contemporary Russian artists – participants of Venice Biennale for Contemporary Art. The Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Art Miami, stand Marina Gisich Gallery, The Art Miami Pavilion, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, USA
- Cosmoscow, stand Marina Gisich Gallery, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia
- Contemporary drawing. Project of The State Russian Museum in Perm Museum, Perm, Russia
- DRAWING: CONTEMPORARY. NK Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Russian Contemporary: Drawing. No Limits. Pushkin House, London, UK
- Russian Contemporary: Drawing. No Limits. Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur, Berlin, Germany
2014
- CRYSTALLIZATIONS. CONTEMPORARY ART FROM ST. PETERSBURG. Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
- Contemporary drawing. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013
- UN AUTOMNE RUSSE. Espace Topographie de l’arte, Paris, France
2012
- UNLIMITED BODIES. Paris, France
- Art Paris Art Fair. Galerie Rabouan Moussion booth, Paris
- Russian turbulence. Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, Belgium
- ARCO Madrid. Marina Gisich Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2011
- ArtMoscow. Marina Gisich Gagallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Art & Space Gallery, Munchen, Germany
- 54th Venice Biennale. “Upside down Sity”, Venice, Italia
2010
- Art Moscow. Marina Gisich Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 90th. Krokin Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Memory Flame. Museum of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- No Translations. Open exhibition stage, Moscow, Russia
- 30 cloud’s friends. Tverskaya 19, Moscow, Russia
- ART Paris. Rabouan-Moussion, Paris, France
- Artistes russes. Abbaye Saint André, Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
2009
- Exhibition of nominees of The Kandinsky prize, Moscow, Russia
- 3rd Moscow Biennale. Second Dialog. Moscow museum of modern art, Moscow, Russia
- Art Moscow, pop/off/art gallery booth, Moscow, Russia
- ART PARIS. Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
2008
- ARTMOSCOW. 12th International Contemporary Art Fair, Krokin Gallery booth, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
- ARTPARIS. Galerie Rabouan Moussion booth, Paris, France
2007
- Art Paris. Galerie Rabouan Moussion booth, Paris, France
- ARTMOSCOW. 11th International Contemporary Art Fair, pop/off/art gallery booth, Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
- Architecture: Ad Marginem. State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Collections
- Schusev State Museum of Architecture. Moscow, Russia
- State Art Museum. Ivanovo, Russia
- State National Art Gallery. Kaliningrad, Russia
- International Foundation of Russian and Eastern European Art INTART. New York, USA
- State art4.ru contemporary art museum. Msocow, Russia
- Bolzano Art Muzeum. Bolzano, Italy
- Muzeum Ludvig. Keln, Germany
- Alexandre Gertsman Collection. New York, USA
- Viktor Bondarenko Collection. Moscow, Russia
- Collection of Victor and Sergei Popov. Moscow, Russia
- Collection of Jean and Daniel Grahl. Vers, France
- Horvach Bela Collection. Budapest, Hungary
- Tver Regional Picture Gallery. Tver, Russia
- Cultural Foundation Ekaterina. Moscow, Russia
- Itabashi Art Muzeum. Tokio, Japan
- Collection of Louis Vuitton
- Symon de Pury collection. Switzerland
- Bernard Arnault collection. France
- Hero Hermes Collection. France
- State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Education
1994
- Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy)
