The Flame Devours My Every Step
Vladimir Chernyshev at Kusntverein Dresden
6 Apr - 25 May 2024
Alternating studio practice and land art, Chernyshev's projects are based on the contrast between the world-in-itself and the human (human and non-human world). That refers to both the holistic visual language and the techniques used to create them. He constantly experiments with materials and their combinations, subjecting them to endless transformations and giving them changeable meanings. The emphasis in the artist's choice of materials (wood, tar, metal, glass, plaster) often shifts to the revelation of the tragedy of its subtle erasure.
One of the most prominent projects illustrating this approach of Chernyshev's practice is the so-called 'Suburban Practices' (from 2013 onwards) It comprises works mostly located near Nizhny Novgorod in a largely abandoned, semi-demolished, unnamed summerhouse community. Spread around the garden, in one way or another, the drawings and installations address the ongoing disappearance of a cultural landscape; many of the works themselves have already disappeared.
The fact that the artist links the perception of time and space and their refraction in his works to Romanticism, and its key figures (above all to Caspar David Friedrich) is fundamental for his artistic practice. This also connects the project to Dresden, given the Romantic dimension of the city's history and the forthcoming 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich, which will be marked by the opening of a major monographic exhibition in two venues of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - the Albertinum and the Kupferstich-Kabinett.
The project for Kunstverein Dresden brings together works created by the artist between 2022 and today, including a work created in situ.
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