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we kindly invite you
and your friends for the opening
friday 31th october 2008 at 8pm
special guests
at ausstellungsraum gerhart scholz >
gumpendorferstraße 23, 1060 wien
Christoph Grill (A)
 Shailo
Djekshenbaev (Kyrgyzstan)
> WOSTOK
an exhibition curated
by Lizzy Mayrl / DIALOG CENTRAL
Wostok –
the East –
is
the common denominator shared by artists Christoph Grill and
Shailo Djekshenbaev. "The East" means here the area of the
former Sovjet Union, which serves both artists as a point of
departure for their research; the present exhibition confronts
their respective results. Off the classic travelogues track and
at a far remove from stereotyped notions their photographic
works investigate what the quest for foreign lands entails, what
the fascination of one´s other consists in. What are the
differences, what are similarities, despite cultural
differences? Grill´s and Djekshenbaev´s engagements revolve
around their own states mind, ideas, anxieties expectations, and
the confrontation with the living conditions and fates of
others.
Christoph Grill has been traveling throughout the former Sovjet
republics for the past ten years, trying to document the former
Sovjet Union´s 15 successor states´arduous paths toward
independence. What he encounters during his travels is something
essential: the attempt of human beings to survive in the
shadows.
Although the Kyrgyz artist Shailo Djekshenbaev has been
represented internationally since 1995, he first traveled to
"the West" in 2006; his particular focus is on subjective
perceptions of the tensions between the two larger cultures.
special program:
Gallerynight 19th november > "Kyrgyz Night " > start 7pm
duration of the exhibition: 1st november –
22nd november 2008
opening hours: thursday+friday 7pm - 10pm + saturday 11am
– 3pm
or make an appointment , tel:++43 6991 920 9000 gerhart scholz
gallery
contact:
atelier gerhart scholz laimgrubengasse 18/2 1060 vienna, austria +43 6991
920 9000
gerhart.scholz@chello.at
Invitation WOSTOK ; PDF file (193kb)
First
Women Film Festival
8
– 10 February, 2008 at the Kyrgyz National Museum of Art in
Bishkek
for details see
"Projects" |
