
Courtesy Triumph Gallery, Moscow
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Exhibition: 25 May – 9 Jul 2007
The State Russian Museum - Marble Palace
5/1 Millionnaya Str.
191011 Saint-Petersburg
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Wed-Mon 10-17
The first ever retrospective of the AES and AES+F famous art group in Russia. The AES group (Tatyana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich and Yevgeny Svyatsky) was founded in 1987; in 1995 when the photographer Vladimir Fridkes joined the group one more letter was added to the abbreviation, consisting of the initial letters of the artists? last names: AES+F. This year the AES+F group contributes to the 52nd Venetian Biennale on behalf of Russia. The exhibition of the Russian Museum presents 141 artworks, which AES and AES+F created over the twenty years of their oeuvre including painting, objects, sculpture, digital painting and video art. Among them there are such famous series as Islamic Project; video art and photographs from The King of the Forest project investigating the mythology of childhood in modern culture; Who Wants To Live Forever video dedicated to the death of Princess Diana; the Action Half Life and the Last Rebellion zoom digital panoramas, etc. Especially for the exhibition the artists have created a new work — The First Rider monument. The monument will be erected in the yard of the Marble Palace. The exhibition is supported by the Triumph Gallery, Moscow.

Courtesy Triumph Gallery, Moscow

Courtesy Triumph Gallery, Moscow

Courtesy Triumph Gallery, Moscow