Media object, 2014
Engineer: Aleksey Grachev
Supported by CYLAND MediaArtLab
“Danae” is a multimedia object-sculpture made of “living” round mirrors that quiver when a ray of light touches their surface. The sculpture’s general outline could be related to the figure of Danae from Rembrandt’s painting in the Hermitage collection.
The artists turn to the myth about the god Zeus and the daughter of King Acrisius as a beautiful illustration of the vivifying force of non-material in art. And this is not the only analogy: the round surfaces of the mirrors could be perceived as planets of a conditional universe that are being “enlivened” by light. At all times, both scientists and artists have strived to represent the mundane as mysterious, and the mysterious as visible. It is no coincidence that one of the asteroids that hurtles through the universe in search of living light was called “Danae”.
Artist, curator. Born in 1960 in Ulyanovsk, USSR. Graduated from the Ilya Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (Leningrad, USSR).
She is engaged in painting, sculpture, installations, and video. Recipient of Sergey Kuryokhin Award (Russia, 2012) in the category “Best Work of Visual Art” (together with Ivan Govorkov).
Her works were exhibited at major Russian and foreign venues, including the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), Russian Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), Museum of Moscow (Moscow, Russia), Chelsea Art Museum (New York, USA), Kunstquartier Bethanien (Berlin, Germany). Participant of the Manifesta 10 Biennale Parallel Program (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014) and several exhibitions parallel to Venice Biennale (Italy, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017).
Since 1990, she has been working in collaboration with Ivan Govorkov. Lives and works in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Artist. Born in 1949 in Leningrad, USSR. Graduated from the Ilya Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (Leningrad, USSR).
He is engaged in philosophy, psychology, painting, drawing, sculpture and installations. Professor of drawing at the Ilya Repin Institute.
Recipient of Sergey Kuryokhin Award (Russia, 2012) in the category “Best Work of Visual Art” (together with Elena Gubanova). His works were exhibited at major Russian and foreign venues, including the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), Russian Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), Museum of Moscow (Moscow, Russia), Chelsea Art Museum (New York, USA), Kunstquartier Bethanien (Berlin, Germany), Sky Gallery 2 (Tokyo, Japan).
Participant of the Manifesta 10 Biennale Parallel Program (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014) and several exhibitions parallel to Venice Biennale (Italy, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017).
Since 1990, he has been working in collaboration with Elena Gubanova. Lives and works in St. Petersburg, Russia.
