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Evgeny Antufiev: Organic resistance: body and knife – crossing the border

18 November 2017 - 18 February 2018

Exhibition

  • Evgeny Antufiev Untitled, 2009. Photograph. Courtesy Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia © Evgeny Antufiev

  • Evgeny Antufiev, installation at MOSTYN, Wales UK. Photograph by Dewi Lloyd

  • Evgeny Antufiev, installation at MOSTYN, Wales UK. Photograph by Dewi Lloyd

  • Evgeny Antufiev, installation at MOSTYN, Wales UK. Photograph by Dewi Lloyd

  • Evgeny Antufiev, Untitled, 2010. Courtesy Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia © Evgeny Antufiev

  • Evgeny Antufiev, Untitled, 2009. photograph Courtesy Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia © Evgeny Antufiev

The first UK solo exhibition by Russian born Antufiev, presents artefacts, ideas and stories collected from, or imagined by, local and mythological cultures from different parts of the world.

Inspired by the traces of shamanic practice in the Siberian region of Tuva, where he was raised, the artist slowly crafts his own mythologies through a semi-anthropological approach to exhibition making, mixed with a degree of kitsch aesthetic. He combines imagination with aspects of Russian and international cultures, personal stories, and a skilled appreciation for the effect on human culture of different materials such as stone, bone, wood, amber and bronze. The resulting worlds are suspended between nature and culture, legends and facts, and found and fictional objects.

The exhibition is organised in partnership with Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia (Italy), where the artist had a major survey of his work in 2013 – the first one in Italy. The Maramotti Collection has continued to follow the research of the artist by acquiring new works over the last few years, and this exhibition will be the first time the works will be shown in Europe outside the Collection.
Further Links 

Focus on Tuva: Where ancient shaman traditions are alive in the modern world

Twelve, wood, dolphin, knife, bowl, mask, crystal, bowls, marble – fusion. Exploring materials

Who Is Evgeny Antufiev?

Evgeny Antufiev – Eternal Garden

Evgeny Antufiev – fusion. Exploring materials – Collection Maramotti – Reggio Emilia

Visit our You Tube Channel to watch talks from Evgeny Antufiev, MOSTYN Director and exhibition curator Alfredo Cramerotti and local artist Gwdihw.

This exhibition has been curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, Director, MOSTYN, and will be presented alongside Miles of Creativity, an exhibition curated by Adam Carr, Visual Arts Programme Curator, MOSTYN.

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