A VISIONARY VS. AN ENGINEER: FRANCISCO INFANTE AND VIACHESLAV KOLEICHUK

Russian Art from the 1960s to the 2010s: A Lecture Series by Sasha Obukhova

Sasha Obukhova will discuss the lives and work of Russian artists in the broad historical context.

With an encyclopedic knowledge of Russian contemporary art, art historian and Garage Archive curator Sasha Obukhova is one of the main experts in her field. Her expertise formed through the study of art history and her immediate immersion in the art scene, as well as thanks to her meticulous work as an archivist who has collected information on art events for over 30 years. Her broad perspective and attention to detail add monographic depth to every artist’s portrait, presenting them in a political, aesthetic, and institutional context. Each lecture will include a demonstration of archive materials and artworks, with the series forming the prototype for a book on Russian contemporary art.

Francisco Infante (b. 1943) has been working with Nonna Goriunova since 1968. They explore the possible interactions between nature and artificial objects. They live and work in Moscow.

Viacheslav Koleichuk (1941–2018) was one of the key representatives of kinetic art in Russia, a member of the group Dvizhenie, and a theater designer.

ABOUT THE LECTURER

Sasha Obukhova (b. 1967, Moscow) is an art historian. She graduated from Moscow State University. In 1993 she studied at the Central European University (Prague). She has worked at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Moscow), The State Tretyakov Gallery, and the National Center for Contemporary Arts. In 2000, she was a member of the working group that curated the permanent exhibition Art of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century at the Tretyakov Gallery. In 2004, she was a founding member and director of Art Projects Foundation, where she established the Archive of Russian Contemporary Art. She lives and works in Moscow.

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