This unique project Paweł Althamer and Anatoly Osmolovsky: Parallel Convergences brings together for the first time the works of these artists, one Polish and the other Russian. Both of them are from the generation shaped by the decisive shift from communism to post-communism, experienced in Russia and the Eastern Bloc in the early 1990s, and their work shares many interesting parallels. The exhibition pairs Althamer with Osmolovsky in a fluid conversation that acknowledges the differences between their works as well as the many similarities and overlaps. Despite the different forms and media they adopt (ranging from sculpture, installation and video, to more politically engaged actions and social forms of practice) the work of both artists often pivots around the idea of the body and modes of perception.
Anatoly Osmolovsky and Pawel Althamer "Parallel Convergences"
V.A.C. Foundation, Casa dei Tre Oci, Venice, Italy
May 31, 2013
