 "political hallucination 6", 2002 watercolor, ink/paper, 30 x 40 cm Pavel Pepperstein political hallucinations As an artist and writer, Pavel Pepperstein belongs to the new generation of russian conceptual art. At the end of the 80s, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was a founding member of the artists' group "Inspection Medical Hermeneutics", whose goal was to create an artificial subculture to enable them to maintain a critical distance from the events of the day. At the centre of their artistic practice lies the relationship between text and image and their endless references to further texts and images. Along the way, images and texts from mass culture are not only quoted - their inner mechanisms and processes are examined. Pavel Pepperstein's solo exhibition "political hallucinations" is also based on this background. In his watercolours, the artist combines political signs without making a clear political statement. Pepperstein amplifies an atmosphere of "forgotten content" by referencing the aesthetic languages of artists such as Kandinsky and Malevich, and political posters and caricatures from the first half of the 20th century - the political aspects of which today lie in the shadow of their aesthetics. "Politics generally uses and constructs hallucinations. The danger is that it is not stated that they are hallucinations, on the contrary they are presented as reality. In this exhibition I would like to show how to analyse hallucinations - without commentary, only by virtue of the fact that I reconstruct them". Pavel Pepperstein Ausstellungsdauer: 7.9. - 19.10.2002 Oeffnungszeiten: Mi-Fr 13 - 19 Uhr, Sa 13 - 18 Uhr Galerie Kamm Almstadtstr. 5 D-10119 Berlin Telefon +49 (0)30 2838 6464 Fax +49 (0)30 2838 6464 E-Mail galeriekamm@snafu.de |
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