![]() 1962, Kyiv) first came to public attention in the mid-1990s when he published a series of fashion shoots of scantily clad models taken in cemeteries during funerals, with burials as the backdrop. A selection of their videos and photo-panels will be shown in BALAGAN!!!Īrsen Savadov (b. Their works are marked by a crude, dark humour, even to a level of autism, that has encouraged some to regard them as Holy Fools – contemporary equivalents of yurodivy – mendicants who, during medieval times, were believed to be both insane and touched by God. Known for their satirical and often provocative works, that encompass photography, video, performance and installation, they always use low-tech methods of production in order to parody and critique different aspects of Russian society, art, politics, and religion. The Blue Noses Group, an artistic duo from Siberia consisting of Alexander (Sasha) Shaburov and Vyacheslav (Slava) Mizin, was founded in 1999. Personal appearances as Sherlock Holmes, Jesus, Adolf Hitler, Lyubov Orlova, Eva Braun, Lolita, Maria Ivanova (‘a Soviet spy’), heroes and heroines from Russian folk tales and members of the current Russian government will also be shown in films, photographs, collages and paintings in which burlesque is juxtaposed with sympathy and humanity to create a unique hybrid that has become his enduring legacy as an artist. In Pirate TV, he played the role of a dysfunctional chat show host, interviewing visiting artists and curators and going to art exhibitions, as well as acting out the roles of his namesake Marylin, and many other notables from the world stage. ![]() ![]() For the first time in Germany, a mini-retrospective of his paintings, films, photographs and performances will be presented that includes his complete Pirate TV, broadcast from his apartment for 3 years during the late 1980s, where he was both script writer, director and actor. Petersburg artist, Vladeslav Mamyshev-Monroe (1969-2013) shakes things up in a different way by adopting different roles, one of them the tragic fate of the glamorous Hollywood film star, Marilyn Monroe, which, sadly, became more than part of his signature.
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