The second chapter “Crossing lines” presents a curated view on the Kharkiv School of Photography, enabling an understanding of both context and time. Starting in the late ‘70s in a city of engineers, a band of young photographers got together and called themselves “Vremja” (time). The exhibition explores these Artists, who looked at the world that was crumbling around them, discovering a space for experiment in terms of content, technique and form. The exhibition concentrates on a precise selection of Artists from the first and second generations of the Kharkiv School following the curatorial idea of the Forbidden image.
Participating Artists: Andriy Avdeenko, Serhyi Bratkov, Victor & Serhiy Kochetovs, Pavlo Makov, Oleg Malyovany, Yevgeniy Pavlov, Misha Pedan, Roman Pyatkovka, Juri Rupin, Serhii Solonsky, Oleksandr Suprun and Alina Kleytman, Sasha Kurmaz, Serhii Melnychenko, Mykola Ridnyi.
This exhibition demonstrates consistent interest and significant investment of PinchukArtCentre’s Research Platform in the Kharkiv School of Photography, both as a historical phenomenon and as a school that continues to produce amazing Artists. “Crossing lines” is a show wherein for the first time the PinchukArtCentre brings together a select group of Artists it will continue to research and from whom it expects to see more detailed solo exhibitions in the years to come.
Curators – Björn Geldhof, Artistic director of the PinchukArtCentre; Martin Kiefer, in charge of Contemporary Art at the Musée du Louvre, Paris; Alicia Knock, curator, Contemporary and Research Department, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
A special thanks goes out to Suzanne Tarasiève for supporting the realization of the Boris Mikhailov exhibition.
Serhiy Bratkov
Cherry Orchard, 1984
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Serhiy Melnitchenko
Loneliness online, 2013
wallpaper, digital print
Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
From the Archive Series, 1974-1988
c-print, mixed media
Courtesy of the Artist
Serhiy Bratkov
The Age of Loneliness, 2018
neon, digital print
Courtesy of the Artist
Serhiy Bratkov Home Alone, 1995 С-print Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
From the Mythology series, 1988
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
1х7, 1988
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
Control photos for the Violin series, 1972
Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
From the Violin series, 1972
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
From the Violin series, 1972
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Mykola Ridnyi
Water Wears Away the Stone, 2013
video, 8′
Courtesy of the Artist
Oleg Malyovany
From the Blue Series, 1992
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Oleg Malyovany — photo; Ihor Chursin — staging
Drunken flights, 1991
c-print
Courtesy of Oleg Malyovany
Serhiy Melnychenko
From the series Schwarzenegger is my idol, 2012-2013
digital print
Courtesy of the Artist
Oleg Malyovany — photo; Ihor Chursin — staging
Igor shows Oleg how to open a bottle, 1991
c-print
Courtesy of Oleg Malyovany
Mykola Ridnyi
Water Wears Away the Stone, 2013
8 granite sculptures
Courtesy of the Artist
Roman Pyatkovka
From the New Hero series, 1988
digital print wallpaper
Courtesy of the Artist
Juri Rupin Bathhouse, 1972 digital print Courtesy of the Artist’s family
Andriy Avdeenko
From the Balls series, 1996
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Serhiy Bratkov
Glue Sniffers, 2001
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Sasha Kurmaz
State of Emergency, 2017-2018
4-channel video, 40′
Courtesy of the Artist
Alina Kleytman
Nails, 2013
video, 2’18”
Courtesy of the Artist
Serhiy Solonsky
From The Body series, 1991-1995
c-print
Courtesy of the Grynyov Art Foundation
Misha Pedan
From the Metro series, 1986
c-print
Courtesy of the Museum of the Kharkiv School of Photography (MOKSOP)
Serhiy Solonsky, Serhiy Bratkov
Brave Kharkiv Lions (Serhiy Solonsky and Serhiy Bratkov in the Up/Down Gallery), 1992-1993
c-print
Courtesy of the Museum of the Kharkiv School of Photography (MOKSOP)
Pavlo Makov Documenting inscriptions by Oleg Mitasov, 1999-2000 Digital print wallpaper Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
From Psychosis series, 1983
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Roman Pyatkovka
Witches’ Sabbath, 1988
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Juri Rupin
Solitude, 1975
From the Documentary Series
digital print
Courtesy of the Artist’s family
Yevheniy Pavlov From the Total Photography series, 1987-1992 Digital print wallpaper Courtesy of the Artist
Oleksandr Suprun From the Montage series, 1990 – 1997 С-print, photomontage Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
From the OrwoChrom series, 1983
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Juri Rupin
A Woman from Kharkiv, 1977
digital print wallpaper
Courtesy of the Artist’s family
display case with archival materials dedicated to the Kharkiv School of Photography
Roman Pyatkovka Games of Naked, 1992 С-print Courtesy of the Artist
Roman Pyatkovka Vegetable Store, 1990 С-print, aniline dyes Courtesy of the Artist
Victor and Serhiy Kochetovs
Horizontomania, 1984
hand-coloured analogue photograph
Courtesy of the Artists
Yevheniy Pavlov
From the Mythology series, 1988
c-print
Courtesy of the Artist
Yevheniy Pavlov
Alone with Myself, 1986
c-print, optical montage
Courtesy of the Artist
Serhiy Solonsky
Bob, 1995
c-print, mixed technique
Courtesy of the Museum of the Kharkiv School of Photography (MOKSOP)
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