Place:
Antiguo Cuartel de Artillería, Pabellón 2
Stand up, all victims of oppression
Alexandra Galkina is a member of several autonomous collectives
in Moscow. Galkina's practice is, on the one hand, connected to
the contemporary interpretation of the Russian avant-garde. On
the other hand, it is an observation which highlights those elements
in the urban sphere which may not be immediately obvious
or striking. In Pavilion 2, Galkina deciphers the traces and relics
left from the 1990s when the building, after it was no longer utilised
for military barracks, became home to a colony of squatters.
Galkina's frottages are placed on the same spots where the graffiti
was painted and scratched, making these interventions more easily
visible to visitors.
Born in 1982. Since 1997 took part in such artistic initiatives like Avdey Ter-Oganian¿s ¿School of avant-guard¿ (1997-1998), Barricade on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street (1998), participant of collective actions of Radek Community (2002-2005).
A participant, curator and initiator of such projects and exhibitions like The Conquered city (Regina gallery, Moscow 2009), WWW.MEGAZINE.BIZ, Politics in the streets (Moscow 2008), ¿No Jury, No Prize¿ (2008), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Stella Art Foundation, Moscow 2007), Reclaim the game (Fabrika, Moscow 2006-2007), 8=8 (L-gallery, Moscow 2006), «tomu ver ty¿» (Bratislava 2004).
