Alexander Dashevsky. Die Schere im Kopf* Automatic translate

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, together with the Triumph Gallery, present an exhibition by Alexander Dashevsky "Die Schere im Kopf *", which will combine works from different years and new works by the artist - painting, graphics and objects.

Formally, the project is based on reflections on memory and various forms of memorialization, their complexity and ambiguity. The exposition of the exhibition is built on the principle of double reading and resembles the sequence of stages of acceptance of loss. In the context of the exhibition, losses are not just a metaphor, but also a literal technical device - they appear both in the works themselves and in the exhibition space. Physically missing fragments of works, images of lost details, lost or erased parts of texts - all this makes the viewer think about the present innuendo and offers an alternative way of reading the dramaturgy of the project. The ambivalent construction of the exhibition becomes a kind of puzzle, solving which the viewer is able to find several different answers.

About the artist:

Alexander Dashevsky was born in 1980 in Leningrad. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television. He studied at the Faculty of Theory and History of Art of the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I. E. Repin at the Russian Academy of Arts. Since 2005, a member of the St. Petersburg Creative Union of Artists, and since 2006, a member of the Free Culture Association and the Society of Painting and Drawing Lovers. The project “Partial Losses / Moderate Positive Dynamics” was shortlisted for the 2013 Kandinsky Prize. In the same year, he entered the list of the seven most promising Russian young artists according to Forbes magazine. Winner of the Arte Laguna Prize (2016) and the Anatoly Zverev Prize (2021).

The Triumph Gallery was founded by Emelyan Zakharov and Dmitry Khankin in 2006 in Moscow, and today it represents more than 40 both emerging and established artists. The Triumph Gallery today is organized as a hybrid institution that carries out exhibition, commercial, research and educational activities. She supports contemporary artists and shows their work as part of her rich multi-format program, including solo and group exhibitions, collaborations and research initiatives. The gallery’s approach is focused on interdisciplinary projects in various genres and techniques, which include painting, murals, sculpture, video and sound art, photography, and installation. In addition to their site,

The gallery provides a platform for new perspectives and voices by supporting young artists through the Launchpad and Young Lions programs. In 2013, Triumph opened a non-profit division called Research Arts, which creates projects at the intersection of social sciences and visual arts. The gallery is known for its publishing activities and educational programs.