Exhibition of Natasha Steinert "Tarantella" Automatic translate

Gallery XL presents the debut solo exhibition of the Moscow artist Natasha Steinert "Tarantella". The exhibition contains a series of author’s black-and-white graphics.

The name of the exhibition is a reference to an old Italian dance, the origin of which is connected with the terrible events that took place in the Middle Ages. Evidence of epidemics of an unusual disease, the so-called "tarantism", has been preserved. The patients began to move convulsively, as if dancing, but they could no longer stop. The ominous dance ended only when the unfortunate fell down in exhaustion. It was believed that the music of the tarantella, which is based on the repeated repetition of the same motive, could heal the sick: it was even played by special traveling orchestras.

The key theme of the series is common clichés found in works of the horror genre: books, films, TV series, comics and video games. Being a popular part of popular culture, the horror genre undergoes all the processes characteristic of it. So, for example, many old plot and pictorial techniques have been beaten both on their own and in the form of compilations, and occasionally new ones that appear instantly become the basis for a whole wave of imitations.

It’s no secret that the viewer needs an attraction that can evoke as many emotions in him as possible: speaking of horror, it should be, if not pure fear, then at least a strong enough disgust. But what fun can you come up with for a viewer who seems to have seen everything already? According to Stephen King, interest in horror invariably wakes up at the most disturbing times. Fictional horror becomes a "container" for all repressed aggression, fear and insecurity. A killer clown, a zombie or a cursed doll are great enemies when the nightmares of the real world are too tough for you. Therefore, the main notes on which every second horror is played are not so much clichéd as archetypal: the hero must defeat the monster, and even if he cannot, it only means that another hero must come to replace him. Invented monsters are needed in the same wayas real - are inevitable.