KRASN'EN'KO
(SO EXHAUSTED CAN'T EVEN TALK)
2024
different types of wooden plates for furniture (hanged in the following order: 18-19 '2000, 20-22
'2000, 25-26 '2000, 48-49 '2000, 14-15 '2001, 16-17 '2001, 18-19 '2001, '?), steel, acidized zinc,
print on wood, varnish, construction adhesive
In translation from Russian ‘krasn’en’ko' means reddish. This word is a literal quote by
former Russian president Boris Yeltsin from 2001* when he succinctly
reacted to the
new state anthem, which was clearly just a remake of the Soviet predecessor. In that
one very poetical word lie pain
and loss
of the vague hope for the liberalization of the
new country, administered at that time by the young and promising president.
The work in progress ‘Krasn’en’ko’ is a grieving reflection (reference:
gravestones) on the Soviet past of modern Russian
(reference: ‘Я Молодой’ (I’m
Young)
magazine covers for young people from 2000 and 2001). Apart from the
post-Soviet heritage the culture and traditions of propaganda,
which
traces
could be found in Catholicism (reference: poetic quotes from Matthäus-Passion
by J.S. Bach in collaboration with C.F. Henrici) are being actively subverted.
* – this quote was taken from a documentary film 'Svideteli Putina' (2018) by Vitaly Mansky
