POETRY by ARTISTS \ ZIN FEST \ Moscow Russia 2018 \ curated Katya Bochavar
Four Soft-Boiled Words for Breakfast / 2018@georgieva
February 2018 . ALANICA Project in Vladikavkaz / september 2017 / curated by Katya Bochavar nominated for prestigious Russian INNOVATION PRIZE
PARTICIPATING in WATERMILL AUCTION
Supreme x COMME des GARÇONS SHIRT 2017 Spring/Summer Collection
“Coming off the back of a Rap-A-Lot Records and Dr. Martens collaboration, Supreme has finally unveiled its latest COMME des GARÇONS SHIRT project for the 2017 spring/summer season. The collection takes inspiration from Stephen J Shanabrook and Veronika Georgieva’s set of ads for the COMME des GARÇONS SHIRT 2010 spring/summer campaign, where the artists borrowed from their own collection of work titled Paper Surgery. We are presented with a comprehensive lineup that consists of a lightweight polyurethane-coated fishtail parka, cotton gabardine suit, rayon shirt, hooded sweatshirt, tees, coin pouches, wallets and finally, a Nike Air Force 1 Low. The Nike sneaker comes as a surprise when previous collections with the Japanese label yielded collaborative Vans and Timberland products. However, the Air Force 1 Low offering retains the minimal aesthetic of the classic model but slathers it with a bold print along the sides, as well as the sole. Moreover, the sneaker will see a later release date in May rather than dropping alongside the apparel.
The collection will be available at Supreme’s New York, Los Angeles, London and Paris locations, as well as its online store for these regions on April 13. Supreme’s Japan stores will see a release on April 15
Finally, this lineup will also be available at Dover Street Market in New York, London, Ginza, Singapore and I.T Beijing Market”.
IMAGE CREDIT SUPREME
VIDEO INSTALLATION MARCH 2ND BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM
& ARTIST’S TALK : VERONIKA GEORGIEVA in conversation with CHRISTINA STEINBRECHER-PFANDT, director of VIENNACONTEMPORARY ART FAIR / MARCH 2ND AT 7 PM, 2017
for SANCTUARY / PARALLEL PROGRAM to the ARMORY SHOW / curated SEBASTIAAN BREMER
https://www.sanctuary2017.org/sticky-mess-love-2016
https://www.sanctuary2017.org/new-page-88
project with ATM Gallery/Gijon for Curated Venture Dialogues, the new solo – project section in JustMAD8 / satellite Art Fair to ARCO. It will present the visitor with different dialogues between the work of an artist represented by a Spanish gallery and that of an international artist / 21 — 26 FEBRUARY / MADRID / SPAIN / Curated by TIM GOOSSENS
http://justmad.es/en/curated-venture-atm-georgieva/
ROOM WITH THE VIEW through February in Moscow
/ video installation fragment / Contemporary Art Center Ground Khodynka / Moscow / curated KATYA BOCHAVAR
ZIMMERLI MUSEUM ARTISTS TALK
BOOK PUBLICATION
” Through the violent act of crumpling pages of glossy magazines, Shanabrook and Georgieva cause the ‘perfect’ faces of models to look more like a hideous monsters. In so doing, they morph the ubiquitous notion of mass-media beauty into something far more unique and characterful. ” Henry Carroll, the author of Use This If You Want to Take Great Photographs / Henry Carroll © 2016
you can buy it on AMAZON or URBAN OUTFITTERS
in a great company — with Henri Cartier-Bresson & Walker Evans etc.
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH… // VERONIKA GEORGIEVA & STEPHEN j SHANABROOK
by Rimma Boshernitsan
Veronika Georgieva and Stephen j Shanabrook join us in our new series ‘Five Questions With…’, a short-form dialogue created to spark curiosity and connection in bite-size form. From colorful childhood memories of the former Soviet Union, to the new concept of “usefull uselessness,” Veronika and Stephen — collaborators and partners in practice — tell us about their backgrounds and inspiration around their work.
Tell us a little bit about your background(s) and where you grew up?
VG: I was born in and grew up in Moscow, Russia. I had a wonderful “pioneer” childhood, known all-too-well to the children of the former Soviet Union. I sharpened my skills dismantling Kalashnikov weapons in 30 seconds in school and during my later years, graduated from Moscow Architectural University—one of the most liberal colleges in the country.
Meanwhile, Stephen, the son of an obstetrician and the town coroner, spent his childhood working at a chocolate factory and building robots in the basement of his house in rural Ohio. He received a BFA from Syracuse University and studied in Florence, Italy. He has participated in residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and De Atelier in The Netherlands.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually, and/or emotionally?
SJS: I walk. I like to walk a lot, and from moving and seeing, I get inspired.
VG: I love the sea and forest and hiking, but it never inspires me. My mind is fully at rest when I’m in nature. However, what does inspire me, is any form of communication / connection with people, personally or through their art: books, sculptures, paintings, movies.
What was the impetus for you to start your artistic practice and how did you decide to do it together?
SJS: I wanted to contribute and communicate, but in a way that was “useless”—a sort of useful uselessness. I don’t try to make sense of what I do, organize it, or give meaning to it. It’s like my diary, but in a sculptural way. I call it “emotional conceptualism.” And with Veronika, as life partners, over time, it became apparent that our mutual attraction to the combination of destruction and beauty was something we share on many levels.
Who are you most inspired by (together and individually)?
SJS: The Arte Povera artists’ methods and process in how an endless amount of material can be adapted into an artwork, had a big influence on me.
VG: I am inspired by people who have a strong sense of “being alive.” Those who constantly work on “being alive” like Henry Miller, Bukowski, Tolstoy, Brodsky, and Anna Akhmatova. Not necessarily optimistically alive, but who are sincerely trying to get to the core of themselves, to the core of who they and we are—turning the sufferings into the tool for search. Rilke, Rothko, Proust…
I refuse to be part of modern day’s strong competition in search of success, where artists are demanding to be understood and are willing to kill you with their bigger-than-life description of concepts and explanations. The more it’s unclear to you, the more you are trying to explain your ideas to others. The truth is simple, that’s maybe why we call it artWORK—one’s artwork either works or it doesn’t. By itself. Without you. Get to the core of yourself, work on yourself. The others will follow. Or not. Why does it matter so much anyway?
How would you want to be remembered?
SJS: As I am.
VG: As a piece of cake. A Russian one, not the horrible American sponge one.
