"The Grandchildren of October" The children of the revolution loved the "new." In the desire to rebuild the world, new languages of architecture arose, like those of Konstantin Melnikov, Tatlin, and painting, like those of Malevich, Filonov. There were also new names. Viulens and Octobrines, Rheumarks and Rheumiers were registered at birth, enrolled in nurseries, kindergartens, schools and universities, learning the songs of the country of the Great October. Having matured, they joined the ranks of the builders of a new society, turning rivers back, draining swamps and irrigating deserts. Experiments were conducted before, during and after the revolution. The "Newspeak" of the futurist poets, who tried to express the stream of consciousness and rejected outdated forms:
"By throwing a branch, you will give birth to a knock!
She fell on the cranberry mat,
Just like you, with your eyelid closed,
I prayed to the god of another century."
(Velimir Khlebnikov)
"I propose to create monuments to Cubism and futurism in the squares as tools that defeated the old art of repetition and led us to direct creativity," Kazimir Malevich wrote about futurism… The need for a new one with each "new" stage in history is obvious. A new era is knocking on the door and we are parting with the "old" patterns in search of "new" ones. They were already in the blanks with us, like an ace up the sleeve of a cheater… The exhibition "The Grandchildren of October" as a reflection, as an ode, as a pamphlet, as a rejection of their predecessors, the teachers of our teachers!
We are not trying to imitate them or blindly follow the attitudes of the avant-garde of the 20s and 60s, but to discuss with them in a common language for us, the language of art - this is the topic that we focus on in our exhibition. Each of the artists represented at the exhibition, one way or another, in his "artistic gene" carries the desire to rebuild the world in his own way.
The gallery's artists take part in the exhibition: Rust2D, Vladimir Lenin, Nur Ali, Oleg Arnautov, Alla Bedina, Roman Bikbaev, Inga Blomerius, Eva Busevich, Sergey Bryukhanov, Katerina Vishnyakova, Vasily Vlasov, Alexander Vorokhob, Alexander Grushko, Alexey Zhilyaev, Anna Kevrel, Mikhail Pogarsky, Elena Sarni, Kosta Slepukhin, Mikhail Smirnov, Aigerim Syzdykova, Denis Fountains.
photo to the text: author Anna Kevrel