"Metamorphosis as a form of resistance" 18+

Anna Nova Gallery and Cultural Space The third place is presented by Chaim Sokol’s personal project "Transformation as a Form of Resistance". The exhibition will open simultaneously on two sites: in the gallery itself and in the old mansion of the Lopukhins-Naryshkins, which houses the Third Place space.

The project is dedicated to transmutations and borderline states - between human and animal, female and male, animate and inanimate, domestic and creepy, past and present. But Sokol is not talking about biological or mental transformations, but rather poetic ones. The transformation takes the form of metaphor and allegory. The artist works in the space of culture and in its various manifestations - poetry, ideology, mythology. On the one hand, the artistic images in the project are inspired by political philosophy, and on the other, by a fairy tale.

The exhibitions will feature paintings, installations, videos and graphics. In his new paintings, Haim Sokol uses various materials - from floor rags to carpets and mattresses, including them in the game of metamorphosis. Fabrics become banners with mysterious heraldry, and carpets become a magical forest in which birds, people and animals live.

Entrance to the exhibition will be carried out with tickets that can be purchased on the timepad at the link: https://anna-nova-x-third-place.timepad.ru/events/

Anna Nova Gallery is a gallery founded by Anna Barinova in 2005. Today it is one of the leading institutions in Russia working with contemporary art. Collaborates with Russian and foreign artists and curators, creating bold and innovative projects. Since 2007, the project has regularly participated in the most significant contemporary art fairs such as Art London, ARCO Madrid, Vienna Art Fair, Cosmoscow, Photofairs Shanghai, Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair and others.

The third place is a cultural space in the center of St. Petersburg in a historic building of the mid-19th century with a non-trivial concept.

The Naryshkin mansion hosts film screenings, art courses for children and adults, exhibitions and art fairs. In the courtyard, a Californian beach with burning bonfires, golden sand and sun loungers is hidden from the bustle of the city. On weekends, open-air parties are held, where connoisseurs of contemporary art can enjoy conceptual sound and video art specially created for the space on the big screen.

Haim Sokol works with media installations, painting, video and performance art. In his work

he addresses the topic of alienation, isolation and broken ties in the modern world. Working

with archival materials and private documents, the artist reveals the history of the twentieth century through the prism of private destinies, explores the problems of historical memory and the modern socio-political situation.

Chaim Sokol’s personal projects were presented at the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, CTI Fabrika, Stella Art Foundation, etc. The artist took part in the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki (2009), Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2009), Mediations biennale in Poland (2010), Indian Biennale of Visual Art in Kochi-Muzuris (2012), Kiev Biennale of Contemporary Art (2015). Winner of the Companion Prize (2009). Included in the Russian investment art rating 49ART, which represents outstanding contemporary artists under the age of 50. At the moment, the artist teaches at the School of Photography and Multimedia. Rodchenko.

Works are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Multimedia Art Museum, the National Center for Contemporary Art, the PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, the Stella Art Foundation, the Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation, as well as in private and foreign collections.

SELECTED PERSONAL PROJECTS

2021 When the window sill merges with the horizon, Ground Solyanka, Moscow, Russia
2020 States, Roza Azora Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 In a sense I become them, and they are me, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018 Testimony, Moscow Museum contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
2018 So, our appearance on earth was expected, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017 Paper memory, CTI Fabrika, Moscow
2016 MASPRO, CMA Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2014 About history, Anna Nova contemporary art gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2014 Spartak. Times New Roman, CTI Fabrika, Moscow, Russia
2011 Witness, M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2010 Dead Letters, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2008 Earth (with A. Kuzkin), Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia