For
Immediate Release:
Change is one thing... Evolution is another.
"Mishka", image stills, multimedia 2008
Fresh from exhibits at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg AND Shift in Basel AND headed to opening an annex in Berlin AND an excursion to the Arctic Circle - Dam, Stuhltrager Galley has grown wings AND evolved.
A new exhibit explores the internal and external conflicts in following one's own path.
"Scene One"
two new short films
by YULIYA LANINA
Dates: Jan 30- Mar 01
Reception: Fri Jan 30, 7-9pm
Camera opens on closed curtain. There's noise of preparation and anticipation. Black satin hands pull back the red velvet. Cue Music. Action: Rapid flashing pans to panting and smoking.
"Mishka", the latest film by Yuliya Lanina, opens in onto a debaucherious stage where characters are intent on redefining themselves. Lanina's world of animatronic actors and actresses embody sexuality, indulgence, defiance, wit, confidence, introspection and humor that enrapture viewers to want to watch. The cast, a group of robotic children's toys employed and constructed by Lanina, are immediately identifiable with conventions and confrontations of struggling to balance one's place in the world with the place one sees him/herself. Characters draw parallels to the stories splashed across headlines, whispered among circles of friends, feuded over family dinner tables and debated on personal levels in the minds of us all.
Created entirely by the artist - from characters to storyline, stages, music, editing and choreography – Lanina's videos are byproducts of growing up with likes of Paul McCarthy, Madonna and Brett Eason Ellis as much as Sid and Marty Krofft, Tim Burton or Roald Dahl.
In her first work incorporating animatronic sculptures, the aptly titled "Play With Me", Lanina's dark dramedy takes a page from Ed Wood's ability to be brilliantly – and unconsciously - endearing. Omnipresent reminders let the audience know they are looking directly through an artist's uncensored, honest, consuming passionate vision. Watching combines the voyeurism of spying on a child playing in their room over a webcam with the glee of attending a show where the performance was so sincere everyone in the audience felt like a V.I.P.
After formally adding Lanina to their gallery, Dam, Stuhltrager introduces her films, stage sets and animatonic sculpture in "Scene One".
Watch online: "Mishka" , "Play With Me"
Frequent Flying: Recent Views from afar...
ST PETERSBUG, RUSSIA: Ryan Wolfe & Brose Partington @ THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, Nov / Dec 2008 courtesy of CYLAND
BASEL, SWITZERLAND: Mark Andreas & Ryan Wolfe @ MARCdePUECHREDON for SHIFT, Oct / Nov 2008 images by Clare Kenny
& CURRENTLY ON LOCATION:
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Anna Frants at Chelsea Museum...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Devrim Kadirbeyoglu at Platform Garanti Residency Program...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Carol Salmanson at Mixed Greens...
& FEBRUARY - MARCH ITINERARY:
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Ryan Wolfe commission at Stephen Hull Building...
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK: Anna Frants at Dam, Stuhltrager...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery & Anna Frants Gallery at SCOPE NEW YORK...
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: Ryan Wolfe commission at the 21C Museum...
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