Alexander Ponomarev: Sea Stories - Exhibition and curator's talk

Date

October 26, 2010

Time

18:30

Place

Calvert 22: 22 CALVERT AVENUE,LONDON, E2 7JP,, London

Price

See below

Alexander Ponomarev: Sea Stories. Exhibition viewing and curator’s talk

To coincide with a major installation by Russian artist Alexander Ponomarev and new work created during the artist’s recent voyage to Greenland onboard a Russian scientific vessel, visitors to Calvert22 Foundation will have an opportunity to have a special viewing of the exhibition at 6.30pm followed by a talk with the show’s curator Nadim Sammam at 7pm.

Free, but booking required, to book, please contact Sophie Benjamin sophie(at)calvert22.org

Sea Stories is the first UK solo exhibition by Ponomarev (b. 1957). It will include some new works and some never seen before in the UK. Drawing from his background in nautical engineering and an early career as a submarine captain, Ponomarev uses journeys on the sea as a starting point to explore the relationship between illusion and ‘reality’, the utility of art, and the shifting tides of personal and cultural history.

Recent solo exhibitions include:

‘Subtiziano’, collateral event at the53^rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia (2009); ‘Faire Surface’, MNMN (Monaco National Musee Nouveau); Culture Project, New York; Punto di vista Nina Lumer, Milan (all 2008); ‘Verticale parallele’ Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpetriere; National Center of Contemporary Art, Festival d’Automne, Paris; 52nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia; ‘Secret Fairway’ special project of the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art; ‘In the Garden of Wolf Packs’, installation in the Tuilleries Fountain, Louvre, Paris (all 2007); Multimedia Complex of Actual Arts, in conjunction with the 1st Moscow Biennale (2005); ‘Alexander Ponomarev,’ TNT Center, Bordeaux, France (2004).

Nadim Samman is an independent curator and art historian based in London. He read Philosophy at University College London and is currently completing an Doctorate on Russian Contemporary Art at the Courtauld Institute. His curatorial projects include presentations of Russian modern and contemporary art and, most recently, a large-scale photography exhibition at Somerset House.

Calvert22 Foundation is a not for profit gallery focused on Russian and Eastern European Art and Culture. The core activity of Calvert22 comprises of an innovative and challenging exhibition programme. Calvert22 is also developing an education programme by offering talks and seminars related to the exhibitions, developing educational partnerships with other like minded organisations and supporting cultural exchange programmes.

 www.calvert22.org

 Thumbnail image: Maya, A Lost Island, 2005. Image courtesy Alexander Ponomarev

Organizers

Inside Out Festival

Registration

For this event no registration is necessary on the Inside Out Festival website but may (if stated above) be required elsewhere