Marc Vincent Kalinka
dal 11/10/2013 al 11/10/2013
Segnalato da
11/10/2013
Marc Vincent Kalinka
Theca Gallery, Lugano
Russian Maliconia made in Switzerland. On show some of his most relevant artworks, like "The Books I've loved" series, handmade silk-screen printings of great dimensions reproducing the entire texts of his loved books.
The Theca Gallery Lugano has the pleasure to announce that the Italo-Russian artist Marc Vincent Kalinka has recently joined the gallery. The collaboration has significantly started during his participation in the the event “Balconism”, during the 55th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia directed by Massimilano Gioni.
Theca Gallery will be the exclusive representative of the artist Marc Vincent Kalinka in Switzerland for some of his most relevant artworks. Among his internationally renowned artworks, Theca Gallery will exhibit “More – YellowRed” sold at an evening charity Christie’s Auction & Private Sales in Zurich, the series “Maliconico”, modern icons representing Greta Garbo, Edith Piaf and pre and post-war icons of the cinema and entertainment, digitally rebuild according to the techniques of real Byzantine and Russian icons, in a new and more contemporary way of representing them.
The Theca Gallery in Lugano will also exhibit the artworks “I, you, he, shemale”, the last studies on icons by Kalinka. This series arise from some considerations on the new way of interpreting icons and images on the internet. We will also show the video “Still – Nothing”, an 8 hours video which represents the author’s biography until today.
Among the available artworks, we will present the series “The Books I’ve loved”, handmade silk-screen printings of great dimensions reproducing the entire texts of Kalinka’s most loved books and whose letters compose the author’s portrait, like Dostoevsky or other Russian writers and poets, Heinrich Böll and other authors. Some of Kalinka’s artworks are part of important private and public collections.
Theca Gallery Lugano will also represent the artist on an international scale in contemporary art fairs and producing site specific projects. At this link you can see some of Marc Vincent Kalinka’s artworks presented by the Theca Gallery
http://www.theca-art.com/?portfolio=marc-vincent-kalinka
Among the most relevant recent projects Marc Kalinka participated in:
“Loop 2010″ Barcellona, 2010, “Club21 – remaking the scene”, during Frieze Art Fair, London, UK, “I miss my enemies”, in the 54th International Contemporary Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, “The Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival”, a San Pietroburgo, Russia, in 2011; “inCollectionthree, Humanity” with Bill Viola, Erwin Olaf, Robert Gligorov, Nan Golding, and in the project “Yona Friedman: Genesis of a vision” at the Archizoom Gallery in 2012.
Image: Edith, Lambda print on alluminium and Perspex, 56 x 70 cm, 2012 [From the series MALICONICO. courtesy Image Theca Gallery Lugano
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