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20/5/2009

Five

Red October Chocolate Factory, Moscow

BAIBAKOV art projects' third exhibition at the Red October Chocolate Factory explores the work of five internationally recognised American artists: Walead Beshty, Matthew Brannon, Wade Guyton, Sterling Ruby, and Kelley Walker. The exhibition considers the contemporary relevance of these artists, while establishing their work within the context of a specifically American artistic lineage, rooted in the moment of American Modernism.

The title draws from William Carlos Williams' 1921 poem The Great Figure in which the poet records the jarring sensation of a passing fire truck emblazoned with the number 5. The poem captures the dynamism of American Modernism throttling full speed through the newly industrialized urban landscape. It also set off a chain of creative response, inspiring numerous artists including Charles Demuth and Robert Indiana to reinterpret the work and the figure 5 at its center.

In FIVE this chain of references serves as a model for expanding upon the American artistic lineage. Conceptually arranged as a five-pointed structure, the exhibition will present a selection of recent works by five artists: Walead Beshty, Matthew Brannon, Wade Guyton, Sterling Ruby, and Kelley Walker. Citing aesthetic correspondence with the works of Indiana's contemporaries - key American artists such as Richard Serra, Andy Warhol and Donald Judd - FIVE reveals the relationships between these artists and their historical forebears.

The show has been organized by BAIBAKOV art project's Maria Baibakova and Kate Sutton, in collaboration with guest curators Gregory Linn and Clayton Press (New York, NY and Princeton, NJ)

About BAIBAKOV art projects:
Founded by curator Maria Baibakova in 2008, BAIBAKOV art projects provides a progressive platform for cultural production within Moscow. The program places a firm emphasis on dialogue, actively engaging both a local and international audience through a series of exhibitions, lectures, performances, and publications intended to both further the public's interest and understanding of contemporary art as well as to challenge previous conceptions about how this art can function within contemporary society. To this end, BAIBAKOV art projects welcomes creative collaboration with international artists, curators, and cultural institutions. The program is a non-profit art venture and, in keeping with Baibakova's vision, "committed to the support and sustained development of emerging art, pioneering a new model of patronage to promote experimental art practice in Moscow." (Baibakova)

Director and chief curator, Maria Baibakova was born in Moscow and later studied art history at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, and at The Courtauld Institute, London, where she obtained a distinction in her MA. She has gained invaluable experience working within multiple facets of the contemporary art world, from museums and galleries, to auction houses and curating a private collection. This experience informs her own independent practice as a curator, bringing an international insight to her work in Moscow.

As of December 2008, BAIBAKOV art projects has operated out of the historic Red October Chocolate Factory, where it occupies more than 2,800 square meters on the third floor of the iconic red brick building. From this location, it is poised to become a central part of the nearby cultural hub, which includes the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the Moscow House of Photography, the New Tretyakov Gallery and Art Center ArtStrelka.

BAIBAKOV art projects
Red October Chocolate Factory
3rd Floor, Bersenevskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow
Opening times: 11-7 pm Tuesday - Sunday
Closed Monday

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