Wrong paintings, D.E.R. No. 5
EPZ No. 5 «Faulty paintings», Solodonovina, 2025 44 concepts of placing the impulses of the outside world in art objects, not more than one metre deep
The world is either close or magical. The near world protects, sustains, makes us strong. And the magician — he spreads boundaries, attracts, sometimes surprises. But how does the wrong picture differ from the right picture?
The artists of DES No. 5 know for a fact that the very word «cartin» comes from Italian cartina, thin paper, and carta as a geographical concept. And if you add «the map of the world,» then the whole story has a philosophical dimension.
It can be said that this exhibit is always «incorrect» and the paintings are free of «cartography». They’re buzzing, they’re glowing, they can be looked at in a profile and through, some look at the audience and even call for interaction.
(Signed) Alexander Abasov Lev Abazov Sim Alexandrov Sony Vita Amerikov Bogdan Bardin Zoy Burtsev Afanasy Wetrov Lusha Vsesensen Aquim Ivanov Masha Ignatenko Ada Ignatiev Dunya Ignatiev Zina Ignatiev Mark Kaminin Kovalev Yasha Kovalenko Lev Kokushkin Matteo Commonar Liza Kuzembaev Mira Laurentiev Nina Larichev Kira Yve. Michailov Kira St. Mihailov Maksim Mikhaylov Lev Murashkin Varyh Nalis Nalis Nalis Maya Nickulchin Vera Otok Volody Polnarov Vary Sergiev Mar Soshnikov Peter Soshnikov Sony Trebov Ivan Fugarov Styas Hwrost Mose Charnay Mary Shenkarenko Matwey Shivarev Marfa Schvarnikov Emily Shulin Fedja Jarzhombek
They were fragments taken out of context. Whole texts are much more interesting to read, but at the exhibition, big works are the most important. They’ve been built for almost a year, difficult, happy, contradictory. The measure of understanding and optics of perception allows you to view the exhibition and the individual works in different contexts: history, culture, modern art. Every «child» has an adult share, and «truth» has an adult share.
DES No. 5 Alexander Vasilkov Alexander Egorov Mikhail Labazov Natalia Nalis Alexandre Pirogova Natalia Rümin Curator Georgiy Nikić
And a little creepy, and a little weird, which seemed like a joke, turned out to be a wound. What seemed like a wound turned out to be a joke… and a little weird, and a little creepy. Pavel Cogan, 1935
