| Biography: | Svetlana Kopystiansky, born 1950 in
Voronez, Russia. Lives and works in
Berlin.
Igor Kopystiansky, born 1954 in Lvov,
Ukraine. Lives and works in Berlin
SVETLANA KOPYSTIANSKY
FURTHER READING
l'Autre: 4th Biennale d'Art Contemporain
de Lyon (exh. cat.), Lyon 1997
The Boundary Rider: 9th Biennale of
Sydney (exh. cat.), Sydney 1992
Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky, DAAD,
Berlin 1991
Igor &, Svetlana Kopystiansky: Dialogue,
Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin,
1998
The Library, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf,
Düsseldorf 1994
"orientATION” The Vision of Art in a
Paradoxical World: 4th Istanbul Biennial
(exh. cat.), Istanbul 1995
Raume Biennale (exh. cat.), Balticum,
Finland, 1994
Sculpture Projects in Munster 1997
(exh. cat.), Munster 1997
Shadow of Gravitation (exh. cat.), The
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 1996
22nd Bienal de Sao Paulo (exh. cat.),
Sao Paulo 1994
"Workers Library," Trade Routes: History
& Geography, 2nd Johannesburg
Biennale, Johannesburg 1997
IGOR KOPYSTIANSKY
FURTHER READING
l'Autre: 4th Biennale d'Art Contemporain
de Lyon (exh. cat.), Lyon 1999
The Boundary Rider: 9th Biennale of
Sydney (exh. cat.), Sydney 1992
Cameron, D., et al. Igor & Svetlana
Kopystiansky, DAAD, Berlin 1991
Cocido y Crudo (exh. cat.) Museo
National Reina Sofia, Madrid 1994
"Exhibition of Paintings," Trade Routes:
History & Geography, 2nd Johannesburg
Biennale (exh. cat.) Johannesburg 1997
Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky: Dialogue,
Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin
1998
The Museum (exh. cat.), Kunsthalle
Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1994
"orientATION," 4th Istanbul Biennial
(exh. cat.), Istanbul 1995
22nd Bienal International Sao Paulo
(exh. cat.), Sao Paulo 1994
What is Contemporary Art? (exh. cat.),
Rooseum, Malmö 1989
XLIII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte,
La Biennale di Venezia (exh. cat.)
Venice 1988
| | | Source: | "Trace, 1st Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art", Festival catalogue | | | Date of source: | 1999 |
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| | Description: | The Russian artists Igor and Svetlana
Kopystiansky have been working
together on a film, Incidents, depicting
objects blown in the wind along the
streets of Chelsea in New York. After a
few moments of watching the random
motion of these fragments from daily life,
buffeted along the gutter, their
trajectories begin to look like the actions
of individuals. The objects are
transformed into highly individual
characters, dancing and encountering
each other before continuing on with
their erratic journeys.
Svetlana will arrange a performance in
the international reading room of
Liverpool Library. It is an extraordinary
space, forming a dish at the base of a
complete sphere, the top half of which is
the main reading room. In this theatrical
space six students wearing very simple
costumes will sit reading. Apart from
their clothing and their long stay they will
be indistinguishable from other readers.
The performance will be videoed for the
week and will then be exhibited on a
video monitor as a continuing part of the
exhibition.
Igor has installed a work at the Walker
Art Gallery. He has been working with
the image of a wall in the Poussin room
and has created simulacra of paintings
that might reasonably be included in that
collection. These immaculate copies
have been cut into strips, then rolled up
into tiny scrolls. The scrolls are quite
small, perhaps 20 x 10 cm. They are
hung with the existing paintings and
labelled in the same manner as the rest
of the collection.
| | Description Source: | "Trace, 1st Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art", Festival catalogue | | Description Source Date: | 1999 | | Type: | group |
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