Tampere Art Museum

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Backlight ´11 Territories of Desire - Contemporary Photography from Russia 17.9. - 3.11.2011

Photo: Oksana Yushko. From Series Kenonzero Dreams.

"If one wonders, where is it from the new photography in Russia arises, it turns out that it exists and appears only because of desire. The desire of photographers to go till the very end of understanding of themselves and the surrounding reality, excluding with the willful effort the mundane indifference of spectators, market and professionals to the art as well as documentary photography in Russia." - Nadya Sheremetova, the Curator

The exhibition with 22 position will be presented on two floors in the Tampere Art Museum: it will provide the spectators with challenging inside views into contemporary Russian society, both in urban society and in rural settings. It will introduce young generations concepts and visions of life and living together.

Photograps by Konstantin Salomatin, Tatyana Plotnikova, Andrey Shapran, Alena Zhandarova, Julia Prokhorova, Oksana Yushko, Sergey Kozmin, Evgeniy Mokhorev are displayed in the first floor and in the second floor are projects by Alexander Gronsky, Tatyana Ilyina, Stanislav Markov, Irina Yulieva, Pavel Platonov, Leo Bugaev, Jana Romanova, Sergey Lutsenko, Sofia Pigalova, Anna Block, Sergey Kremnev, Ivan Mikhaylov, Anna Lipman and Margo Ovcharenko.

The exhibition is curated by Nadya Sheremetova (FotoDepartament, Saint Petersburg) and Ulrich Haas-Pursiainen (the Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere).

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