Grisha Bruskin - An Archaeologist's Collection in the former church of Santa Caterina

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Grisha Bruskin - An Archaeologist's Collection in the former church of Santa Caterina
Grisha Bruskin - An Archaeologist's Collection in the former church of Santa Caterina

A journey to the future among the ruins of the Soviet Empire. A large installation of thirty- three sculptures that emerge from archaeological excavations inside an ancient church. They are the pseudoartifacts of a recent, perished civilization. For this project, Bruskin uses characters from his painting Fundamental’nyi leksikon (1985–1986), a collection of archetypes from the USSR. He reproduces the figures life-size, then destroys the sculptures, gathers the fragments, and casts them in bronze. He then buries them in Tuscany for three years alongside the already buried ruins of the Roman Empire. He finally digs them out, and now the statues emerge from the cloudy waters in which Venice lies. Various perished empires meet in the present.

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