Chto Delat? (art collective)

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Chto Delat (What Is to Be Done?)
BornFounded in 2003
Saint Petersburg, Russia
NationalityRussian
OccupationArt collective

Chto Delat?, now known as Chto Delat (without the question mark), is a collective of artists, critics, philosophers and writers. Its name refers to Nikolai Chernyshevsky's novel Chto Delat'? (Russian: Что делать?, lit. What to Do?, English: What Is to Be Done?, 1863) and Vladimir Lenin's pamphlet of the same title (1902).[1][2] The collective was founded in 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where it is still currently based.[1][2] There are nine core members, coming from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, and Saint Petersburg: Olga Egorova aka Tsaplya (artist), Nina Gasteva (choreographer),  [ru] (philosopher), Nikolay Oleynikov (artist), (philosopher), Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya aka (artist), Aleksandr Skidan (poet and critic),  [ru] (philosopher), and Dmitry Vilensky (artist).[2]

Work[]

Chto Delat promotes the integration and blending of art, activism, and political theory. The collective's activities include educating the public on the post-socialist condition and focusing on commemoration and educating of the lost or repressed past of the Soviet Union. Chto Delat's practice is at the crossroads of theatre, video, broadcasts, murals, installations, public campaigns and seminars.[1][2]

Exhibitions[]

The collective's artworks have been shown at Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (2010 and 2014);[3][4] Mudam, Luxembourg (2010 and 2011–2012);[5][6] New Museum, New York (2011);[7] MUAC, Mexico City (2012 and 2017);[2][8][9] Kadist, San Francisco (2013);[10] Secession, Vienna (2014-2015);[11][12] Centre Pompidou, Paris (2017);[13] Open Space of Experimental Art, Tbilisi (2019);[14] and State of Concept, Athens (2020).[15]

Collections[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Cullinan, Nicholas (2011-02-01). "Group Think: The Collaborative Art of Slavs and Tatars and Chto Delat?". Artforum. No. February 2011, Vol. 49, No. 6. ISSN 0004-3532. Retrieved 2021-08-08.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Chto Delat". Wall Street International Magazine. 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2021-08-08.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "The Potosí Principle". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. ^ "Really Useful Knowledge". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ^ "Mudam Collection: Of our faces (and our bodies). Of our artificiality". Mudam. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  6. ^ "I've Dreamt About". Mudam. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  7. ^ "Ostalgia". New Museum. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  8. ^ "Moving forward, counting backwards". MUAC. Retrieved 2021-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Chto Delat". MUAC. Retrieved 2021-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Fault Lines". Kadist. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  11. ^ "Chto Delat:Time Capsule. Artistic Report on Catastrophes and Utopia". Secession. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  12. ^ Muller, Robert-Jan (2015-01-13). "Critic's Picks – Vienna: Chto Delat". Artforum. ISSN 0004-3532. Retrieved 2021-08-08.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Cosmopolis #1". Centre Pompidou (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  14. ^ "Tbilisi Art Fair 2019: About the Fair". Artsy. 2019-05-07. Archived from the original on 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  15. ^ "Chto Delat: When the roots start to move and get lost". State of Concept Athens. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  16. ^ "Chto Delat. Perestroïka Songspiel. Victoire contre le putsch". Centre Pompidou (in French). 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2021-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Chto Delat?". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  18. ^ "Chto Delat (What is to be done?)". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

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