Anatoli Osmolovsky
Anatoli Osmolovsky gained a reputation for activist performances in the 1990s. Since 2002 he has been working on a series of ‘inert’ objects. The items are reminiscent of nuts, fruits, breads and toys. Emblems of cults: capitalism, the media, politics, religion. His copper ‘tanks’ and the series of ‘breads’ displaying the vague contours of saints and aliens, drew considerable attention during Document 12 in Kassel.
In Amsterdam, Osmolovsky is exhibiting previously unseen work: an enormous wooden totem:
Totem 1, 2008
40 x 60 x 250 cm
The coins on and around the totem are thrown there by visitors, as if it were a wishing well.
Read the interview with Anatoli Osmolovsky ‘Against Movement’ by the Moscow art critic Vladimir Levashov:
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