Exhibitions - Sculptor and Marx great-granddaughter shows sculptures in Rostock
The German-Russian sculptor and Karl Marx great-granddaughter Anna Bogouchevskaia is exhibiting over 100 works at the Kunsthalle Rostock. "Fallen Falls" is the title of her survey exhibition, which opened on Saturday evening. Sculptures as monuments to 20 world-renowned waterfalls, which can also be understood as a memorial to a perishing world. "Ultimately, my works show frozen finiteness," said the artist, who moved to Berlin from Russia in the early 1990s.
Visitors are guided on a tour through six exhibition rooms. After initial darkness, the walls gradually become lighter and lighter in shades of gray until a white tone almost predominates at the end. In addition to the artist's nickel silver sculptures, numerous model sketches and drawings as well as Bogouchevskaia's early work are on display in her exploration of the works of the French-Russian artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Her family was also associated with this artist.
Bogouchevskaia's works are also linked to an indirect political statement, which is certainly also a criticism of today's turbo-capitalism, said the curator of the exhibition, Sebastian Strenger. She advocates a different and more sustainable approach to the environment. In addition to waterfalls from China and Venezuela, her sculptures also show the Sete-Quedas waterfall on Brazil's border with Paraguay, which was flooded in the 1980s due to a huge dam project.
Waterfalls have been known for centuries, including through historical depictions in paintings or photos. "But it is only in the era of our current civilization that their survival seems to be at stake," says Bogouchevskaia. Art can provide an impetus for social discourse, as well as being a beautiful reminder and, in the bronze sculpture, a symbol of eternity.
The 57-year-old also remains true to the theme of water in another room, where twelve macroscopically depicted drop sculptures can be seen at the moment they hit a surface of water. The artist found the inspiration for the works in the French film "Mikrocosmos" shown in the exhibition, whose soundtrack welcomes visitors from the very first room with the sounds of crickets chirping, thunderstorms and lapping water.
"Fallen Falls" Kunsthalle Rostock About Anna Bogouchevskaia
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- Anna Bogouchevskaia, the German-Russian sculptor and Karl Marx's great-granddaughter, has her exhibition 'Fallen Falls' showcased in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, specifically in Rostock.
- Following her move from Russia to Berlin in the 1990s, Bogouchevskaia's artwork has significantly evolved and is now featured in exhibitions like the one at Kunsthalle Rostock in the 1990s and also in Moscow, Russia.
- During the 1990s, Bogouchevskaia's sculpture exhibitions in Berlin and Rostock attracted art enthusiasts and critics, featuring themes like waterfall monuments and environmental conservation, reflecting her strong links to the Russian artist Marc Chagall.
- In the 1990s, as Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were transforming, Bogouchevskaia's art showed a parallel transition, reflecting the cultural and societal changes of Germany, Russia, and the world at large.
Source: www.stern.de
