From the Concentration of the Will at M17Split pointHistorical artifact, object, granite, mechanical processing, 2013Price on request
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The "Split point" is a historical object that is directly related to the historical event of 2013, when the public dismantling of the Lenin monument, which was installed at the intersection of Khreshchatyk Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, took place. The event took place on December 8, 2013 around 18:00, during Euromaidan. The object is a fragment of a granite slab that was split when the monument fell, namely "Lenin's head".
The moment of toppling the monument and splitting the slab with it is incredibly and conceptually related to the hypothesis of the American political scientist and sociologist Samuel Huntington about the patterns of conflicts in the post-Cold War period. The hypothesis was first made public by him at a lecture at the American Institute of Entrepreneurship in 1992, later published in the book "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" (The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order) in 1996.
Despite the religious aspect of his hypothesis of the lines of division in relation to the former USSR and Ukraine, the moment of the monument's overthrow is already a historical confirmation of the rejection of Russian tsarism as a civilizational concept of life. There was a non-public dismantling of one of the thousand USSR Lenins, the dismantling of the big lie and mockery of the peoples of the former USSR began. It happened in Kyiv, thanks to the will to freedom of the people of Ukraine.
"Split point" is an artifact, a fragment of a granite slab, which records the will and efforts of all generations of the Ukrainian people in the struggle against imperial Russia. It is this granite stone that will contain this will and efforts at the level of molecular tension in the structure of the stones, which arose after the impact of the fallen monument on it.
The debris was removed from the scene the day after the dismantling of the Lenin monument. Exhibited at exhibitions in 2014 at IPSM, without processing; in 2018 at the exhibition "Dot" in the "INVOGUE" gallery, Odesa; in 2019 was presented at KyivArtWeek.
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Sergei Popov's "Breaking Point"
"Breaking Point" is a historical object that is directly related to the historical event of 2013, when the public dismantling of the Lenin monument took place during the Euromaidan events. The object is a fragment of a granite slab that was split when the monument fell, namely hit by the "head of Lenin".
"Breaking Point" is an artefact that captures the will and efforts of all generations of the Ukrainian people in the fight against imperial Russia.
It is this granite stone that will keep this will and effort alive at the level of molecular tension in the structure of the stone, which emerged after the fallen monument hit it.
About the artist
Sergei Popov is known for his practices in the field of objectless art. At one time he was a member of the group "Alliance 22", participated in many of its exhibitions, including laboratory, held at Mikhail Bulgakov Museum in Kiev. Popov is a co-founder of the Kyiv Non Objective Art Association (KNO), an international platform for dialogue and promotion of various practices and concepts in the field of non-subject art alongside with Tiberii Silvashi, Badri Gubianuri and Olena Dombrovska.
List of the exhibitions
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
«Kyiv Non Objective. Space and Belonging». Curated by Barna Benedek. Vasarely Museum. Budapest, Hungary.
2021
«Dad, the helmet is pressing. Contemporary art from the NAMU collection.». National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«In Medio». MASLO Art Center. Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
2019
«Big Circle». International collaboration project. M17 Art Center. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2018
«RNOP – Cincinnati: New Work For A New System». Cincinnati (OH), USA.
«Infinite Worlds / Infinite Probabilities». The University of Southern Queensland. Toowoomba, Australia.
«Point». Invogue#Art gallery. Odesa, Ukraine.
«Neighbours». Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Curated by VCRC. Warsaw, Poland.
«Cиметрія \ Symmetry». Galerie Abstract Project. Paris, France.
2017
«Anonymous Society». PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine.
«0/1 - KNO | Kyiv Non Objective». Mala gallery of Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine.
«ASSEMBLAGE NO.5 Van Doesburg Fanclub». Concrete Store, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
«Points of approximation: Kharkiv». Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
«Monochromia. Vol.2». Theca Gallery, Milan, Italy. (vernissage)
2016
«Via Line». Unlimited Art Foundation. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«The School of Prosperity». Performance. A Class of the School of Kyiv, Kyiv biennial. Musa museum. Vienna. Austria.
«Monochromia. Vol.1», Diehl & Diehl Cube, Berlin, Germany.
2015
«Politics ofForm». Curated by Hedwig Suxenhuber, Georg Schollhamer and Franciska Zolyom.
GfZK - Museum of contemporary art Leipzig. Leipzig. Germany.
«The School of Kyiv». Kyiv biennale curated by Hedwig Suxenhuber and Georg Schollhamer. The House of Clothes (Main Venue), Kyiv, Ukraine.
«Some say you can find happiness there», Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2014
«Power Verticals. Plywood Colonnades», Kyiv, Ukraine.
«Grammar of Freedom», Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
«SAY IT.UA>», Vienna, Austria.
2013
«Nothing of the Kind». Museum of Moscow. Moscow, Russia.
«Ukrainian News». CCA "Ujazdowski castle". Warsaw, Poland.
2012
«Myth "Ukrainian Baroque"». National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kyiv. Ukraine.
«Arsenale 2012». The First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«Environment». CCI "Fabrika". Moscow, Russia.
2011
«The Global Contemporary. Art Worldsafter 1989». Curated by Peter Weibel, Andrea Buddensieg. ZKM / Centre for art and media. Karlsruhe, Germany.
«Impossible Community». Curated by Victor Misiano. Moscow Museum of modern art. Moscow, Russia.
2010
«If. UkrainianArt in Transition». Curated by Ekaterina Degot. MCA. Perm, Russia.
«Inter-Cool 3.0». HMKV / Dortmunder U. Dortmund, Germany.
«Numbers». International arts development foundation "EIDOS". Kyiv, Ukraine.
2009
«The New History». Kharkiv Art Museum. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
«Curated by». Project by SOSka group and Gallery Hubert Winter. Vienna Fair. Vienna, Austria.
«Wakefield Meadows». Curated by Anca Mihulet. Pavilion UniCredit. Bucharest, Romania.
2008
«Dreamers». Project by SOSka group in PinchukArtCentre / Project Room. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«New Print Politik: Post-SovietPolitics and Contemporary Art». Ukrainian Institute of modern art. Chicago, USA.
«Grabbing at Straws». Curated by Negative Capability (Chris Sharp, Joanna Fiduccia). Guenzani studio. Milan, Italy.
2007
«Critically in Between». Curated by Viktor Misiano. Art-Athens. Athens, Greece.
«The Art World». Gallery "Feinkost". Berlin, Germany.
«Communities. Young Ukrainian Art». Gallery "Arsenal". Bialystok, Poland.
«Generations U&A». PinchukArtCentre. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2006
«Video Bend». Gallery Stadtpark. Krems, Austria.
«Team Colors». Gallery F.A.I.T., Krakow, Poland.
«New Communities». Caucasus biennial of contemporary art. Tbilisi, Georgia.