The Net Times: [It's LIQUID News] Dmitry Shorin: I Believe in Angels


.art news	January 21, 2013

DMITRY SHORIN I BELIEVE IN ANGELS Art Palm Beach 24 – 28 January 2013 A series of dramatic new sculptures by Russian artist Dimitry Shorin will be displayed at some of the world's most prominent art fairs and institutions throughout 2013, as part of an international collaborative project between Erarta Galleries and the artist. Locations will include Art Palm Beach, Art Paris Art Fair and the Venice Biennale (Palazzo Bembo) with additional prestigious venues to be announced. Dimitry Shorin's artwork has been exhibited internationally since 1995 and is on permanent display at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Additionally, his work has been auctioned throughout the world at major international auction houses such as Sotheby's. I Believe in Angels, a series of large-scale sculptures, debates the concept of progress and the limits of the human body in the digital age. Our notion of progress is intrinsically linked with how fast we can move yet the opposite must be true, as cultural theorist Paul Virilio puts it 'physical speed freezes you'. Our bodies are synchronized with technology, rendering the physical, animal form obsolete; it cannot keep up. From Leonardo Da Vinci to Felix Baumgartner, we have coveted the ability to fly, and Shorin is similarly seduced by the possibilities of flight. In this new work Shorin has created in his signature voyeur's gaze a series of human flying machines. Drained of colour and placed in the heavens, Shorin's airplane girls embody our newfound capabilities. In exploring definitions of beauty and the transcendental power of the feminine, Shorin assigns guardianship to womankind, giving an angel her wings in the most modern sense. Shorin looks to mass media images and revises clichéd ideals in mythical terms, placing the woman at the centre of our evolution as a species. In the assimilation of the industrial and the corporal, Shorin presents to the world a guardian angel for the information age. A catalogue with an accompanying essay by respected writer and critic Edward Lucie Smith and introductory text by Erarta Galleries Director and Curator Dr Diego Giolitti will be produced as part of the project. I Believe in Angels, Dimitry Shorin: 2013 Installation programme: 24 Jan – 28 January 2013 – Art Palm Beach 28 March – 1 April 2013 – Art Paris Art Fair 29 May – 24 November – Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo Notes for Editors Dmitry Shorin was born in Novosibirsk in 1971. He studied at the Graphic Art Department at the M. Gorky Teaching Institute in Omsk and continued his studies at the Omsk Academy of Service specializing in costume design, graduating in 1990. The same year, he moved to St. Petersburg where he commenced special post-graduate studies. In 1993 he was admitted to the Association of Artists and in 1998 he joined the UNESCO International Federation of Artists. He continues to live and work in St. Petersburg. Erarta Galleries represent established and emerging Russian artists. They are located in Saint Petersburg, London, New York, Zurich, and very soon in Hong Kong. www.erartagalleries.com Curator and Organiser Dr. Diego Giolitti Tel: +44 (0) 20 7499 7861 E-mail: diego@erartagalleries.com General Inquiries and Sales Laurie Sanderson Tel: +1 (646) 476-6341 E-mail: laurie@erartagalleries.com Press Information Lisa Baker Tel: +44 (0) 7768 310 038 E-mail: lisa@lisabakerltd.com It's LIQUID News is an e-mail announcement service that provides information about exhibitions at some of the world's leading art galleries selected. 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