Giovanni Anselmo
AES+F
Carla Accardi
Nobuyoshi Araki
Shoja Azari
Fernanda Brunet
Sylvie Fleury
Hamish Fulton
Daniele Galliano
Marco Gastini
Mario Giacomelli
Dan Graham
Abbas Kiarostami
Jannis Kounellis
Sol Lewitt
Richard Long
Luigi Mainolfi
Fabian Marcaccio
César Martínez
Mona Marzouk
Masbedo
Mario Merz
Zwelethu Mthethwa
Shirin Neshat
Vladimir Nikolic
Luigi Ontani
Mimmo Paladino
Giulio Paolini
Claudio Parmiggiani
Giuseppe Penone
Miguel Angel Ríos
Bernardi Roig
Salvo
Andres Serrano
Melanie Smith
Kiki Smith
Jessica Stockholder
Mary Sue
Hung Tung-Lu
Vedovamazzei
Gilberto Zorio
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The group that makes up AES+F consists of four Russian-born artists: Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky, and Vladimir Fridkes. Working in collaboration, the four create a concept, discuss the story they want to illuminate and decide the best way to proceed. This could involve photography, video, installation, mixed media works, or a combination of all of the above. In "The King of the Forest", the first in a four part project by AES+F, a mythological creature based on the folklore of medieval Europe, kidnaps the best and most beautiful children, keeping them locked away in his palace. The new "King" to which AES+F refers is the contemporary mass media, a force which seduces our children at an ever-increasingly young age. The subjects in advertising, models and pop stars, start their careers in very early childhood, losing those precious years of innocence and wonder. Times Square, the archetypal image of American Media, serves as the backdrop, juxtaposing a high-paced world flooded with energy and vitality, with the innocent character of children. In the first series, the group uses a vast architectural space (The Marble Palace in Saint Petersburg) as another monumental backdrop. The artists posed young ballerinas and models against this grand opulence, underlining the fragility of our children. Similarly, "More Than Paradise", the second installment of the project, takes place in the grand castlemosque Mohammed Ali in Cairo, Egypt. Here images of the Islamic world, often portrayed as disturbing and dangerous, are those of beauty and gentleness when populated by children. |
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