Avoidance works best in a state of unawareness. Avoidance is observed in persistent gestures, behaviours and thoughts that mark out a space not admitted to explicit knowledge, but undeniably obliquely present. Avoidance comes to stand for the parts of collective and personal experience not readily accessible to the self, but which partly govern reality.
The exhibition Avoidance and the works within it propose an encounter with the ways in which the implicit exists on the surface of the visible, repeats itself and ripples through the present, retaining its potency of irresolution. The exhibition proposes the procedure of avoidance as a generative model for thinking against the logic and politics of transparent identity.
The exhibition Avoidance includes new works by Alexandra Sukhareva, Vytenis Burokas, and Anastasia Sosunova in collaboration with Gintaras Černius.
With support from the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius Municipality.
Avoidance
Artists: Vytenis Burokas, Tarek Lakhrissi, Maria Loboda, Liv Preston, Anastasia Sosunova, Alexandra Sukhareva, Virgilijus Šonta
7.9 – 14.11.2021
Curators: Dina Akhmadeeva, Adomas Narkevičius
Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA, Holečkova 49, Praha 5
Photography: Jan Kolský
Vytenis Burokas Crosswind, 2020–1.
Aluminium profiles, metal net, rivets, rubber washers, plaster
Courtesy of the artist
Vytenis Burokas Crosswind, 2020–1.
Aluminium profiles, metal net, rivets, rubber washers, plaster
Courtesy of the artist
Alexandra Sukhareva Lake, 2020
Chlorine on unprimed canvas
Courtesy of the artist
Vytenis Burokas Crosswind, 2020–1
Aluminium profiles, metal net, rivets, rubber washers, plaster
Courtesy of the artist
Tarek Lakhrissi Out of the Blue, 2019
HD movie, 13 min
Courtesy of the artist and VITRINE London/Basel
Tarek Lakhrissi Out of the Blue, 2019
HD movie, 13 min
Courtesy of the artist and VITRINE London/Basel
Tarek Lakhrissi Out of the Blue, 2019
HD movie, 13 min
Courtesy of the artist and VITRINE London/Basel
Vytenis Burokas Crosswind, 2020–1
Aluminium profiles, metal net, rivets, rubber washers, plaster
Courtesy of the artist
Anastasia Sosunova Agents, 2020
Single channel video, sound, carved wood sculptures
14 min 57 sec
Courtesy of the artist
Installation for FUTURA was created in collaboration with the woodcarving artist Gintaras Černius
Anastasia Sosunova Agents, 2020
Single channel video, sound, carved wood sculptures
14 min 57 sec
Courtesy of the artist
Installation for FUTURA was created in collaboration with the woodcarving artist Gintaras Černius
Anastasia Sosunova Agents, 2020
Single channel video, sound, carved wood sculptures
14 min 57 sec
Courtesy of the artist
Installation for FUTURA was created in collaboration with the woodcarving artist Gintaras Černius
Anastasia Sosunova Agents (Detail), 2020
Single channel video, sound, carved wood sculptures
14 min 57 sec
Courtesy of the artist
Installation for FUTURA was created in collaboration with the woodcarving artist Gintaras Černius
Liv Preston Various Hauntings, 2021
Uncle/dad’s childhood drawings, optimisation for colour blindness
Courtesy of the artist
Anastasia Sosunova Tainstvo, 2018
Single channel video installation, sound, cargo belts
18 min 15 sec
Courtesy of the artist
Anastasia Sosunova Tainstvo, 2018
Single channel video installation, sound, cargo belts
18 min 15 sec
Courtesy of the artist
Virgilijus Šonta Untitled, 1983
Digital print from original negative
Courtesy of the artist’s estate
Liv Preston WATERLOGS – NCB MINE PHOTOGRAPHS, 2021
Sandwich bag, tap water
Courtesy of the artist
Liv Preston WATERLOGS – NCB MINE PHOTOGRAPHS, 2021
Sandwich bag, tap water
Courtesy of the artist
Liv Preston WATERLOG (NORTHERN CAVES 2) 2021
Photocopied caving guide, sandwich bag, tap water
Courtesy of the artist
Liv Preston Colour Blind, 2015
Resin gargoyle helmet
Courtesy of the artist
Vytenis Burokas Crosswind, 2020–1
Aluminium profiles, metal net, rivets, rubber washers, plaster
Courtesy of the artist
Liv Preston Various Hauntings, 2021
Uncle/dad’s childhood drawings, optimisation for colour blindness
Courtesy of the artist
Maria Loboda Witch‘s Ladder, 2014–21
Sisal rope, pheasant feathers
Artist’s proof Courtesy of the artist
Maria Loboda Witch‘s Ladder (Detail), 2014–21
Sisal rope, pheasant feathers
Artist’s proof
Courtesy of the artist
Maria Loboda Movements that mattered, 2014–21
Crystals and semi-precious stones: amethyst, citrine, pyrite, mountain quartz, fluorite, aventurine, calcite
Courtesy of the artist
Maria Loboda Movements that mattered, 2014–21
Crystals and semi-precious stones: amethyst, citrine, pyrite, mountain quartz, fluorite, aventurine, calcite
Courtesy of the artist
Maria Loboda Curious and Cold Epicurean Young Ladies, 2011–21
Platinum coated silver flacon, hydrogen, metal chain
Artist’s proof
Courtesy of the artist
Maria Loboda Curious and Cold Epicurean Young Ladies, 2011–21
Platinum coated silver flacon, hydrogen, metal chain
Artist’s proof
Courtesy of the artist
Alexandra Sukhareva Lake, 2020
Chlorine on unprimed canvas
Courtesy of the artist
Alexandra Sukhareva Rotunda, 2020
Chlorine on unprimed canvas
Courtesy of the artist
Alexandra Sukhareva Brother, 2021
Chlorine on unprimed canvas
Courtesy of the artist
Virgilijus Šonta Untitled, 1980-1987, Untitled from the series ‘North America’, 1990
Digital print from original negative
Courtesy of the artist’s estate