Peripheral Visions
02 October — 30 November 2015
A SOLO EXHIBITION OF OLGA CHERNYSHEVA
Curated by Elena Sudakova
Exhibition design by Katya Sivers
Photographs by Sophia Schorr-Kon
A leading figure in the artistic generation of 1990s Moscow, internationally acclaimed artist Olga Chernysheva documents the interactions of people and objects with the structures and spaces of contemporary Russia. In a solo exhibition at GRAD, Chernysheva focusses particularly on the experience of the individual in the neglected institutional spaces of abandoned museums and offices, taking over the gallery with a range of work in a variety of media.
Moscow is permeated with the relics and sentiments of its Soviet history, and Chernysheva’s scenes appear as if they are from another time, like artefacts of a contemporary era. Included in the exhibition are thirty new and unseen drawings and sculptural objects, interspersed with the videos and photographs that have brought Chernysheva international acclaim.
Chernysheva’s practice developed in parallel with the seismic changes brought on by the decline of the Soviet Union. Her powerful images record strangers unselfconsciously navigating the practices of everyday life. Eschewing social criticism or judgement, she continues to document the people and objects that she feels are ignored by mainstream narratives. This exhibition highlights the power of an artistic ‘peripheral’ vision to broaden perception and bring attention to issues relegated to the margins of our everyday thought processes.
Bloody East Europeans, Molodyi Teatr
09 October 2015



Tickets £15 (Concessions £10)
7:30 pm
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Performed in the style of a church-basement vaudeville, musical-satire Bloody East Europeans comes to GRAD from the London-based theatre collective Molodyi Teatr. The play features untrained actors from across the former Eastern Bloc telling true stories of Eastern European immigrants in the UK: from night clubs in Stratford to Border Agency bureaucracy.
Uzbek, Talgat Batalov
23 October 2015



Tickets £15 (Concessions £10)
7:30 pm
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Talgat Batalov’s autobiographical production Uzbek recounts the performer’s own experience immigrating to Moscow from Tashkent at the age of nineteen. A ‘stand-up comedy solo show’, Uzbek is a sarcastic deconstruction of Batalov’s own national identity as a Muscovite-Uzbek of Tatar descent. In the show, Batalov presents his audience members with his actual immigration papers, raising questions around the status of documents and the performance of national identity in contemporary culture. Uzbek is a co-production of Teatr.doc and the Joseph Beuys Theatre.
We Are the Rubbish from Eastern Europe, Theatre Replika
12 — 13 November 2015









Tickets £15 (Concessions £10)
7:30 pm
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Theatre Replika, Bulgaria’s leading documentary theatre company, presents We Are the Rubbish From Eastern Europe, in which actors share true stories from Bulgarians living on the streets in Sofia as well as those who chose to move abroad. Through the rubric of rubbish, both literal and figurative, Theatre Replika’s remarkable work interrogates the lasting legacy of Socialism in a contemporary Bulgarian context. Directed by Georg Genoux, We Are the Rubbish from Eastern Europe is supported by the Goethe Institute Bulgaria.
EKATERINA DEGOT IN CONVERSATION WITH OLGA CHERNYSHEVA
15 October 2015








One of the most prominent Russian artists Olga Chernysheva, a leading figure in the artistic generation of 1990s Moscow, is joined in conversation by world-renowned art historian and curator Ekaterina Degot to discuss her internationally acclaimed practice. The discussion takes place in within the exhibition at GRAD.
Part of the official FRIEZE programme of events. Free admission.