Maria Serebriakova
Encyclopedia
Maria Serebriakova is a Russia
n artist
, who lives and works in Berlin
, Germany
.
.
Her work mainly consists of installations
, graphics
, objects
and photographs, which express loneliness and despair. It has been shown in Documenta
IX in 1992, and in 2007 in the second Moscow Biennale
, Moscow
.
Although Maria Serebriakova refuses to describe her oeuvre as conceptual, she deals with the intrinsic and ontological problems of art. She envisages art as a communicative structure, able to surpass the restrictions of language. Following Wittgenstein, she sees art competent to express what one cannot describe with words.
The objects, installations, graphics and photographs of Serebriakova are linked to the artist’s personal vision of existence. Serebriakova brings her investigated subject matter of human tragedy of emptiness and loneliness, misunderstandings and cruelty to a universal and philosophical level. She uses different means of expression depending on the problems touched upon, but her work always gives off gentle human warmth. The artist achieves this effect by offering a gesture that appeals to the most deeply hidden feelings of the viewer. Serebriakova searches for her own identity, for general understanding and response, and for a lost trace of humankind.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, who lives and works in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Life and work
Maria Serebriakova was born in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
Her work mainly consists of installations
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
, graphics
Graphics
Graphics are visual presentations on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain. Examples are photographs, drawings, Line Art, graphs, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings,or...
, objects
Object (philosophy)
An object in philosophy is a technical term often used in contrast to the term subject. Consciousness is a state of cognition that includes the subject, which can never be doubted as only it can be the one who doubts, and some object or objects that may or may not have real existence without...
and photographs, which express loneliness and despair. It has been shown in Documenta
Documenta
documenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...
IX in 1992, and in 2007 in the second Moscow Biennale
Moscow Biennale
The Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art is one of the most important Russian cultural events and was founded in 2003.- First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art :...
, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
Although Maria Serebriakova refuses to describe her oeuvre as conceptual, she deals with the intrinsic and ontological problems of art. She envisages art as a communicative structure, able to surpass the restrictions of language. Following Wittgenstein, she sees art competent to express what one cannot describe with words.
The objects, installations, graphics and photographs of Serebriakova are linked to the artist’s personal vision of existence. Serebriakova brings her investigated subject matter of human tragedy of emptiness and loneliness, misunderstandings and cruelty to a universal and philosophical level. She uses different means of expression depending on the problems touched upon, but her work always gives off gentle human warmth. The artist achieves this effect by offering a gesture that appeals to the most deeply hidden feelings of the viewer. Serebriakova searches for her own identity, for general understanding and response, and for a lost trace of humankind.
External links
- Maria Serebriakova at Regina Gallery London & Moscow
- Zeno X Gallery - Maria Serebriakova works, biography and cv