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Sergey Shabohin

When talking about young Belarusian artists, Sergey Shabohin is the first to be mentioned. One of the most important local conceptual artist, he mostly works in field of installation and ready-made.
In his artwork Shabohin reflects on art activism in the face of institutional or political authoritarianism. He also works a lot as a curator, and runs some critical educational projects.

Born in 1984, Novopolotsk, Belarus. Lives and works in Minsk, Belarus

artistsSergey Shabohin
place_Neurčené místo
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castSergey Shabohin
cameraPavel Sterec
soundPavel Sterec
editingVasil Artamonov, Giulio Zannol
interviewPavel Sterec
translationMaria Mushtrieva
categoryProfiles
published19. 1. 2015
languageČesky / English
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Sergey Shabohin
"The aim of the National Arts Foundation was to: support and set an example for the acquaintance of all social layers and cultural circles to the Hungarian National Art, a knowledge if absent makes it impossible to get a real picture of the Hungarian Nation and Hungarian Culture - all this carried out with a respect of duty, freedom of speech and artistic freedom in the name of a brighter future!"
The title Distressed refers not only to desperate working conditions and the condition of the workers, but maybe even to one actual product of textile- the sought after and fashionable „distressed denim". Jeans that are supposed to look used and worn out. In some sort of twisted logic people in rich countries, from where textile factories have been pushed in the competition for the cheapest labour, wear ripped jeans. They uncousciously show the true character of the conditions of its production. As if they were transparents of the impoverished, hung on the naked bodies of the narcissists of the richer part of the worlds.