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Exhibition of 20 nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 to be launched on October 29

The PinchukArtCentre is happy to announce the opening of four parallel exhibitions:

• Core project – an exhibition of 20 nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011;
• “See to be seen” – a solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Cinthia Marcelle;
• “If there is no water running from your tap” – a solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Roytburd in the context of РАС-UA;
• "CollectionPlatform 2: Circulation" - a completely renewed exposition of selected works by national and international artists from the collection.

The exhibitions will open to the general public at 12:00, October 29, 2011. Open hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00 until 21:00.

Admission is free.

A group show of 20 artists shortlisted for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011, the first private nationwide contemporary art prize in Ukraine for young Ukrainian artists up to 35, features 20 new artists’ statements which were specially produced with the support of the PinchukArtCentre. The exhibition will be open from October 29, 2011 until January 8, 2012.

The 20 nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 were shortlisted by an Expert Committee from more than 1100 applicants. Among them: Daniil Galkin, Andriy Halashyn, Dobrynia Ivanov, Mykyta Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Taras Kamennoy, Olesia Khomenko, Alina Kleitman, Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Lada Nakonechna, Serhiy Petlyuk, Serhiy Radkevych, Stepan Riabchenko, Mykola Ridnyi, Mykyta Shalennyi, Masha Shubina, Natasha Shulte, Ivan Svitlychnyi, Hamlet Zinkovskyi, Salmanov-Kornienko group (Oleksiy Salmanov; Dmytro Kornienko).

The project includes more than 60 works and will be on display on the 3^rd and 4^th floor, including a special installation in front of the PinchukArtCentre by Zhanna Kadyrova and a monumental mural inside of the historical Bessarabskiy market by Serhiy Radkevych. PinchukArtCentre continues with these two works to bring contemporary art into the public space embedding it into daily life.

Also, the PinchukArtCentre presents the first solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Cinthia Marcelle, the Main Prize Winner of the Future Generation Art Prize 2010, outside of Brasil. The show entitled See to be seen includes a new large-scale installation and a new specially produced film. The exhibition is located on the 2^nd floor of the art centre and will last from October 29, 2011 to January 8, 2012.

The monumental installation See to be seen has been created with the support of PinchukArtCentre. Marcelle developed in this installation a carpet that covers a hidden landscape of dust. This new work is a topological research conducted by an appropriation of ordinary things and industrial materials. The work starts from the simple gesture: hiding the dust under the carpet. It serves as a metaphor for hiding our mistakes, our dirt from the eye. Marcelle’s landscape is a reflection on the continuous historical repetition of this gesture and represents centuries of dust hidden under the carpet.

As part of the РАС-UA PinchukArtCentre presents the third project - a solo exhibition by Oleksandr Roytburd. The show entitled If there is no water running from your tap will be open to public on the 5^th floor at the PAC-UA space in the context of the Collection Platform from October 29 to November 27, 2011.

The show includes a number of portraits of the famous Ukrainians and world icons such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Michael Jackson, Mahatma Gandhi, Vitaliy and Volodymyr Klitchko, Alexander Pushkin, Taras Shevchenko, The Beatles, Lev Tolstoy and Andy Warhol. The artist depicts these personalities as Hasids, telling a story of “hidden Jews” of the Soviet Union era. At that time the majority of Jews was ashamed or even afraid to reveal their nationality, as there were limitations for Jews applying for certain jobs, entering universities or joining the communist party.

The PinchukArtCentre also presents Collection Platform 2: Circulation, a completely renewed exhibition of selected works from the collection representing leading international and Ukrainian contemporary artists. The show located on the 5^th floor of the art centre will be on display from October 29 till May, 2012.

The exhibition includes the works by Banksy, Maurizio Cattelan, Chuck Close, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Oleg Kulik, Liza Lou, Boris Mikhailov, Takashi Murakami, Richard Phillips, Marc Quinn, Thomas Ruff, Sam Taylor-Wood, Oleg Tistol, Fred Tomaselli, Vasiliy Tsagolov.

Works like Lenin on Roller blades by Banksy, Self-Portrait by Chuk Close, Fred Tomaselli Doppelganger Effect, Liza Lou Self-Portrait,Andreas Gursky’s Hamm Bergwerke and other will be shown in Ukraine for the first time.

You will also be able to find a brochure with detailed information on four current exhibitions, showcased artists and schedule of the PinchukArtCentre educational events