Andrei Roiter
26 Oct - 10 Dec 2011
ANDREI ROITER
"My profession is to be Andrei Roiter"
26 October - 10 December 2011
Galería Fúcares presents at his space in Madrid the first solo exhibition of Andrei Roiter.
Roiter's vision was born in Russia, the country of his origin, and nurtured by the local conceptual art circle as well as the spirit of Arte Povera, for its use of simple, earthy materials. Leaving Russia in 1990, without severing his ties completely, Roiter settled in Amsterdam and now splits his time between there and New York. Yet Roiter sees himself not as an immigrant but as a permanent visitor. His relationship to the outside world is as a stranger and observer.
Showing for the first time in Spain at the Galería Fúcares, Andrei's Roiter's exhibition entitled " My profession is to be Andrei Roiter" offers a view of the Artist as a traveling comedian/explorer. Roiter's vocabulary consists out of symbols and images related to travel and exploration. He creates three-dimensional objects, which he sometimes paints or exhibits as independent sculptures. By making these objects, he projects the role of the artist as a traveling comedian who makes his own clumsy models and props for his endless trove. There is self-irony in the texture and construction of these artifacts: they are awkward and non-functional, more like props for a theatre play.
For the Fúcares exhibition, Roiter will show a series of recent paintings portraying his various props and artifacts from his collection, including spherical, wooden structures --visual reminders of works of Russian Constructivists like Rodchenko, Tatlin and Liszitsky-- and handmade optical devices such as cameras and projectors. The eye/projector, head/globe-for Roiter these represent the act of looking, seeing, documenting and projecting--the chief activities of the Artist's profession.
Roiter studied at the Institute of Architecture in Moscow (1978-1980). During this time he began to show his works in unofficial exhibition spaces in Moscow. Since the mid-80’s Roiter took part in several international exhibitions of Russian art in Europe and the U.S. Then in the early 1990’s, Roiter relocated to the West, exhibiting in Germany, Switzerland, the U.S., Sweden and Japan.
Currently, Roiter lives between New York and Amsterdam. He recently exhibited at Regina Gallery, Moscow (2011), the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2010), Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch (2010), Impronte Contemporary Art, Milan (2010), Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (2008), Silverstein Gallery, New York (2001) and AKINCI, Amsterdam. He participated in group exhibitions at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2009), Galería Fúcares, Madrid (2008), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2008), The Moscow Biennale (2007), Centraal Museum, Utrecht (2006), Pratt Institute, New York (2002). Upcoming shows are: Kunstmuseum Solothurn, CH (2011).
"My profession is to be Andrei Roiter"
26 October - 10 December 2011
Galería Fúcares presents at his space in Madrid the first solo exhibition of Andrei Roiter.
Roiter's vision was born in Russia, the country of his origin, and nurtured by the local conceptual art circle as well as the spirit of Arte Povera, for its use of simple, earthy materials. Leaving Russia in 1990, without severing his ties completely, Roiter settled in Amsterdam and now splits his time between there and New York. Yet Roiter sees himself not as an immigrant but as a permanent visitor. His relationship to the outside world is as a stranger and observer.
Showing for the first time in Spain at the Galería Fúcares, Andrei's Roiter's exhibition entitled " My profession is to be Andrei Roiter" offers a view of the Artist as a traveling comedian/explorer. Roiter's vocabulary consists out of symbols and images related to travel and exploration. He creates three-dimensional objects, which he sometimes paints or exhibits as independent sculptures. By making these objects, he projects the role of the artist as a traveling comedian who makes his own clumsy models and props for his endless trove. There is self-irony in the texture and construction of these artifacts: they are awkward and non-functional, more like props for a theatre play.
For the Fúcares exhibition, Roiter will show a series of recent paintings portraying his various props and artifacts from his collection, including spherical, wooden structures --visual reminders of works of Russian Constructivists like Rodchenko, Tatlin and Liszitsky-- and handmade optical devices such as cameras and projectors. The eye/projector, head/globe-for Roiter these represent the act of looking, seeing, documenting and projecting--the chief activities of the Artist's profession.
Roiter studied at the Institute of Architecture in Moscow (1978-1980). During this time he began to show his works in unofficial exhibition spaces in Moscow. Since the mid-80’s Roiter took part in several international exhibitions of Russian art in Europe and the U.S. Then in the early 1990’s, Roiter relocated to the West, exhibiting in Germany, Switzerland, the U.S., Sweden and Japan.
Currently, Roiter lives between New York and Amsterdam. He recently exhibited at Regina Gallery, Moscow (2011), the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2010), Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch (2010), Impronte Contemporary Art, Milan (2010), Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (2008), Silverstein Gallery, New York (2001) and AKINCI, Amsterdam. He participated in group exhibitions at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2009), Galería Fúcares, Madrid (2008), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2008), The Moscow Biennale (2007), Centraal Museum, Utrecht (2006), Pratt Institute, New York (2002). Upcoming shows are: Kunstmuseum Solothurn, CH (2011).