By Now
03 Oct 2014 - 18 Jan 2015
BY NOW
Contemporary Photography of Belarus
3 October 2014 – 18 January 2015
Eugene Kanaplev-Leydik
Julia Leydik-Kanapleva
Aleksey Naumchik
Aleksei Shinkarenko
Mikhail Leschenko
Maxim Shumilin
Volga Sasnouskaya
Alexandra Soldatova
Alexander Sayenko
Siarhei Hudzilin
Andrei Liankevich
Alexander Kladov
Tanya Haurylchyk
Aleksander Veledzimovich
Pavel Kirpikau
Palina Palynskaya
Belarus – a blank spot on the map nowadays? Since the 1990s, Belarus remains widely isolated, both in political relations and economically. Domestically, the country has been shaped by the autocratic leadership of Alexander Lukashenka. The young creative scene comments visually on the current situation in their country with a new way of seeing, humour and in some cases challenging impudence. The exhibition "BY NOW – Contemporary photography in Belarus", curated by Matthias Harder, is focused on new developments in photography in Belarus offers a fresh view on the development inside the Belarusian photography scene and draws a multi-layered photographic picture of contemporary Belaruss , ranging from classic black and white portrait to Photoshop experiments with garish colours.
Already in 1994 in the exhibition "Photography in Minsk", the ifa-Gallery Berlin presented some of the artistic positions of the scene of photographers working at the time in Minsk. 20 years later it is apparent that even though there is seclusion and isolation, a new, young scene of photographers has emerged, who deal creatively with their everyday life and participate in global networks.
Contemporary Photography of Belarus
3 October 2014 – 18 January 2015
Eugene Kanaplev-Leydik
Julia Leydik-Kanapleva
Aleksey Naumchik
Aleksei Shinkarenko
Mikhail Leschenko
Maxim Shumilin
Volga Sasnouskaya
Alexandra Soldatova
Alexander Sayenko
Siarhei Hudzilin
Andrei Liankevich
Alexander Kladov
Tanya Haurylchyk
Aleksander Veledzimovich
Pavel Kirpikau
Palina Palynskaya
Belarus – a blank spot on the map nowadays? Since the 1990s, Belarus remains widely isolated, both in political relations and economically. Domestically, the country has been shaped by the autocratic leadership of Alexander Lukashenka. The young creative scene comments visually on the current situation in their country with a new way of seeing, humour and in some cases challenging impudence. The exhibition "BY NOW – Contemporary photography in Belarus", curated by Matthias Harder, is focused on new developments in photography in Belarus offers a fresh view on the development inside the Belarusian photography scene and draws a multi-layered photographic picture of contemporary Belaruss , ranging from classic black and white portrait to Photoshop experiments with garish colours.
Already in 1994 in the exhibition "Photography in Minsk", the ifa-Gallery Berlin presented some of the artistic positions of the scene of photographers working at the time in Minsk. 20 years later it is apparent that even though there is seclusion and isolation, a new, young scene of photographers has emerged, who deal creatively with their everyday life and participate in global networks.