Anton Ginzburg: VIEWs | Artist Tour and Reception

the artist, which includes the VIEW painting series, a site-specific mural, and ceramic sculptures. VIEWs presents Ginzburg’s engagement with the development of modernist-formal vocabulary in Eastern Europe, which addresses theories of viewing.

Described by art critic Phillip Barcio as being "grounded in the three core principles of Russian Constructivism: Tectonics, Construction, and Faktura," Ginzburg will also share about two key figures of influence—avantgarde artists Mikhail Matyushin and Władysław Strzeminski.

Read more about the exhibition: www.helwasergallery.comAbout the artistAnton Ginzburg (b. 1974, St. Petersburg, Russia) is a New York-based artist, known for his films, paintings, sculptures, and text-based printed work investigating historical narratives and poetic studies of place, representation, and post-Soviet identity. He earned a B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design, The New School and M.F.A. degree from Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. His work has been shown at the 54th Venice Biennale; the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Canada; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; White Columns, New York; Lille 3000, Euralille, France; and the first and second Moscow Biennales. His films have been screened at the Whitechapel Gallery, London; Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR); Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; Les Rencontres Internationales, Paris; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; and New York Film Festival/Projections among others.www.antonginzburg.com