Submission
October 06, 2023

I Love it

Arthur Golyakov at Daipyat Gallery, Voronezh
August 05 — September 09, 2023

Exhibition view

2

Screen
Starfields
Skies of lilies
Among the white snow
Color
Blue

Do you like my reflection?

⁃ I want to lick your pupil
⁃ I’m disgusted at the thought of touching my eye.

Do you like my reflection?
Do you like me in the mirror?
Do you like my breasts?
Do you like my breasts in the mirror?

 ⁃ Look in the mirror, there are two people there
 ⁃ Do you mean four?


I was inspired to create the “I Love It” exhibition by an encounter I had over 10 years ago with a very poor black and white reproduction of John William Waterhouse’s painting “Hylas and the Nymphs”.

This poor quality copy of a famous work made a strong impression on me. The resulting experience often comes back to my mind. It seems to me as a real contact with art coinciding with the contemporary situation in which the viewer sees most exhibitions through the plane of the screen.

— Arthur Golyakov

Exhibition view
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (2), 2023, print Techno (2) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm (two copies)
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (2), 2023, print Techno (2) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm (two copies)
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (2), 2023, print Techno (2) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (2), 2023, print Techno (2) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm
Arthur Golyakov, Untitled, 2023, used tea bags, dimensions vary
Arthur Golyakov, Untitled, 2023, used tea bags, dimensions vary
Exhibition view
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (1), 2023, print Techno (1) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, paper print, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm / White Box (3), 2023, print Techno (3) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm (two copies)
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (1), 2023, print Techno (1) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, paper print, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm / White Box (3), 2023, print Techno (3) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm (two copies)
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (1), 2023, print Techno (1) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, paper print, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (1), 2023, print Techno (1) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, paper print, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (3), 2023, print Techno (3) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm
Arthur Golyakov, White Box (3), 2023, print Techno (3) 2019, design and layout by Sasha Shardak, print on paper, 13.7 x 19.2 x 3 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Arthur Golyakov, Hylas and the Nymphs, print on paper, wooden frame, glass, 42.5 x 32.5 cm
Exhibition view
Arthur Golyakov, Untitled, 2023, used tea bags, dimensions vary
Arthur Golyakov, Untitled, 2023, used tea bags, dimensions vary
Arthur Golyakov, Untitled, 2023, used tea bags, dimensions vary
Exhibition view

I Love it
Arthur Golyakov

Daipyat Gallery, Voronezh
August 05 — September 09, 2023

Text: Arthur Golyakov

Photography: All images copyright and courtesy of the artist and the gallery.

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