Joseph Backstein

Иосиф Бакштейн

1945-2024

Contemporary Russian Art Exhibitions
in International Venues

Curated by Joseph Backstein/ Иосиф Бакштейн

2011   

“Practice for Everyday Life - Young Artists from Russia”, Calvert 22, London, UK  23 March – 29 May. Co-curated with  David Thorp

2010   

La Lecon de L'Histoire: Moscou - Paris - Perm.

“Lesson of history”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 12 June – 27 June

Institute d'etude de L'Art Contemporain, Moscow.

2008   

Russian Art. Paradoxes of History, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria

15 Dec. 2008 – 7 Jan. 2009
«Русское искусство. Парадоксы истории». Национальная художественная академия, София, Болгария

2006

“The Origin of Species. Art in the Age of Social Darwinism”

(в рус. версии та же ошибка), Museum of Contemporary Art, Toyama Prefecture, Japan 19 Aug. – 24 Sept.and Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan, 16 Dec. 2006 – 25 Feb. 2007
«Происхождение видов». Художественный музей г. Тояма, Япония

2005

Angels of History, MUHka, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Co-curated with Bart De Baere.

2002

Video-Zone (Video Art Biennial), Tel-Aviv, (co-curator)

Sergei Bratkov, Russian Pavilion, Sao Paulo
[Сергей Братков. Комиссар/куратор российской экспозиции на 25-й Биеннале в Сан-Паулу (Бразилия)]

Russian participation for Manifesta 4,

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 25 May – 25 Aug

2000

Inverse Perspectives «Обратные перспективы» (D.Almond, S.Bratvov, A.Bule, K.Geers, L.Gorlova, T.Hunter, A.Keskula, V.Komar &A.Melamid, R.Meel, St. Laurent, E. Rakauskaite, E-L.Semper,A-S.Siden, J.Vinitsky),

Edsvik Art Centre, Stockholm, Sweden

Художественный центр Edsvik, Стокгольм (Швеция)

1999

Komar & Melamid: Collaboration with animals
Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy. Российский павильон на 48-й Венецианской биеннале (Италия)

1998

Medialization, (AES group, E-L.Ahtila, A.Brener,O.Chernyshova, Dellbrugge – deMoll, J.Geismar, K.Geers, IRWIN group,R. El Hassan, CM von Hauswollf, P.Kogler,  O.Kulik, Z.Libera, S.Moral, N.Navridis, A.Serrano, Soo ja Kim, E.Koch,  N.Solakov, Z.Tiehai,  M.Toporovich, F.Wretman,U.Tzaig, N.Zubovic), Edsvik Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden.

1997

“It’s a better world. Russian Actionism and Its Context”

Secession, Vienna, Austria, 6 June – 13 July.

Co-curated with Johanna Kandl.

1996   

“Collective actions”

Exit Art, New York, USA, 18 July – 20 Sept.

Co-curated with Elena Elagina.

1994

“Monuments: Transformations for the Future

Kunstihoone, Tallinn, Estonia.

Co-curated with Vera Pogodina, Johannes Saar.

1993

Stalin’s Choice: Soviet Socialist Realism 1932-1956

PS1, N.Y., USA. 21 Nov 1993 – 24 Feb. 1994
Co-curated with Kathrin Becker, Zdenka Gabalova, Alanna Heiss.

(«Выбор Сталина: советский соцреализм 1932–1956»; совместно с Аланой Хейсс), PS1, Нью-Йорк (США)

Art Hamburg. International Fair of Eastern European Art.

Hamburg Messe, Germany

1992

Ilya Kabakov and Ulo Sooster, Kortrijk, Belgium

Илья Кабаков и Юло Соостер, Кортрейк, Бельгия.

Co-curated with Catherine de Zegher.

1991

Perspectives of Conceptualism,

PS1 — Clocktower, NY, USA.

(«Перспективы концептуализма»),

PS1 — Clocktower, Нью-Йорк (США).

MANI Museum. 40 Moskauer Kuenstler im Frankfurter Karmelitenkloster Karmelitenkloster, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (25 March – 25 April).

Co-curated with Sergey Romashko

1990

Prospects of Conceptualism,

Art Gallery of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

IsKUNSTvo - III,

Stockholm, Sweden.

Between Spring and Summer

Soviet Conceptual Art from the Era of Late Communism

Art Museum, Tacoma (15 June – 9 Sept)

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA, 1 Nov. 1990 – 6 Jan. 1991. Des Moines Art Centre, Iowa, 16 Feb. – 31 March 1991.

Co-curated with David Ross, Elizabeth Zussman, Margarita Tupitsyn

1988

IsKUNSTvo - I,

West Berlin. Art Workshop Westend, West Berlin,

(12 Sept. – 19 Jan)
Co-curated with Liza Schmitz.

Moscow Biennales 1-6

2005-2015

Founder and; Artistic Commissioner of Biennales 1-6

and Curator of main exhibition, Biennales 1-2

On Moscow Conceptualism

1987-2019

Russian Art at International Venues

Russian Art Exhibitions

in Russia

International Artists Exhibitions

in Russia