DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space, Rostov-on-Don

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DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead I
Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead I, 2018
Wood, hand-painted electrical tape, lacquer, black locust seed pods, red slime, human hair
800 × 800 × 40 mm.
Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead I
Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead I, 2018, detail
Wood, hand-painted electrical tape, lacquer, black locust seed pods, red slime, human hair
800 × 800 × 40 mm.
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Ilya Smirnov, 36912
Ilya Smirnov, 36912, 2018
Graphite on paper, charred pine frame
207 × 300 mm. unframed
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Ilya Smirnov, 36912
Ilya Smirnov, 36912, 2017
Graphite on paper, charred pine frame
300 × 207 mm. unframed
Detail of Ilya Smirnov, 36912
Ilya Smirnov, 36912, 2017, detail
Graphite on paper, charred pine frame
300 × 207 mm. unframed
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Ilya Smirnov, 36912
Ilya Smirnov, 36912, 2017
Graphite on paper, charred pine frame
300 × 207 mm. unframed
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Vitaly Bezpalov, Flowers are not sacred and the divine thing in us is our call to anti-human action
Vitaly Bezpalov, Flowers are not sacred and the divine thing in us is our call to anti-human action I, 2018
Artificial flower, window frame
Dimensions variable
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead II
Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead II, 2018
Wood, hand-painted electrical tape, lacquer, black locust seed pods, red slime
800 × 750 × 40 mm
Detail of Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead II
Vitaly Bezpalov, Never was happiness so unattainable and freedom so dead II, 2018, detail
Wood, hand-painted electrical tape, lacquer, black locust seed pods, red slime
800 × 750 × 40 mm
Ilya Smirnov, 36912
Ilya Smirnov, 36912, 2018
Water-soluble pencil on paper, bronze nails
300 × 220 mm
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Ilya Smirnov, 36912
Ilya Smirnov, 36912, 2018
Graphite on paper, pine frame
207 × 300 mm unframed
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Ilya Smirnov, 36912
Ilya Smirnov, 36912, 2018
Generic door numbers
Dimensions variable
DOUBT by Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov at llil.space
Vitaly Bezpalov and Ilya Smirnov, DOUBT, 2018, llil.space, installation view
Vitaly Bezpalov, Flowers are not sacred and the divine thing in us is our call to anti-human action II
Vitaly Bezpalov, Flowers are not sacred and the divine thing in us is our call to anti-human action II, 2018
Artificial flower, electrical cord
Dimensions variable

Vitaly Bezpalov + Ilya Smirnov

DOUBT

February 18 – March 3, 2018

lill.space, Rostov-on-Don

 

“What you gonna do when you get crucified?” asked someone.

“I’m gonna see beautiful dreams,” replied another.

“I doubt so.”

 

Vitaly Bezpalov (b. 1985). Lives and works in Moscow. Artist, co-founder of Tzvetnik. Selected exhibitions include Assiette ou Virage et Dérapage, Milano, 2017; The Rhythm of the Night, Center RED, Moscow, 2017; Paradise on Mars, OJ, Istanbul, 2017; Politics of fragility, Galereya na Shabolovke, Moscow, 2016; Metageorgaphy. Space-Image-Action, Moscow State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 2015

Ilya Smirnov (b. 1984). Lives and works in Moscow. Artist and curator, co-founder of Alyssa Davis Gallery. Selected exhibitions include The malignancy of stupidity: the cutest evil, 2017, Lily Robert, Paris; Il Futuro Era Bellissimo Per Noi, 2016, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; Mechanics Alley, 2015, 63rd–77th STEPS, Bari, Italy; FOOL DISCLOSURE, 2014, Henningsen gallery, Copenhagen.