Blue Noses
In the art of the group BLUE NOSES are embodied the innovatory trends of Russian modern art – the communicatory and the comical. The artists work in zones, borderline for the aesthetic and social response, and with the most poignant problem for these zones and the general social state. The art of BLUE NOSES, as a worldview, tends sooner to the Rabelais-like simple-hearted clear thinking, than to social criticism. Frequently their works represent video-documentation of some absurd and hilarious actions, performed by the artists as improvisations based on pre-prepared roles. The works of BLUE NOSES elegantly balance on the edge of the everyday and artistic phenomenon, reminding one of a half-professional, half-amateur video, where the intended fiasco is indistinguishable from a dilettante blunder. The model of the world of the “petty man” is affirmed through parody in diverse ways of ridiculing the fetishes of mass consciousness. BLUE NOSES mockingly imitate the high art of the XXth century, mass culture, television, glamour, the joy of leisure, the spectacle of sport, the sacred rituals of everyday life etc. The whole existential state of the petty man appears in their works in an energetic, sympathetically-idiotic manner.
Alexander Evangely, art-critic
Alexander Shaburov (Blue Noses):
Artists have a double function. On the one hand, they interpret the surrounding reality into common images and meanings. on the other hand, they test sustainability of what has become a commonplace… We process everyday visuality. What kind of visuality? Turn on your TV! What you will see there is video spots, endless parody shows, sexuality-rooted advertising, soap operas and news about Bin Laden. This is what you find in our artworks, only everything is driven to absurdity…
