Untitled (In December)
2015
Medium
charcoal, printed paper, masking tape
Measurements
(60.0 × 84.0 cm) (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Ruth Margaret Frances Houghton Bequest, 2016
© Olga Chernysheva
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Olga Chernysheva has a background in film animation, video and photography, and observes everyday people in their activities and conversations in her home city of Moscow, Russia, with the attentiveness of a photographer. Recently Chernysheva has turned to recording her urban environment in detailed drawings. She captures scenes with precise charcoal markings, finishing each work by collaging phrases onto the surface. Chernysheva relays her inner thoughts and creativity to the viewer with tenderness and humour.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Moscow, Russia
Inscription
printed in ink on paper l.c.l.: “In December 2012, Moscow City Council passed a law on public meetings which allowed them to be held, without prior permission, in specially defined places, similar to London’s Hyde Park.”
inscribed in pencil l.r.: olga 2015
Accession Number
2016.200
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
captions December groups of people meetings Moscow (inhabited place) Russia (nation) text (layout feature) winter
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)