Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky

Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky Cv

Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky have collaborated and co-authored many important and widely exhibited works, such as their major video installations Incidents (1996/7) and Fog (1999/2000). At the same time they have their own independent practices, and have developed distinctive languages and bodies of works. Their work is rooted in a deep knowledge and understanding of historical practices, such as constructivism and avant-garde theatre, but is also highly poetical and playful. Many of their recent collaborative works, realised as video, photography or slide projection, deal with the issue of time, and often present a powerful tension between two visions and trajectories, which can hardly be unified in an individual object or view. Drama and play are set up with the simplest devises, while conceptual strategies are perfectly harmonised with a strong fascination for the visual and tactile qualities of everyday objects and encounters.

Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky live and work in New York.
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Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky Press

Art Monthly, September 2006
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Modern Painters, September 2006
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Portfolio Magazine, No. 44, 2006
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A PARALLAX VIEW: SVETLANA, IGOR, AND VICE-VERSA
Text by Barry Schwabsky, published in 'Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky', EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland, 2007, p. 50
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Making the Stone Stony: From Alienation to Collaboration...
Text by Anthony Spira, published in 'Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky', EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland, 2007, p.29
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Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky Exhibitions

Boule to Braid: curated by Richard Wentworth  June 24 - August 15, 2009
Lisson Presents 1  February 4 - 21, 2009
Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky  July 4 - August 19, 2006
"The distance between me and you."  July 9 - September 6, 2003
Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky  September 19 - December 6, 2002
A Shot in the Head  July 14 - September 9, 2000

Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky Public Exhibitions

CURRENT

Between Here and There: Dislocation and Displacement in Contemporary Photography
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
2 July - 13 February 2011
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Radical Conceptual
MMK Frankfurt
19 February - 22 August 2010
MMK Frankfurt

PAST

Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky
Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
6 February - 18 April 2010
Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne

Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky Catalogues and Editions

Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky, Dialog
Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky, The Street
Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky
Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky

Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky Images

<i>Pink & White - A Play in Two Time Directions,</i> 2006 8 single channel dvd installation with two channel audio track Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
Pink & White - A Play in Two Time Directions, 2006 8 single channel dvd installation with two channel audio track Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
<i>Pink & White - A Play in Two Time Directions,</i> 2006 8 single channel dvd installation with two channel audio track Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
Pink & White - A Play in Two Time Directions, 2006 8 single channel dvd installation with two channel audio track Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
<i>Still,</i> 2006 16 mm film transferred to video Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
Still, 2006 16 mm film transferred to video Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
<i>The Crash 1, </i>2006 Black and white photographs 71 x 46 x 3 cm
The Crash 1, 2006 Black and white photographs 71 x 46 x 3 cm
<i>Portrait, </i>2006 6 Black and white photographs 69.5 x 68.5 x 2.5 cm
Portrait, 2006 6 Black and white photographs 69.5 x 68.5 x 2.5 cm
<i>Portrait, </i>2006 6 Black and white photographs 69.5 x 68.5 x 2.5 cm
Portrait, 2006 6 Black and white photographs 69.5 x 68.5 x 2.5 cm
<i>526</i>, 2005 6 Projector slide piece (six 35mm slides) Dimensions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
526, 2005 6 Projector slide piece (six 35mm slides) Dimensions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
<i>Yellow Sound, </i>2005 Single channel dvd projection (silent) Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Yellow Sound, 2005 Single channel dvd projection (silent) Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
<i>The Road, </i>2005 Two channel dvd on LCD screens Installation view Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky, 29 & 52-54 Bell Street, 7th July 2006 - 19th August 2006
The Road, 2005 Two channel dvd on LCD screens Installation view Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky, 29 & 52-54 Bell Street, 7th July 2006 - 19th August 2006
<i>Sandglass - Establishing Shot I,</i> 2005 Two channel projection (silent) Dimensions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Sandglass - Establishing Shot I, 2005 Two channel projection (silent) Dimensions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
<i>Sandglass - Establishing Shot II,</i> 2005 Two channel projection (silent) Dimensions variable Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
Sandglass - Establishing Shot II, 2005 Two channel projection (silent) Dimensions variable Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
<i>Sandglass - Establishing Shot II,</i> 2005 Two channel projection (silent) Dimensions variable Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
Sandglass - Establishing Shot II, 2005 Two channel projection (silent) Dimensions variable Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
<i>Untitled,</i> 2002 Diptych of C-Type Print on aluminium hung 10cm apart 89 x 89 cm each Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
Untitled, 2002 Diptych of C-Type Print on aluminium hung 10cm apart 89 x 89 cm each Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
<i>The Day Before Tomorrow , </i>1999 Two screen slide projection with 216 slides Dimesions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
The Day Before Tomorrow , 1999 Two screen slide projection with 216 slides Dimesions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
<i>Incidents, </i>1996-1997 Single screen or monitor presentation Dimensions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Incidents, 1996-1997 Single screen or monitor presentation Dimensions variable Installation view Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
<i>Seascape, </i>1984 Oil on canvas with a handwritten text 70 x 90 cm
Seascape, 1984 Oil on canvas with a handwritten text 70 x 90 cm
<i>Cold / Warm Shapes,</i> 1979 Black and white photographs 29 x 30 cm each Installation view ESPOO Museum, Finland, 2007
Cold / Warm Shapes, 1979 Black and white photographs 29 x 30 cm each Installation view ESPOO Museum, Finland, 2007
Pictorial Study, 1975 Framed black and white photographs 54 x 43 x 4 cm each Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007
Pictorial Study, 1975 Framed black and white photographs 54 x 43 x 4 cm each Installation view Espo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland 8 February - 29 April 2007

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