Korzhov Valentin

1975 — 2022

Valentin Korzhov is an artist focused on the idea of space. His imagination was captured by Heidegger's idea of emptiness.

Member of the Moscow Union of Artists, sculpture department.

1998 — Graduated from Moscow State University, Faculty of Art and Graphic Arts
1996-2002 — Worked in the creative workshop of sculpture V.V. Sidorenko
2011 — Member of the sculpture section of the Moscow Union of Artists and the Association of Moscow Sculptors
2018 — Included in the top 100 Russian artists, according to “InArt”
2020 — Finalist of the XIV International Award “Arte Laguna”

Valentin Korzhov places his sculptures on a neutral natural background to observe their materiality surrounded by complete emptiness, the so-called nothingness. According to the German philosopher's ideas, this is the only condition under which true form can manifest itself. Bizarre objects that defy description, motionless against the background of endless snow fields, look strange and alien, and give rise to another, very literal connotation - Space. Valentine draws ideas for his sculptural forms from the geometry of large cosmic objects from the Hubble telescope's galactic images, drawing lines between different star clusters. A follower of Henry Moore and Francis Infante, Valentine strives for purity of form - his casts are tinted by chemical reaction with no man-made involvement or simply left white.

In Valentin's repertoire it is now difficult to single out one direction - each of his works is a combination of sculpture and artistic composition, arranged with theatrical precision and captured with a photographic lens. Valentin turns each of his projects into a large-scale collaboration with recognized international photographers, filmmakers, actors and professional technicians. The end result for the viewer is a multidimensional installation with a deep immersion effect, combining sculpture, video and photography.

Valentin is the only artist in Russia who works at the intersection of all major art media, philosophy and science. Valentin is a member of the Moscow Union of Artists, Sculpture Department. His solo exhibitions have been held at various venues, including the Ekaterina Foundation for Culture, the State Museum named after Darwin, the Center for Contemporary Art. Darwin, the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, the Voronezh Academy of Arts and many others. His exhibition “Archaeology of Memory” was shown as a parallel program during the V International Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. In 2018, the project “BEING & TIME” was included in the main projects of the VIII Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, and in 2020 Valentin became a finalist of the XIV International Arte Laguna Prize and in March presents his installation “THE BRAIN THAT PASSED AWAY” in Venice.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:

2020 — ROUND AROUND In collaboration with Oleg Khvostov, Gridchinhall Moscow, Cube Art Center, Moscow
2019 — Being and Time. Asia Contemporary Art Show, Gallery Bruno Massa. Seoul, Korea
2019 — Being and Time. Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Center. Manama, Bahrain
2019 — Across Borders, Bahrain
2019 — Being and Time, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow
2018 — International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tashkent
2018 — The Last Job, Mikhail Shemyakin Foundation, St. Petersburg
2018 — Flesh And Sky, Gallery 11.12, curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini, Winzavod, Moscow
2017 — Lessons of Natural History, Darwin State Museum, Moscow. Darwin Museum, Moscow
2017 — “Actual Russia: Playing the Classics”, in collaboration with the State Center for Contemporary Art. Saratov State Art Museum named after A.N. Radishchev
2016 — “Actual Russia: habitat”, State Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow
2014 — White Kurgan, Academy of Arts, Voronezh
2013 — “Archaeology of Memory”, Parallel Program of the V Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, curated by Vladimir Potapov. “Gogol Center”, Moscow.
2013 — Project of the V Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2012 — Zeta-Flood, Gogol Center, Moscow
2009 — Gray Screens, Central House of Artists, Moscow

Korzhov Valentin

Works

Korzhov Valentin

Timaeus из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2021

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро71 х 65 х 28 см

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Untitled #2 из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2021

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро110 х 45 х 75 см

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Untitled #7 из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2020

Стекловолокно, сусальное золото60 х 110 х 35 см

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Untitled #5 из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2020

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро71 х 65 х 28 см

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Untitled #10 из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2020

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро175 х 70 х 25 см

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Lepus из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2020

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро78 х 27 х 13 см

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Behold II из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2021

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро190 х 65 х 40 см

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Untitled #9 из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2020

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро175 х 75 х 45 см

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Untitled #12 из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2020

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро157 х 65 х 85 см

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Evidence из проекта Thus Spoke Heaven, 2020

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро110 х 75 х 45 см

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Object #S014-001-M Axis из проекта Being and Time, 2018

Стекловолокно, хром108 х 34 х 31 см

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Object #S014-021-L Blue Yellow Sphere из проекта Being and Time, 2019

Стекловолокно, хром61 х 121 х 61 см

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Object #S014-002-M Black Vereteno из проекта Being and Time, 2019

Стекловолокно, хром112 х 32 х 32 см

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Object #S014-022-M Blue Embryo из проекта Being and Time, 2019

Стекловолокно, хром83 х 63 x 43 cм

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Object #S014-023-L Blue Trinity из проекта Being and Time, 2019

Стекловолокно, хром160 х 80 х 45 см

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Object #S014-050-М Silver Flux из проекта Being and Time, 2015

Стекловолокно, хром127 х 97 х 80 см

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Object #S014-001-L Black Axis из проекта Being and Time, 2019

Стекловолокно, хром108 х 34 х 31 см

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Object #S014-010-M Rose Drop из проекта Being and Time, 2019

Стекловолокно, хром90 х 45 х 38 см

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Object #S014-014-M Blue Flux из проекта Being and Time, 2018

Стекловолокно, хром93 х 56 х 41 см

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Object #S013-002 White Vereteno из проекта Being and Time, 2016

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
71 х 65 х 28 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
110 х 45 х 75 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное золото
60 х 110 х 35 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
71 х 65 х 28 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
175 х 70 х 25 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
78 х 27 х 13 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
190 х 65 х 40 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
175 х 75 х 45 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
157 х 65 х 85 см

Стекловолокно, сусальное серебро
110 х 75 х 45 см

Стекловолокно, хром
108 х 34 х 31 см

Стекловолокно, хром
61 х 121 х 61 см

Стекловолокно, хром
112 х 32 х 32 см

Стекловолокно, хром
83 х 63 x 43 cм

Стекловолокно, хром
160 х 80 х 45 см

Стекловолокно, хром
127 х 97 х 80 см

Стекловолокно, хром
108 х 34 х 31 см

Стекловолокно, хром
90 х 45 х 38 см

Стекловолокно, хром
93 х 56 х 41 см

Стекловолокно
200 х 70 х 70 cм

Стекловолокно, хром
89 х 59 х 40 см

Стекловолокно
270 x 78 x 80 cм

Стекловолокно, смола
127 х 97 х 80 см

Стекловолокно, хром
127 х 97 х 80 см

Стекловолокно, хром
200 х 70 х 70 cм

Стекловолокно, хром
150 х 70 х 55 cм

Стекловолокно, хром
127 х 97 х 80 см

C-print на баритовой бумаге
145 х 500 см

C-print на баритовой бумаге
220 х 133 см

C-print на баритовой бумаге
220 х 133 см

С-print на пластике
146 х 299 см

C-print на баритовой бумаге
100 х 150 см

С-print, баритовая бумага
145 х 200 см

C-print на баритовой бумаге
150 х 100 см

C-print на баритовой бумаге
100 х 150 см

C-print на баритовой бумаге
100 х 150 см

С-print, баритовая бумага
100 х 150 см