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Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour January 26 through March 17, 2013

Bruskin, HHour

Grisha Bruskin
H-Hour
2013
Detail of installation

Bruskin, HHour

Grisha Bruskin
H-Hour
2013
Detail of install

Bruskin, HHour

Grisha Bruskin
H-Hour
2013
Detail of installation

Bruskin, HHour

Grisha Bruskin
H-Hour
2013
Detail of installation

Exhibition Overview

Contemporary Russian artist Grisha Bruskin's new sculpture project H-Hour examines the myth of the enemy in very diverse manifestations: the hostile state, class enemy, enemy of the subconscious, 'the other' as enemy, time, chronos and death as enemies, the enemy of the human species, among others. His work explores how the trivial is made sacred, how strong the hypnotic power of art and the image in general really is, and how depiction can become a means and instrument for manipulating human consciousness.