Foolproof Feelings
2017
NCCA Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

The exhibition “Foolproof Feelings” marks the 20th anniversary of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the National Center for Contemporary Art.

“Foolproof Feelings” is a space of relationship between viewers, artworks, artists, historical and cultural context of Nizhny Novgorod. The exhibition does not have any strict thematic limitation, it shows a set of artistic situations and possible experiences of perceiving separate artworks. During the exhibition the Arsenal halls will turn into a park with pavilions and paths where every visitor can find his or her own routes. The exhibition will present over 30 Russian and foreign authors: paintings, drawings, sculpture and installations from the ROSIZO and private collections. Lars Cuzner and Cassius Fadlabi (Norway), Matthieu Martin (France) and ZIP Artgroup (Krasnodar) will create artworks specially for the exhibition.

Curators: Valentin Dyakonov (Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow)
Alexey Korsi (Stella Art Foundation, Moscow)
Anastasia Polozova and Alisa Savitskaya (Volga-Vyatka Branch of NCCA incorporated into ROSIZO, Nizhny Novgorod)
Exhibition Architects: [MISH] studio (Misha Maslov, Bogdan Streletsky, Anna Struchalina)
Artists: Yuriy Albert, Arman, Antonina Baever, Alexander Brodsky, Natalya Goncharova, Lise Dechen, Anya Zhelud, Junichiro Ishii, Lars Cuzner and Cassius Fadlabi, Natta Konysheva, Irina Korina, Cristian Krohn, Eileen Quinlan, Anna Lyalina, Paul McCartney, Matthieu Martin, Yasumasa Morimura, Tatyana Nasipova, Natalya Nesterova, Alexander Povzner, Dmitry Tugarinov, James Welling, Robert Falk, Jonas Čeponis, Cindy Sherman, Ilya Kitup, ZIP Artgroup.

The exhibition “Foolproof Feelings” presents Alexander Povzner’s works The Palm (2012) and sculptures from Fools (2008).

View of “Foolproof Feelings” exhibition. NCCA Arsenal, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.
July 15 – December 10, 2017