Chuikov Ivan

While appealing the the public and calling for its attention and understanding, Chuikov's installations nevertheless remain hermetic - this is where the art is engaged in a dialogue with and within itself. The particular correlates with the general, works of art with laws, according to which they are created and exist, the laws they ignore or challenge. What first appeared as a riddle gradually evolves into a fascinating game whose rules become ever more clear, only to close on itself again. The door from the physical world into the realm of the ideal is opened a little, but one still can't enter it.

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