By Appointment

Acrylic on canvas

80 × 100 cm

2021

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Alexei Gordin is one of the artists represented by the Kogo gallery. His paintings, videos and performances tell a humorous story about the bottlenecks and absurdity of society and capitalism in life, mainly through narratives related to the art world.

The painting ”By appointment” refers to the situation of the cultural sphere in the current Corona times, but at the same time it tells about the low and unattainable reputation of art – we have all heard about dizzying auction prices and star-artists. In contrast, most artists do not get that kind of recognition. The interest towards art and the visiting numbers of art galleries could be much higher.

About the artist

Alexei Gordin (born in 1989) studied painting in Tallinn and Helsinki and currently lives and works in Tallinn.

Although he has a background as a painter, Gordin fluently uses different media and works with drawing, photography, video, and performance.

The main subject matter of his artistic practice is absurdly stereotypical thinking and behaviour patterns of people in contemporary mass society. Gordin’s works are almost always narrative in nature and often cover exciting or annoying situations. In the early years of his career, filthy slums, empty industrial landscapes, marginalised and stigmatised social groups, and vulgar jokes constituted the core atmosphere of Gordin’s work.

The harsh reality of the art world has now become one of his main topics and the artist has himself become the protagonist. Scenes scattered with black humour deconstruct the image of the professional art world as something elitist and glamorous.

Gordin has won several photography competitions and in 2017 he was awarded the Young Painters’ Prize in Vilnius.

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