Barter

SOSka

2007 | Kharkiv | performance video

The action Barter is dedicated to the problems of interplay between contemporary art and market. In a village near Kharkiv the artists organize barter's auction where they offer the habitants of that place «the reprints» of the foremost contemporary works of art (such as of Andy Warhol, Sam Taylor-Wood, Cindy Sherman etc) to purchase. Locals are offered to exchange art pieces for farm products (eggs, potatoes etc). The «price» for each single piece was negotiated with buyers. In a short video-interviews the new owners of art-pieces explain why they choose this particular piece and where they’re going to place them, e.g. among photos of relatives usually decorating house walls.

Exhibition history:

SOSka (1)