Mikhail Gulin
In this book, the artist Mikhail Gulin tells the story of the largest animals on our planet, those currently living and those already extinct. He doesn't just tell the story, but he also puts them in relation to each other: What is big? Big, heavy, perhaps long? Is an elephant big? Yes, it is big, but it is not the tallest animal on earth. The tallest animal is the giraffe! And yet it is less long than the reticulated python, the longest snake in the world. But the reticulated python, for its part, is lighter than the shorter but heavier anaconda snake. An elephant, a giraffe and a reticulated python would all together be lighter and shorter than the blue whale! However, the longest animal is not the whale at all, but the not particularly handsome worm - Nemertine. So in this book, standardizations/ nominations (im Deutschen Text steht Normierungen. Soll es vielleicht Nominierungen heissen?) are awarded in several categories: Weight, height, size, length! There are champions in different classes, groups and families. Mikhail Gulin collected a lot of fascinating information for the book, which he presents in an entertaining way, complemented by his unique humorous graphics. An art book and an encyclopaedia under one cover!
Mikhail Gulin, born on the 1st of April 1977 in Homel (Belarus), is one of the most important contemporary artists from Belarus. His work mainly comprises action art and conceptual art. He has had numerous exhibitions in Belarus and other countries. Mikhail Gulin currently lives in exile in Dresden.
*Selected solo exhibitions * 2020 (Not) True, Kunstviertel Conserva, Brest (BY) 2019 Social Role, Performance/interaktive Installation, Kulturhub Ok16, Minsk (BY) 2018 Parts of something bigger …, Kunstgalerie A&V, Minsk (BY) 2018 100% Masculine, COVA Art Gallery, Eindhoven (NL) 2017 I Could Do That!, Y Gallery of Contemporary Art, Minsk (BY) 2015 ART MUST…, Solo-Kunstprojekt bei der Internationalen Kunstmesse Artvilnius'15, Messe- und Kongresszentrum LITEXPO, Vilnius (LT) 2014 Za Myazhoi, Osnova Gallery, Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst Winzavod, Moskau (RU) 2011 An Exhibition of Non children Picture, Ў Gallery of Contemporary Art, Minsk (BY) Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen 2023 Kassandra Komplex, Japanisches Palais, Dresden 2021 Screams of the silenced, The Grey Space in the Middle, Den Haag (NL) 2021 Every Day. Art. Solidarity. Resistance, Mistetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv (UA) 2020 Green Corridor, DiDi Gallery, Sankt Petersburg (RU) 2017 White – Red – White Ones, Contemporary art center, Toruń (PL) 2017 Space of diffusion, Staatliches Simon-Dschanaschia-Museum Georgien, Tbilissi (GE) 2016 ZBOR. Movement of Belarusian Art, IZOLYATSIA Art Space, Kyiv (UA) 2014 Visual synthesis (mit Ilya Kukushkin), Osnova Gallery, Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst Winzavod, Moskau (RU) 2012 Going Public/On the Difficulties of a Public Statement, internationales Projekt (DE, BY, LT, RU) 2012 Hole Mole, Aula Gallery, Poznan (PL) 2012 THE PALACE COMPLEX, Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble, Gomel (BY) 2012 THE RADIUS OF ZERO. THE ONTOLOGY OF ART-ZERO, Horizont Fabrik, Minsk (BY) 2010 ЛІТÄRА. Visual Study of Poetry, Goethe-Institut, Minsk (BY) 2009 Belarussian Pavilion at 53d Venice Biennale, Kunstprojekt, Messezentrum BELEXPO, Minsk (BY)
Manuscript and graphics are being finalized.