Dasia's fairy tales

2018
Installation. Sculpture (concrete, metal, acrylic composite material, textile, find object), drawing, screen.

Installation view Dasia's fairy tales.
2018.
Chaliapin House Museum, St. Petersburg

Installation view Dasia's fairy tales.
2018.
Chaliapin House Museum, St. Petersburg

Installation view Dasia's fairy tales.
2018.
Chaliapin House Museum, St. Petersburg

Installation view Dasia's fairy tales.
2018.
Chaliapin House Museum, St. Petersburg

Object from the project Dasia's fairy tales.
2018.
Paper, fabric, glass.
178x73x64cm (70x28,7x25 in)

Object from the project Dasia's fairy tales. Fragment.
2018.
Paper, fabric, glass.
178x73x64cm (70x28,7x25 in)

Dasia's fairy tales

The installation took place in the historical halls of the museum dedicated to the life and work of the Russian opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin. The project is based on fairy tales and stories that were written down by Chaliapin's daughter, Dasia Chaliapina. Mysterious images and complex relationships between father and daughter became the basis of the work.

In collaboration with Katarina Sokolovskaya


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