Mark Jenkins In Moscow

Mark Jenkins - American star street art, one of the most interesting artists street art, known worldwide for the street installations, created from packing adhesive tape. He actively promotes the Scotch-culture around the world and even teaches the process of creating the unusual sculptures in their master classes. Mark recently visited in Russia. He arrived in Moscow in the framework of the parallel program III Moscow Biennale, to be held in the center of "Winery" a series of master classes.

About his participation in such a provocative master class told fotobloger Sergei Shades of Gray



Mark Jenkins - one of the most interesting artists street art. That's about all I knew of Jenkins, attempting to get to the "Moscow street-art intervention". A few sent letters and days waiting for a response, phone calls, explaining why I want to attend the rally, and, behold, I am in the hall winery. "That's what she and intervention to be unexpected and it had not been learned beforehand", - explained to me Arseny, curator of the project. Most participants have already done their work and some even managed to install on the streets of Moscow.

The first thing you see - the girl in the food film and adhesive tape. On-oy! Maitre knows what's what in the wrapping.

From the network of sources: "As part of the Moscow Biennale of contemporary art in the halls of the center" Winery "American Mark Jenkins will give a series of master classes."

Perhaps the soul wide open

Girls gradually completed the strange watercraft

Almost finished sculpture

Food film and stationery knife - one of the main means of making sculptures

The result obtained here are realistic figures.

Here's Discontinued head with her mistress

Offered help to girls and take yoga at the Kursk railway station. Maria Polishchuk wants to put in the waiting room. Her discouraged - many police.

The city and who they are looking for a suitable public place. Located near three railway stations.

Predictable developments, we have calculated. Maria explains that a study the reaction of passers-by.

To my surprise, a policeman and a man in civilian clothes, heard the words "installation" and "foreign artists" do not object, but simply recommend yoga to move away from the entrance to the station. It must be the same as it was to choose the place!

Masha (right), now that the good is received, decides to put him in front of Ramstore

After watching half an hour the reaction of passers-by, leaving yoga

Masha somewhat upset. Muscovites fear locked and loaded.

Hardly any of them, looking at the sculpture, he thought about the vanity of daily affairs, wisdom and purity of the soul.

Net ponds meet's surprising composition. But first you need to tell you exactly how to install it,

Authors - Dasha and Katya Glazkova kalapira Karmatskih in the manufacture of the sculpture wrapped with duct tape their own feet.

- How do you come to a head? " - - We are the place dancing. Think about the Bolshoi Theater, the idea of a ballerina. Then we thought about the fountain and a ballerina turned and began to swim. "

Male half meanwhile is trying to fool funky little boat, but the idea to swim in it seems more and more insane.

Output found. For 400 rubles gondolier coastal restaurant agrees to help the arts. True, he had to bail out half an hour from his ship.


Mark Jenkins observes his students committing a landmark installation.




Rejoiced successful completion, go to the next, the last for the day, the place