Pavel Polshchikov

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Pavel Polshchikov
(b. 1998) works with various media including, graphics,  sculpture, video and printing on fabric. Until 2022, he was based in Moscow, where he was also one of the co-founders of the independent artist-run space ‘IP Vinogradov’. In 2022 he left Russia and currently lives and works in Paris.

In his artistic practice he explores visual representation of knowledge and power, and at what point this representation begins to exist as a kind of autonomous object or turns into an abstraction and loses the boundaries of its own meanings. He is also interested in how religious symbols can be produced and used, how the sacred space can be separated from the profane one

The formal method of his practice is largely built around working with typography and sign systems; technical images (maps, diagrams, geometric systems, etc.); as well as the creation of objects, the primary perception of which provokes their recognition as some utilitarian tools or artifacts.





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Pavel Polshchikov 2025, multichannel video installation, color, sound, stainless steel 01:40min...(more)