Art

The Avant-gardists' Club show in Moscow in 1987. Seen are the works of G. Kiesewalter (left, far centre)
At one of the Avant-gardists’ Club shows in Moscow in 1987. Seen are the works by
George Kiesewalter (left, far centre).

This page features a selection of George Kiesewalter’s oeuvre of various periods. The artist has always tried to use versatile media and techniques in his work, looking for various effects and unexpected concepts while producing paintings, objects, installations and performances.

Confrontation. 1975. Enamel, oil, wood, linen, ropes. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Via Malevich. 1975-76. Oil and tempera on canvas.
An Object for Meditation (A Big Green Cube). Ca. 1976. Mixed media.
Vasya (Basil). Light installation from the Vasya Museum series. 1982-83. Mixed media. Part of the 'Vasya Museum', 1983, an apartment show in Moscow (within the frames of the so-called AptArt movement). In fact, it was one of the first projects of contemporary art in the USSR where the concept of a 'museum space' as a syncretic work was considered.
Eight Queens. 1984. Oil and fiberboard on canvas.
Hommage to Beuys: Just Shoot and You'll See Me Again. 1986. Private collection
Pisets. 1987-88. Installation. Mixed media
Private Conversations. 1988. Mixed media. In the collection of Nasher Art Museum at Duke University.
Ars Brevis. 1988-89. Mixed media. In the collection of Nasher Art Museum at Duke University.
Peter Has a Phlegmon. Diptych. 1989. From the series Didactic Materials for School Rooms. 200x130 cm
Memories of Yakutia. 1988. Mixed media. Tretiakov Gallery
SOS. Light performance. 1989.
4P's and 4C's. Installation. 1990. Mixed media.
Lobster Neck. 1991. Triptych, part I. Mixed media.
We are building capitalism. 1991/ A project for the 'Monuments: Transformation for the Future' show. Central House of Artists, Moscow & ICA/WFC, New York.
Fresh Painted. 1992, Private collection.
Oh, Tempora, Oh, Mores. 1993. Tempera on linen, 120x160. Private collection
Snow Ironing. Performance/Installation in Guelph, Canada. 2005
A New Hagiography. Installation 'The River Lethe'. 2011. Part of the solo show at MMOMA, Moscow.
A Red Square. 2013. Private collection.
K. Malevich's Reply to M. Duchamp's Star. 2015.
The Little Round Bun (Roly-Poly). 2015. Bronze, rolled diabase.
Glory to God, Glory to Allah, Glory to Buddha. 2017. Triptych +, 191x191 cm each, acrylic on canvas.
The message of the triptych 'Glory to God'. 2017 (on video or ticker bar)

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