Vadim Zakharov

摘要

Vadim Zakharov, an exponent of the Moscow conceptualists, has created a performance in five acts at the Russian pavilion. It is a work that expresses in material form the myth of Danae, giving it a modern reinterpretation. It has taken over the entire space, even requiring structural work to be carried out on the pavilion in the form of a large square opening between the two floors. A bucket of coins forged by Zakharov passes up through the opening in the ceiling. The coins shower down like fine rain in a circle from the upper to the lower level. Here they are collected by women protected by umbrellas who put them back into the bucket, which is hoisted by hand up to the first floor, from where the cycle starts all over again.