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Reliquary XX–XXI


Version 1: Obituaries

2009




Sergey Shabohin, Reliquary XX–XXI (Version 1: Obituaries), from the cycle Every Day I Talk to the Dead & Alive Artists, plastic, metal, glass, digital printing, canvas, objects, 2 showcases 100 × 100 × 100 cm each, 2009

ID: W3.1


The first version of the reliquaries from 2009 consisted of two tables, on which fragments of works by artists who passed away before 2009 were placed without any specific thematic connection. This work was part of the cycle Every Day I Talk to the Dead & Alive Artists and was a part of a larger installation exploring the death of the author and critiquing the collapsed system of Belarusian art. The project consists of two reliquary showcases, each divided into one hundred cells. Each cell corresponds to a specific year: the first showcase covers the 20th century, from 1901 to 2000, while the second represents the 21st century, from 2001 to 2100. In each cell, the author placed fragments of works created by artists who passed away in that particular year.  

For example, Marcel Duchamp, who died in 1968, was represented by a fragment of a porcelain urinal. Yves Klein (1962) was represented by a piece of a blue monochrome canvas, while Joseph Beuys (1986) was symbolized by a severed rabbit’s foot, a fragment of a felt hat, and wax, among others. The first showcase is entirely filled, while the second is only partially complete, as all cells were occupied up until 2009, after which they remained empty.  

The work demonstrates that nothing remains: artists pass away, their works are "cut into fragments" by art enthusiasts, and ahead lies emptiness – both frightening and inspiring. These tables allude to archaeological archives as well as Christian reliquaries containing the relics of saints (hence the name Reliquary).  The showcases were part of the collection of  Ў Gallery in Minsk, but they were destroyed in 2016 due to a flood in the gallery's storage.


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Sergey Shabohin, fragmets of the installation Reliquary XX–XXI (Version 1: Obituaries), from the cycle Every Day I Talk to the Dead & Alive Artists, plastic, metal, glass, digital printing, canvas, objects, 2 showcases 100 × 100 × 100 cm each, 2009

ID: W3.1


 
Contents of the Reliquary Compartments


XX



1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901

Jane Avril (1891)


1902

Albert Bierstadt8 January 1830 – 18 February 1902 

Looking Down Yosemite Valley (1865)


1903

Paul Gauguin 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903

Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891)


1904

Eadweard Muybridge 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904

Objects in Motion (?)


1905

 Victor Borisov-Musatov 2 or 14 April 1870 – 8 December or 26 November 1905

 Self-Portrait With Sister (1898)


1906

Paul Cézanne 19 January 1839 – 22 November 1906

Mont Sainte-Victoire (1904–1906)


1907

John F. Peto 21 May 1854 – 23 November 1907

Letter Rack (1907)


1908

Joseph Maria Olbrich 22 December 1867 – 8 August 1908

Secession hall (1897–1898)


1909

Paul Ranson 29 March 1864 – 20 February 1909

Nabis Landscape (1890)


1910

Henri Rousseau 21 May 1844 – 2 June 1910

The Dream (1910)


1911
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis 22 September 1875 – 10 April 1911

Tranquility (1904–1905)


1912
John Gerrard Keulemans 8 June 1842 – 29 March 1912

Moho Nobilis (1887– 888)


1913

Pierre-Louise Pierson ? 1822 – ? 1913

La Contessa Castiglione (~ 1863–1867)


1914
Jane Burden 19 October 1839 – 26 January 1914

Proserpine (1874)


1915
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska 4 October 1891 – 5 June 1915

Bird Eating Fish (1913–1914)


1916
Franz Marc 8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916

Cheval Bleu (1911)


1917
Auguste Rodin 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917

Le Penseur (1880)


1918
Egon Schiele 2 June 1890 – 31 November 1918

Sitzender weiblicher Akt (1914)


1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919

On the Terrace (1881)


1920
Amedeo Modigliani 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920

Red Nude (1917)


1921
Fernand Khnopff 12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921

The Caress (1896)


1922

Léon Bonnat20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922

Victor Hugo (1879)


1923
George Hendrik Breitner 12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923

Meisje in Witte Kimono (1893)


1924
Léon Bakst 10 May 1866 – 28 December 1924

Nijinsky in the ballet L’après-midi d’un faune (1912)


1925
George Bellows 12–19 August 1882 – 8 January 1925

Paddy Flannigan (1908)


1926
Claude Monet 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926

Water Lilies (1916)


1927
Juan Gris 23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927

The Guitar (1918)


1928 

Henry Siddons Mowbray 5 August 1858 – ? 1928

Iridescence (1989)


1929
Antoine Bourdelle 30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929

 La Grande Penelope (1912)


1930
Adolf Wölfli 29 February 1864 – 6 November 1930

Irren-Anstalt (1910)


1931
Theo van Doesburg 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931

Arithmetic Composition (1929–1930)


1932
Karl Blossfeldt13 June 1865 – 9 December 1932

Haarfarn (ок. 1921–1924)


1933
Margaret MacDonald 5 November 1864 – 10 January 1933

Opera of the Seas (1911)


1934

John Collier 27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934

Lady Godiva (1898)


1935
Kasimir Malevich 23 February 1878/1979 – 15 May 1935

Black Square and Red Square (1915)


1936
Ferdynand Ruszczyc 10 December 1870 – 30 October 1936

Emptiness (1901)


1937 

Henry Ossawa Tanner 23 June 1859 – 25 May 1937

The Annunciation (1898)


1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938

Strasse, Berlin (1913)


1939
Alfons Mucha 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939

Job (1896)


1940
Paul Klee 8 December 1979 – 29 June 

Southern Gardens (1919)


1941
El Lissitzky 23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941

Beat theWhites with the the Red Wedge (1920)


1942
Tina Modotti 16/17 August 1896 – 5 January 1942

Untitled (From Fresco by Diego Rivera)     (1927)


1943

Chaim Soutine 13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943

Woman in Red (1923–1924)


1944

Piet Mondrian 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944

Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red (1939)


1945

Käthe Kollwitz 8 July 1967 – 22 April 1945

Woman with Dead Child (1903)


1946

László Moholy-Nagy20 July, 1895 – 24 October 1946

Segments of Circle with Cross (1922)


1947

Pierre Bonnard 3 October 1967 – 23 January 1947

Women with Dog (1891)


1948

Antonin Artaud 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948

Totem (1945)


1949

James Ensor 13 April 1860 – 19 November 

Masken (1927)


1950

Max Beckmann 12 February 1884 – 28 December 1950

Carnival (1943)


1951

Karel Teige 13 December 1900 – 1 October 1951

Collage Nr. 293 (1944)


1952

Edward Sheriff Curtis
16 February 1868 – 19 October 1952

Nesjaja Hatali (1907)


1953

Francis Picabia 22 January 1979 – 30 November 1953

Love Parade (1917)


1954

Frida Kahlo 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954

Self-portrait (1933)


1955

Fernand Léger 4 February 1881 – 17 August 1955

The Zoo (1959)


1956

Paul Jackson Pollock 28 January 1912 – 11 August 1956

No. 5 (1948)


1957

Constantin Brâncuşi 28 February 1876 – 16 March 1957

Untitled (1922)


1958

Giacomo Balla18 July 1871 – 1 March 1958

Abstract Speed (1914)


1959

Frank Lloyd Wright 8 June 1867 – 9 April 1959

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1937)


1960

Auguste Herbin 29 April 1882 – 30 or 31 January 1960

Dimache 1 (1950)


1961

František Drtikol 3 March 1883 – 13 January 1961

Dancers (1930)


1962

Yves Klein 28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962

Monochrome (1961)


1963

Piero Manzoni 13 July 1933 – 6 February 1963

Merda d’Artista (1961)


1964

Giorgio Morandi 20 June 1890 – 18 June 1964

Natura Morta (1956)


1965

Le Corbusier 6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965

Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp (1950–1955)


1966

Alberto Giacometti 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966

Cat (1954)


1967

René Magritte 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967

The Treachery of Images (1928–1929)


1968

Marcel Duchamp 28 July 1887 – 2 November 1968

Fontane (1917)


1969

Rudolf Schwarzkogler 13 November 1940 – 20 June 1969

Aktion III (1965)


1970

Mark Rothko 25 September 1903 – 25 February 1970

No. 3 (1949)


1971

Diane Arbus 14 March 1923 – 26 July 1971

Identical Twins (1967)


1972
Joseph Cornell 24 December 1903 – 29 December 1972

Untitled (1953)


1973

Robert Smithson 2 January 1938 – 20 July 1973

Yucatan Mirror Displacements (1-9) (1969)


1974

    Konstantin Melnikov 3 August or 22 July 1890 – 28 November 1974

Melnikov House (1927–1929)


1975

Bas Jan Ader 
19 April 1942 – ? 1975

I’m Too Sad to Tell You (1970)


1976

Marcel Broodthaers 28 January 1924 – 28 January 1976

White Cabinet and White Table (1965)


1977

Naum Gabo 5 August 1890 – 23 August 1977

Linear construction No. 2 (1950)


1978

Gordon Matta-Clark 22 June 1943 – 27 August 1978

Splitting: Four Corners (1974)


1979

Philippe Halsman 2 May 1906 – 25 June 1979

In Voluptas Mors (1951)


1980

Oskar Kokoschka 1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980

Bride of the Wind (1914)



1981

Vincenzo Agnetti 14 September 1926 – 1 September 1981

Autotelefonata (Yes) (1972)


1982

Christian Schad21 August 1894 – 25 February 1982

Self-Portrait (1927)


1983

    Joan Miró 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983

3 (from Joan Miró Lithographs I) (1972)


1984

    Brassaï 9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984

Bijou (1933)


1985

Meret Oppenheim 6 October 1913 – 15 November 1985

Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) (1936)


1986

Joseph Beuys 12 May 1921 – 23 September 1986

Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt (1965)


1987

Andy Warhol 6 August 1928 – 22 February 1987

Insole Andy (1968)


1988

Jean-Michel Basquiat 22 December 1960 – 12 August 1988

Untitled (1981)


1989

Robert Mapplethorpe 4 November 1946 – 9 March 1989

Man in Polyester Suit (1980)


1990

Keith Haring 4 May 1958 – 16 February 1990

Untitled (1987)


1991

Tom of Finland 8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991

Untitled (Blowjob) (1975)


1992

Francis Bacon 28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992

Triptych (1984)


1993

Hannah Wilke 7 March 1940 – 28 January 1993

S.O.S. Starification Object Series (1975)


1994

Donald Judd 3 June 1928 – 12 February 1994

Untitled (1990)


1995

Alberto Burri 12 March 1915 – 13 February 1995

Composition (1959)


1996

Felix Gonzalez-Torres 26 November 1957 – 9 January 1996

Untitled (Placebo) (1991)


1997

Roy Lichtenstein 27 October 1923 – 29 September 1997

Whaam! (1963)


1998

    Joan Brossa 19 January 1919 – 30 December 1998

Trabajo (1978)


1999

Norman Bluhm 28 March 1921 – 3 February 1999

Untitled (1971)


2000

George Segal 26 November 1924 – 9 June 2000

Woman Sitting On Bed (1996)

XXI


2001

Balthus 29 February 1908 – 18 February 2001

Guitar Lesson (1934)


2002

Michel Majerus9 June 1967 – 6 November 2002

Higharteatspop (1998)


2003

Mario Merz 1 January 1925 – 9 November 2003

Untitled (1967)


2004

Leon Golub23 January 1922 – 8 August 2004

Interrogation I (1981)


2005

Arman 7 November 1928 – 22 October 2005

Untitled (1991)


2006

Nam June Paik 20 July 1932 – 9 January 2006

Magnet Tv (1965)


2007

Sol LeWitt 9 September 1928 – 8 April 2007

123454321 (1979)


2008

Robert Rauschenberg 22 October 1925 – 12 May 2008

Bed (1955)


2009

Hanne Darboven 29 April 1941 – 9 March 2009

Diary (1986)


 
Exhibitions


The Belarusian Hall 53 Venice Biennale
Curators: Ruslan Vashkevich, Lizaveta Mikhalchuk

Belexpo, Minsk, Belarus, 3 — 20 June 2009 



Red Corner

Artvilnius’09, curators: Anna Chistoserdova, Valentina Kiselyova

Lithuanian Art Gallerist Association, Vilnius, Lithuania,  8 — 12 July 2009