Arseniy Zhilyaev
Arseniy Zhilyaev (born in 1984) is an artist, writer and political activist who lives and works in Moscow. He will be the next artist-in-residency at Kadist Paris. Zhilyaev’s artistic practice poses questions about the political and social legitimization of art. As a member of the young generation of Russian artists, Zhilyaev looks at the changes of his country through the 20th century to compose his works. With a specific attention of art’s relations to politics, education and pedagogy, Arseniy Zhilyaev reflects on the different roles of the museum and exhibition making. Despite the current use of art as entertainment, Zhilaev wants to rethink the museum as an educational institution connecting art and history. His references include Soviet museology, architecture and design of the avant-garde or experimental exhibition making of the late 1920s.