Dates: February 2–28, 2025, Monday–Sunday, 10:00–20:00
Opening: Sunday, February 2, from 19:00 to 21:00. Welcome drink, guided tour, and an opportunity to meet the artists. Music by DJ Vlad Pavlov.
Admission is free.
CATALOGUE OF WORKS: “THIRD PLACE”
AUDIO GUIDE TO THE “THIRD PLACE” EXHIBITION
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE OPENING
Exhibition participants: Katerina Bodrunova, Irina Kanunnikova, Lilia Milto, Katerina Bim, Anna Sarmaeva, Yulia Khishchenko, Konstantin Ilyichyov, Irina Marvel, Annabella Dunkel, Andrey Temerezov, Timofey Kupreev, Varvara Norstein, Masha Marka, Katerina Goryacheva, Ekaterina Apryshko-Gribkova, Yulia Sysolyatina, Maria Nemkova, Evgenia Shvetsova.
Following the results of the Open Call held in the winter of 2024–2025, Kvartira S Gallery, in collaboration with the ARTPLAY Design Center, presents Third Place, a group exhibition of contemporary artists.
What does a “Third Place” mean to us? The space between home and work, a beloved avenue in a neighborhood park, one’s native village a hundred kilometers from the city, or perhaps a quiet library filled with the scent of old books. When we want to rest, to escape our thoughts and problems, we do not think of a particular place but of the feelings we experience there—a place where we regain our strength, dream, breathe deeply, and share joyful moments with those we love.
Can paintings convey this state of mind? What places now exist only in our memory, where do we long to return, and what lies on the boundary between the personal and the collective?
For Kvartira S’s new project, contemporary artists were invited to reflect on “alternative” spaces and the role they play in people’s lives. You will encounter a wide range of interpretations, diverse combinations of materials and techniques, and the participants’ distinctive visual worlds.
“The way the artists have portrayed the ‘Third Place’ is impressive. Before submissions opened, it seemed that greater attention would be devoted to physical spaces, but the final selection reveals a clear tendency and a need for tranquility, inner dialogue, warm memories, and a desire for deeper self-discovery. The works are touching, vivid, at times deeply personal and mysterious,” says Alexandra Kachalina.
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