The installation “The Funeral of General Galliani” is a kind of sarcastic neo-surrealism: the author could not resist the desire to make a biting joke — it appeared at the “Calm” exhibition. And it captured the moment of transition from infantile “art brut” to a more or less “adult” (at least in the formal aspect) painting style. Here the “parallactic gap” has already formed: the pomposity of the form is disrupted by an amazing Freudian irony. On the wall is a monumental night canvas with an honor guard at the coffin of the deceased general and his portrait. In front of them, on a pedestal with a red cushion, is a fetish, the “object of desire.” It is also the main general’s award: a vagina encrusted with rhinestones…Comment type: Published comment
Author: Viktoriya Burlaka
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Burlaka V. Alexander Gnilitsky: Early works, “catastrophe of the gaze” / V. Burlaka // MIST: art, history, modernity, theory. – Kyiv: Phoenix, – 2014. – 33-53.
Sources: Burlaka V. Alexander Gnilitsky: Early works. “Catastrophe” of the gaze / V. Burlaka // MIST: Art, history, modernity, theory. – 2014. – Issue 10. – Pp. 33-52. – Access mode: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/Mist_2014_10_7.
