НИИ Архив

The Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art is opening a new exhibition as part of the SRA Archive (Science, Research, Art, Archive) program It Happened to Me, curated by Viktor Misiano.

This is the second exhibition within the strategic program SRA Archive — a collection of artworks, artifacts, a library, and an archive of both resident and external projects.

Curated by Viktor Misiano, It Happened to Me brings together 10 artists connected to Vinzavod CCA. The exhibition will occupy two halls — the White Hall and the Red Hall. Dmitry Gutov, Yan Ginzburg, Irina Korina, Vladimir Logutov, Sergey Sapozhnikov, Evgeny Granilshchikov, Alexandra Sukhareva, Dima Filippov, Ivan Novikov, and Petr Bely will present a retrospective view of their projects and create new works in dialogue with themselves, the space, and the past.

Viktor Misiano invited the artists to revisit their earlier works, reflect on the places where and for which they were created, immerse themselves in the architecture of CCA Winzavod, reconsider the institution’s influence on their careers and artistic practice, and to view their past projects from today’s perspective.

“In this exhibition I wanted to engage various formats and approaches to interpreting history and lived experience. My focus is on a living research, a living archive. How is the past perceived today, how does it remain in memory, in the experience of people who continue to create and build upon this legacy? I envisioned the exhibition as a dialogue with artists for whom Vinzavod CCA became an important place in their careers — a place through which their personal destinies have passed.”
— Viktor Misiano, curator

PROJECTS IN THE EXHIBITION

·       Dmitry Gutov presents a large-scale work referencing Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, echoing his 2007 work Footprints from the project I Believe!:

“Artists have always loved depicting cuts, but perhaps the most famous one is the wound on Christ’s body. The spear, the pierced feet. In this new work I turned to Caravaggio because it’s a bright image. My previous apocalyptic premonitions are simply over. I am no longer interested in creating dark and gloomy works; now I see the world differently.”

·       Alexandra Sukhareva rethinks her project 2016–19, first shown at Osnova Gallery, once again raising the question: “Was it me? Only me?”

“Today I feel I can leave out the large canvases from Osnova in this difficult narrative. A childhood drawing and a new canvas will suffice. Both deal with home. Let the rest disappear. The key question ‘Was it me?’ becomes even clearer.”

·       Vladimir Logutov reflects on his 2017 solo exhibition Next Level at the White Hall:

“The project’s spatial elements, its photographic wallpaper at full scale, overlap with the same space of the same hall. This layering may create very interesting effects in the viewer’s perception.”

·       Dima Filippov creates an audio installation reflecting on his professional path in the Moscow art scene, which began at CCA Winzavod:

“My address to life is a way to preserve the motivations for my practice that exist outside the specific context of Moscow. I couldn’t fully devote myself to that system. My speech reflects on the situations that shaped my relationship to art and will continue to define my future path. It seemed important to present this work precisely in a place I never entirely accepted.”

·       Sergey Sapozhnikov presents a series of monumental black-and-white photographs of CCA Winzavod, encouraging viewers to fall in love with the site anew:

“Photographing Winzavod was surprisingly difficult. After 20 years, it has become so familiar, almost invisible. Like walking to the kitchen at night in your own home without needing light. The space stops surprising you. Many artists, I think, find themselves in the same situation: we go on autopilot straight to the right gallery, and we stop noticing the courtyard, the façades, the architecture.”

·       Irina Korina reconstructs a large-scale installation from fragments of earlier projects.

·       Evgeny Granilshchikov presents a new film connected to his 2019 video project Drama about depression.

·       Yan Ginzburg creates an “interpretation of an interpretation” of his 2017 exhibition Mechanical Beetle.

·       Petr Bely presents Pause, with saws frozen in space and time like a still frame.

·       Ivan Novikov shows paintings and an installation made from souvenirs his parents bought while visiting his exhibitions at CCA Winzavod.

The SRA Archive program responds to the art industry’s need for professional reflection on past trajectories, offering different narrative strategies in art history through the personal perspectives of direct participants in key cultural moments.

CURATOR

Viktor Misiano — curator, art historian, art critic, publisher, PhD in Art History.

·       Head of the Department of Contemporary Western Art, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (1980s–1990s).

·       Curator at the Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (1992–1997).

·       Deputy Director of ROSIZO State Museum and Exhibition Center (2002–2006).

·       Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Art Journal (Moscow, 1993).

·       Co-founder of Manifesta Journal (Amsterdam, 2003), editor until 2011.

·       Curator of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1995, 2003).

EXHIBITION DATES & HOURS

October 30, 2025 – January 11, 2026
Open daily from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM