Andrei Molodkin

Galerie Priska Pasquer is proud to host the first ever individual exhibition in Germany to be dedicated to Russian artist Andrei Molodkin. Born in 1966, Andrei Molodkin attained international recognition in recent years owing to his politically motivated crude oil sculptures and large-scale ballpoint pen drawings and is to represent Russia this year at the 53rd Venice Biennale. In his sculptures, Molodkin uses words and shapes that play a central role in political, economic or religious issues. He sees phrases or slogans such as 'Hope' or 'Yes we can' as empty vessels that can be filled in very different ways depending on the context. Into these moulds, Molodkin injects crude oil – one of the world’s oldest raw materials yet the lifeblood of today’s economic system.