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Annouchka Brochet 
Marina Chernikova 
Valery Chtak 
Group exhibition 
Dubossarsky - Vinogradov 
Alla Esipovich 
Laszlo Fehér 
Dasha Fursey 
Georgy Gurianov 
Valery Koshlyakov 
Vlada Krassilnikova 
Andrei Molodkin 
Ivan Plusch 
Aidan Salakhova 
Arsen Savadov 
Sergei Serp 
Yuri Shabelnikov 
Stephen J. Shanabrook 
Sergey Shekhovtsov 
Rupert Shrive 
Olga Tobreluts 
Evgeny Yufit 

The Moth and Lightning Bugs Collection uses a common entomology setting, to lay bare the hubris of narcotic use. Using the shade of night the moth and the addict share their obsession of getting closer to the light, that light which can on occasion eradicate.

 

Moth and Lightning Bugs Collection #2, 2007. Remnants from heroin and crack use, 48 x 60 cm