Fig.: Ministry of Crisis or Without Prejudice, 2003

Lambdaprint on Kappa board, plywood, veneer and structural timber, plaster, gold leaf, plasterboard, various paints, electrical wiring and sockets, 270 × 130 × 20 cm

The photograph shows one of the seven post-war skyscrapers in the ‘Stalinist Empire style’ on the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, along with other Moscow landmarks such as the University building, the Hotel Ukraina and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Archi Galentz

Born 1971 in Moscow into a family of armenian artists. Grew up and went to school in Moscow. Entered 1989 State University of Arts and Theater in Yerevan, Armenia faculty of design. Invited as a guest student 1992 to University of Arts (UdK Berlin) to classes of Prof. Hirsig. Joined soon after classes of Prof. Fussmann and studied there till gaining Master diploma degree 1997. First solo show 2000 at gallery Taube in Berlin, since than works as freelance artist and curator in Berlin, Moscow and Yerevan. Lectured 2006 at State Academy of Arts and Open University in Yerevan, founded 2008 of an artist-run-space InteriorDAsein in Berlin with focus of representing collaborative art projects with Russia and Armenia. Honored 2012 with an Arshile Gorky medal by Armenian Ministry of Diaspora affairs. 2019 founded with Andreas Wolf Wolf & Galentz gallery in Berlin.

Archi Galentz curated over 20 exhibitions since 2000, his artworks could be found in following public collections: Museum of National Art, Sardarabad, Armenia / National Library, Yerevan, Armenia / Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia / Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia / Museum of Contemporary Art, Medellin, Columbia / State Library, Berlin and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Leipzig / Direktorenhaus Museum for Art, Handcraft and Design, Berlin