Lot 418: Untitled (from the Sandbox series), 2004-2005

Untitled (from the Sandbox series), 2004-2005
Color photograph. 100.6 x 100.6 cm. (39 5/8 x 39 5/8 in).   Signed and dated 'Alla Esipovich 2004-2005' and numbered of 10 on an artist's label adhered to the reverse. This work is from an edition of 10.  

 St. Petersburg, The Marble Palace, The State Russian Museum, Ludwig Museum in the State Russian Museum, Alla Esipovich: No Comment, October 2004; Multimedia Complex of Visual Arts - Museum “Moscow House of Photography”, Moscow Photo-Biennale, Alla Esipovich: Happiness, March – April 2006; Moscow, The Central House of Artists , Alla Esipovich: Star of the Scene, 2006; Moscow, VinZavod, "I Believe" (preliminary exhibit of the upcoming 2nd Moscow Biennale), 2007

 Sixth Moscow Photo-Biennale, Multimedia Complex of Visual Arts - Museum “Moscow House of Photography”. Moscow, 2006

 Acquired directly from the artist

“For several years, Alla Esipovich had worked for a glossy magazine, moving in the world of photo sessions, photo stories and photo portraits. The format naturally dictated both the subject-matter (interesting situations, elegant objects and successful people) and the optics that represent desire (the desire to possess) as a burden of life. As  photographer, Alla Esipovich appears to have felt the need to break free of this chain of burdening circumstances – even in the magazine situation, that visually articulate the very concept of burdening circumstances and to reflect them as a special theme.” Dr. Alexander Borovsky, Ph.D.