Evgeny Antufiev

Evgeniy Antufiev was born in of Kyzyl. In 2009, he graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art. He was the winner in the «Young Artist. Project of the Year» category of the 2009 Kandinsky Prize. He lives and works in Kyzyl and in Moscow. The last important project of the artist was show in Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia and Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow.

Eternal garden

Evgeny Antufiev revealed a shared fascination for rituals of remembrance. Eternal Garden stems from a quote in the Bible comparing the transience of human life to the wilting of a flower. Antufiev is compelled by the oblique connections formed when species are named after deceased famous figures. He has adorned the Wasserkirche a giant rendering of a butterfly is suspended from the ceiling – an ode to Vladimir Nabokov’s other respected career, in lepidopterology. Antufiev’s film in Löwenbräukunst presents his pilgrimage to Nabokov’s butterfly collection in Lausanne.