Zhanna Kadyrova - Market

Venice Art Biennale 2019 showcases the work of Ukranian artist, Zhanna Kadyrova, who recreates a recognizable market stall selling food products. The artist manufactured “the foodstuffs” of heavyweight construction materials: ceramic tiles, cement, concrete and natural stone. This site-specific installation is embedded in the context of an art fair as a site of market relations. By inviting visitors of the booth to buy the art objects sold by weight, the artist undermines the rules of price formation for art objects current on the art market, and raises the issue of how our understanding of material or spiritual values are formed.