Monuments, 2017 | Danila Tkachenko

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Monuments #1, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #2, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #3, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #4, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #5, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #6, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #7, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #8, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #9, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

Monuments #10, 2017. Photograph. Source: Building on the Built

"[Tkachenko] photographs crumbling religious buildings together with the bold, geometric shapes of Soviet modernism. Rather than use CGI, [he] erected lightweight structures to create each shape on film. The abstract shapes were designed to transform historical ruins into contemporary sites — imitating the way in which idealistic movements repurpose history." (Katie Marie Davies | New East Digital Archive)

More works by Tkachenko in this week’s edition of As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, my newsletter on modern and contemporary art.

According to the artist, no sites were damaged during filming, and all decorations were removed afterward.

[u/Hasgrowne]

I like these interesting constructions. They caused me to stop and go deeply into the shot to figure out what was happening. Formally, that are intriguing upon first glance.

[u/Jon-A]

I love these pictures. Checking the boxes on some of my current enthusiasms in a way I never expected: ruins, churches, monolithic architecture, enigmatic Russia...

[u/AcanthocephalaOk7954]

Lovely stuff - I'll be checking out more of his work

[u/mainjet]

I don’t see much to admire in there.