Overthrone
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Part of God Out of a Washing Machine Ilya Orlov's solo show. Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2023
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Fake antique chair, mannequin hand. Detail.
Overthrone is a conceptual sculptural assemblage composed of a broken faux antique chair and a found female mannequin hand. The title of the work is a wordplay on the words ‘throne’ and ‘overthrown.’
Fake antique chair, mannequin hand.
Overthrone was a part of God Out of a Washing Machine, Ilya Orlov's solo show at a Forum Box gallery in January 2023, along with three larger projects: Squares and Freaks of Nature in Time of Evil, Metaphysical Washing Machine and Stella Laura Andersson: The Missing Matriarch of Finnish Dada.​
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​Taide-lehti journal critical review (in Finnish) can be accessed here​
Guided tour to the exhibition God Out of a Washing Machine by Anna Rawlings
God Out of a Washing Machine exhibition was made with the participation of Eero Karjalainen, Mark Maher, and Anna Rawlings.
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Consultants: Juha-Heikki Tihinen, Leonor Ruiz Dubrovin, Matthew Cowan, Andrey Ustinov, Semyon Motolyanets, Sezgin Boynik, and Jyrki Siukonen.
Acknowledgements: Irina Ptakhova, Jan Kaila, Mika Elo, Kaisu Koivisto, Pasha and Sasha Rotts, Frank Brümmel, Elisa Vuori, Lars Federley, Seppo Sinkkonen, Anna Akins, Kamilla Billiers, Avreno Heikka, Jana Siren, Katharina (Ina) George, Martin Ormin.
Special thanks: Riikka Anttonen.
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Photographs: Anna Autio, Mark Maher, Anna Rawlings.
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The exhibition was supported by Taike, The Alfred Kordelin Foundation, and The Finnish Cultural Foundation.