To the End of the Line

Installation view
Benedicte Sehested

Benedicte Gyldenstierne Sehested
Untitled (Köpenicker Strasse)

2013
Fuji Instant C-Print
4.25 x 3.35 in / 10.8 x 8.5 cm (13.2 x 11.4 x 1.4 in/ 33.5 x 29 x 3.5 cm framed) each

To the End of the Line

Installation view
Jason Matthew Lee, Gilbert & George, Lucie Stahl

Jason Matthew Lee
BRUTEFORCEPHREAK:deathwish

2014
Payphone, coins, billboard
33 x 7 x 10 in / 83.85 x 17.8 x25.4 cm

Gilbert & George
Gordon’s Makes Us Drunk

1972
Video
12 minutes

To the End of the Line

Installation view
Stephen G Rhodes, Stuart Sherman

Stephen G Rhodes
Venom as Life Historical Process Towards Golden Excrement

2013
Mixed media on panel
48 x 96 in / 122 x 243.8 cm

Win McCarthy
Further along…” (Oblivion Hound 1)

2014
Glass, pipe fitting
5 x 3 x 14 in / 12.7 x 7.65 x 35.55 cm

To the End of the Line

Installation view
Seth Pick, Marlie Mul and Morag Keil

To the End of the Line

Installation view
Aids 3D, Marlie Mul and Morag Keil, Lucie Stahl, Seth Pick

Lucie Stahl
Manimal 1

2014
Inkjet print, aluminum, Epoxy resin
58 x 42.5 x 1.5 in / 147.35 x 108 x 1.3 cm

To the End of the Line

Installation view
Raimundas Malašauskas, Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff, Marco Bruzzone, Simon Denny, Matias Faldbakken, Marlie Mul and Morag Keil

Rosa Aiello
First Person Leaky

2014
CG animation
4.32 minutes
Edition 5 + AP

Rosa Aiello
First Person Leaky

2014
CG animation
4.32 minutes
Edition 5 + AP

To the End of the Line

Installation
Simon Denny, Matias Faldbakken

Marco Bruzzone
Single Mother Hangover (Verena)

2013
Adidas shoe, Slipper Orchid
Dimensions variable

To the End of the Line

Installation view
Skye Chamberlain, Jason Matthew Lee

Skye Chamberlain
Tipsy Window

2014
Glass, silicone, aluminum, grenadine, blue curacao, vodka
24.5 x 32.5 x 8 in / 62.25 x 82.55 x 20.35 cm

To the End of the Line Curated by Marta Fontolan

For isn’t the life of a man a momentary booziness of the soul? And an eclipse of the soul as well?

Opening Saturday November 22, 2014
6 – 9 pm

Aids 3D
Rosa Aiello
Sam Anderson
Marco Bruzzone
Skye Chamberlain
Simon Denny
Matias Faldbakken
Gilbert and George
Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff
Morag Keil and Marlie Mul
Jason Matthew Lee
Raimundas Malasauskas
Win McCarthy
Seth Pick
Stephen G Rhodes
Benedicte Sehested
Lucie Stahl
A screening by Stuart Sherman

Château Shatto is delighted to announce the group exhibition To the End of the Line curated by Marta Fontolan. An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Saturday, November 22, from 6 – 9pm.

And you Venya? Moscow – Petushki to the end of the line as usual?

The exhibition To The End of the Line refers to Venedikt Erofeev´s prose poem From Moscow to Petushki written between 1969 and 1970 in Moscow. After traveling via samizdat through Israel and Europe, the poem was finally published in the Soviet Union thanks to the literary almanac Vest in 1989 during the time of the Perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost policy reform.

Considered the first example of Russian postmodernism, Moscow to Petushki is a metaphysical train journey, narrated by a quasi-autobiographical speaker whose individual quest provides an opportunity for an extended discussion about history, philosophy and politics. Erofeev takes the chance to question Russia’s cultural heritage and Soviet contemporary life during some heavily censored times. This political and private poem embodied a silent disavowal of dominant concepts in the political discourse of the late Soviet period.

And he immediately had a drink. . .

The exhibition takes advantage of looking at the world through the lens of an empty bottle and through the mindset of a hangover. What seems to be celebrated in this historical poem – and what the show hopes to gain from – is the ability of alcohol to both allow and increase wayward thoughts. It lets the mind wonder while society’s dogmas often don’t. It celebrates the blurry and visionary state of the hangover and the journeys which take us nowhere. It tells about the powerful visions of disenchantment.

The road from Moscow to Petushki is a subjective and fictive one – the need for escape from reality and the deep desire for criticizing it.

For Some reason no one in Russia knows why Pushkin died but how to refine furniture polish – that, everybody knows…

Tear of a Komsomol Girl

Lavender Toilet Water           15g

Verbena                                   15g

Herbal Lotion                          30g

Nail Polish                              2g

Mouthwash                           150g

Lemon Soda                         150g