Slavs and Tatars

One of the most renowned art collectives of the 21st century, Slavs and Tatars is devoted to an area East of the former Berlin Wall and West of the Great Wall of China, termed Eurasia. Their practice is primarily based on three activities: exhibitions, books and lecture-performances. With a heady mix of high and low brow humor, the artists turn to sculptures, installations, and text to excavate and explore a geography that is equally imagined as it is political.

Employing an archeological spirit, Slavs and Tatars uncover layers of language, politics, tradition and ritual; opening new paths of contemporary discourse, the artists consider the hybridization of a region, shared cultures and poignant questions of identity in the present day.

Since 2006, the collective’s work has been exhibited at major museums and biennials internationally, including Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, 58th Venice Biennale, 10th Sharjah Biennial, 8th Berlin Biennial, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennial, and 9th Gwangju Biennial.