Andrei Molodkin Hope 2009
One awaits with interest a reaction to the BP spill by a patently political artist like Russia’s Andrei Molodkin, whose sculptures infused with crude oil question the commodity’s uneasy relationship with democracy and capitalism in the West. For the time being, though, many artists seem to be preferring a more sensual response, revelling in oil’s devastating allure and noirish indelibility.
I was just thinking about Molodkin the other day and was curious what he was working on. It didn’t occur to me that it might be something reactionary to the BP spill, since it is so far away from his homeland, but now that I think about it I really hope he does produce something BP-related.
