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OSGOODE SUBWAY STATION, QUEEN & UNIVERSITY
SUSPECTS: SEVEN SINNERS AND SEVEN RIGHTEOUS
AES+F GROUP
MAY 1 - 31
AES+F is a collective made up of four Russian
artists who have been working together since
1995. The group takes its name from
the initials of its members: Tatiana Arzamasova,
Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky and Vladimir
Fridkes. AES+F focus primarily on conceptual art
in the form of photography installations that
articulate the divide between Eastern and Western
culture. Inspired by actual events publicized in
the media, AES+F’s group projects portray people
in startling relationships with their environment.
The large portraits of teenaged Russian girls that
compose Suspects: Seven Sinners and Seven
Righteous appear entirely commonplace. The fresh-
faced, healthy looking girls posing typically for their
age could all be friends or classmates. In fact,
seven of the girls were selected from local
schools in Moscow, and the remaining seven are
convicted murderers, photographed in the
reformatories where they live. The installation
poses the question, “Who is the sinner and who is
the righteous?” The artists invite spectators to
answer this question, to determine through a
careful evaluation of their features, which girls
represent good and which represent evil.
The first person to correctly identify which girls
are “sinners” and which are “righteous” will
receive a photograph from this series.
14 photographs, each 68 x 47 inches
Osgoode Subway Station, Queen St W & University Ave., M5J 1A7 MapQuest
Public Venue, Downtown
E www.aes-group.org
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AES&F group, Suspects: Seven Sinners
and Seven Righteous (detail - Suspect 2)
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