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Mikhail Dobrovolskii

Mikhail Dobrovolskii

area: Applied Art

© Mikhail Dobrovolskii

© Varvara Toplennikova, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

© Mikhail Dobrovolskii

© Mikhail Dobrovolskii

© Mikhail Dobrovolskii

Key Facts

nationality

Russia

area

Applied Art

residence

Voronezh

recommending institution

BMWKMS

time period

November 2025 - December 2025

Mikhail Dobrovolsky ist ein Künstler, der in verschiedenen Medien arbeitet, darunter Malerei, Grafik, Installation, Objekte und Sound. Er wurde als Architekt an der Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering ausgebildet.

In seiner künstlerischen Praxis untersucht Dobrovolsky die urbane Umwelt als einen Raum der Konflikte: zwischen Menschen, zwischen Menschen und „Nicht-Menschen“ sowie zwischen Systemen und Objekten. Durch Darstellungen von Absurdität, Gewalt und Alltag dokumentiert er, wie das tägliche Leben Individuen in die politisch-ökonomischen Strukturen einbettet.

Die Methodik des Künstlers verbindet Beobachtung, Skizzen und multimediale Dokumentation, die zu künstlerischen Statements transformiert werden. Seine „Feldskizzen“ dienen dabei als Instrumente der sozialen Analyse. Dobrovolsky möchte das Publikum zu einem Dialog über Ungerechtigkeit und die Rolle des Einzelnen in einer Welt anregen, die von Konkurrenz, Hyperkonsum und Hyperbeschleunigung geprägt ist.

© Daria Revina, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

Project info

During his residency at MQ, Mikhail Dobrovolsky plans to develop his artistic language and observational methods. He is interested in shifting his perspective — from that of a local resident to that of a visitor — to discover new dimensions in the seemingly familiar and uncover fresh facets of absurdity and chaos. He aims to immerse himself in new sociocultural relationships, historical contexts, and cultural realities. For the artist, this represents an opportunity to expand and enrich his practice.
Dobrovolsky intends to study the context and collect photographic, audio, and textual documentation, which he will then use as the foundation for creating a multi-layered para-documentary statement. His primary goal is to develop the collected materials into a graphic series by connecting its elements and imbuing it with object-like quality. As conceived by the artist, sound and text will serve to complement the work organically.

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