In 2017, Melisa Erdem, a student from The International School of Moscow, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and fought for her life in the intensive care unit. Fortunately, Melisa survived and soon was discharged from the hospital. Living with this horrific condition meant that Melisa would be tied to hospitals for the rest of her life. There was only one permanent solution – a heart transplant.
Although doctors, concerned with Melisa's state of health, first recommended delaying the operation to avoid possible complications, Melisa has recently got an infection, meaning her heart transplant surgery needs to take place as soon as possible.
Born out of hope and a genuine belief in people's kindness, 'Art to Heart' is an artistic cry for help and a glorious tribute to altruism. It's less of an ordinary exhibition or an auction and more of an immersive experience that invites you on a journey of empathy and creativity to the depths of Melisa's heart.
The auction will consist of two parts: Fine Art and Contemporary. You can participate in the auction both online at bidspirit.com and in person at Cube.Moscow at The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow.
Artists:
AM Group, Irina Babkina, Dmitry Berezovsky, Zhanna Bobrakova, Svetlana Bogacheva, Sergei Boyarintsev, Vladimir Vasiliev, Katya Garkushko, Noy Nestorovich Gedenidze, Ekaterina Gerasimenko, Maria Golovkina, Alisa Gorelova, Goodwin, Anya Zhelud, Dmitry Zheravov, Katya Zhingel, Tania Zhingel , Aleksadra Kokacheva, Sergey Kolosov, Nadya Kosinskaya, Anastasia Litvinova, Lena Lipatova, Sergey Lotsmanov, Victoria Malkova, Semyon Motolyanets, Daria Neretina, Alexandra Ominina, Gosha Ostretsov, Vova Perkin, Liza Plaksa, Danila Polyakov, Victor Ponomarenko, Ivan Razumnov, Maria Safronova, Anna Sedova Elephant, Anya Soz, Haim Sokol, Natalia Spechinskaya, Evgenia Sterlyagova, Liza Tokareva, Alexandra Fateeva, Katya Finkelstein, Alexander Florensky, Maria Kholmogorova, Vasya Horst, Nika Chernyaeva, Zhenya Sharvina, Elena Blagos, Brad Din Chapman, Lena Dmitrieff, Exantres, Dmitrieff Hörtnagl, Lisbeth Luft, Alex Sorbonne.
Auction curators:
Olga Lomanova, Fundraiser of the Ural Industrial Biennale
Katya Finkelstein, independent curator, artist
We would like to thank artists, parents of the school and all caring people who offered works from their collections for the auction, as well as those who took an active part in organizing the auction.
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LOT 13:
Maria Golovkina; Seliger herbs, 2020; Cardboard, mixed media; 102x72 cm;
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Maria Golovkina; Seliger herbs, 2020; Cardboard, mixed media; 102x72 cm;
One of the five works in the series "Hydrotherapy", which was created for the project "Informational detox". (Free gallery, Stary Oskol, 2020). The trip to Seliger during the pandemic helped me to restore the lost balance, gave me back the inspiration and joy of a calm, contemplative, unhurried life. The work has a certificate of authenticity. Framed in the glass.
Maria Golovkina is an interdisciplinary artist, teacher, and member of the Union of Designers of Russia. Lives and works in Tula. She has a higher art education in the specialty "graphic design" and studied contemporary art at the British Higher School of Design. In her artistic practice, she explores the phenomenon of memory, observes the manifestations of the past in the present. Works with the theme of identity, drawing inspiration and images from family mythology. She pays attention to drawing in the open air by graphic techniques, focusing on the interaction of the chaotic and structural, extracting movement and texture from nature, and moving towards the manifestation of the unexplained and abstract. She experiments with various materials creates original techniques in the search for an expressive plastic language. Participated in international and Russian exhibitions and competitions. Some of them: "The Muse must Work", Artmuza Gallery, St. Petersburg, 2019; "Time, Forward!", New Tretyakov Gallery, 2020; "Mastering Spaces", Khodynka Gallery, Moscow, 2020; "Signs of Life", Tula Historical and Architectural Museum, 2020; "L' Arte siMostra", Palazzo Ferrajoli, Rome (2020); "Migranto: a Personal Trajectory", Bogorodskoe Gallery, Moscow, 2020; "Po the other side of Tula", The Machine Tool Museum, industrial cluster "Oktava", Tula, 2020, "Home Sweet Home", Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2021; personal exhibition "Verkhoglyadye", Stary Oskol, 2021. Her works are in private collections in Russia and abroad.
