There are six kinds of alien encounters. The sixth kind is sex.
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I Installation view -
II Installation view -
III Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 45 х 100 сm -
IV Elena Minaeva, SHE TURNED TO FACE ME, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 40 х 45 сm -
V Elena Minaeva, SHE TURNED TO FACE ME, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 40 х 45 сm -
VI Installation view -
VII Installation view -
VIII Installation view -
IX Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 70 х 85 сm -
X Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 70 х 85 сm -
XI Elena Minaeva, Close Encounters with Aliens, 2022, 2-channel VR video, audio, 00:12 min, loop (performing by Katya Ganyushina, Alexey Kirsanov, German Stroganov -
XII Elena Minaeva, Close Encounters with Aliens, 2022, 2-channel VR video, audio, 00:12 min, loop (performing by Katya Ganyushina, Alexey Kirsanov, German Stroganov -
XIII Elena Minaeva, Close Encounters with Aliens, 2022, 2-channel VR video, audio, 00:12 min, loop (performing by Katya Ganyushina, Alexey Kirsanov, German Stroganov -
XIV Elena Minaeva, Close Encounters with Aliens, 2022, 2-channel VR video, audio, 00:12 min, loop (performing by Katya Ganyushina, Alexey Kirsanov, German Stroganov -
XV Elena Minaeva, Close Encounters with Aliens, 2022, 2-channel VR video, audio, 00:12 min, loop (performing by Katya Ganyushina, Alexey Kirsanov, German Stroganov -
XVI Installation view -
XVII Elena Minaeva, SHE TURNED TO FACE ME, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 82 х 75 сm -
XVIII Installation view -
XIX Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 70 х 85 сm -
XX Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 70 х 85 сm -
XXI Elena Minaeva, SHE TURNED TO FACE ME, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 45 х 45 сm -
XXII Elena Minaeva, SHE TURNED TO FACE ME, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 45 х 45 сm -
XXIII Installation view -
XXIV Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 55 х 95 сm -
XXV Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 55 х 95 сm -
XXVI Installation view -
XXVII Elena Minaeva, Proximity to aliens, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 60 х 80 сm -
XXVIII Elena Minaeva, Proximity to aliens, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 60 х 80 сm -
XXIX Elena Minaeva, THE VOLGA SHINING COLLECTION, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 70 х 80 сm -
XXX Elena Minaeva, THE VOLGA SHINING COLLECTION, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 70 х 80 сm -
XXXI Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 60 х 80 сm -
XXXII Elena Minaeva, MYSTERIOUS VOLZHSKY. ALIENS, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 60 х 80 сm -
XXXIII Installation view -
XXXIV Installation view -
XXXV Elena Minaeva, apparatus ‘Out of the blue’, 2024, luminary, permanent marker on the lamp, dimensions vary -
XXXVI Elena Minaeva, apparatus ‘Out of the blue’, 2024, luminary, permanent marker on the lamp, dimensions vary -
XXXVII Elena Minaeva, apparatus ‘Out of the blue’, 2024, luminary, permanent marker on the lamp, dimensions vary
Photo by Denis Lapshin
© Artist, Spas Setun and fābula gallery, Moscow