[London]

Mother Tongue Exhibition by Yevgeniy Fiks
March 8, 2019, 6:00 pm
at Pushkin House

An exhibition of the work of Yevgeniy Fiks, author of Moscow (UDP 2013) and The Wayland Rudd Collection (forthcoming UDP 2019). GRAD and Pushkin House are proud to present Mother Tongue/ Родная Речь, the first London solo exhibition by New York-based Russian artist Yevgeniy Fiks, exploring historical gay Russian argot or slang. This coded language dates back to Soviet times and can be compared to Britain’s polari, the jargon used in the past by gay and other subcultures. Panel Discussion 8th March 6–7pm with artist Yevgeniy Fiks, writer Juliet Jacques, art-historian Prof Sarah Wilson and historian Prof Dan Healey. Exhibition open March 9th through May 11th, 2019. Free Entry. Hours: Thursday & Friday 11am–5pm, Saturday 1pm–6pm. More information here.