Nadav Kander, Priozersk XIV (I was told she once held an oar), Kazakhstan, 2011, courtesy of Flowers

Nadav Kander, Priozersk XIV (I was told she once held an oar), Kazakhstan, 2011, courtesy of Flowers Gallery, London and New York

NADAV KANDER: DUST

Exhibition from Apr 7 to May 7, 2016, Flowers Gallery, Los Angeles Fair & Paris Fair Exhibitor

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Flowers Gallery is pleased to present Nadav Kander’s most recent project Dust, which goes on display in New York for the first time in April 2016. Rooted in an interest in the ‘aesthetics of destruction,’ Dust explores the vestiges of the Cold War through the radioactive ruins of secret cities on the border between Kazakhstan and Russia.

Priozersk (formally known as ‘Moscow 10’) and Kurchatov are closed cities, restricted military zones, concealed and not shown on maps until they were ‘discovered’ by Google Earth. Enlisted to the pursuits of science and war, the sites were utilized for the covert testing of atomic and long distance weapons. Falsely claimed as uninhabited, the cities, along with nearby testing site ‘The Polygon’ set the stage for one of the most cynical experiments ever undertaken. Scientists watched and silently documented the horrifying effects of radiation and pollution on the local population and livestock.