With LOCATION.LOCATION.LOCATION. , Vladislav Markov presents his first solo exhibition in Switzerland – and uses the space of the Galerie Maria Bernheim not as a stage, but as a state of being.
Markov's works move between physical and digital reality, between concrete materiality and its shift into the virtual. What initially appears tangible quickly defies clear categorization. His installations are not classic exhibitions, but rather experiential spaces that subtly destabilize perception, orientation, and the sense of time.
Even the access – reduced, almost shielded – changes the perception and leads to a situation that deliberately deviates from the usual exhibition space.
This creates a peculiar tension: between precise realism and casual absurdity. Spaces seem familiar yet remote, situations comprehensible—and yet not entirely comprehensible. Markov works with fragments of our present, shifting and layering them, leading them into states that are better experienced than described.
Therein lies the quality of this work: it defies a single, definitive interpretation and unfolds its impact in the moment of experience. A visit becomes less about observation than about movement within a system that changes with every minute – or at least feels that way.
April 23 – May 29, 2026
Bernheim, ZURICH
The photographs shown were taken at public events. The people and artworks depicted are used solely for editorial reporting on the exhibition. All rights to the works shown belong to the respective artists and galleries.