POWER¿

Power¿ is the second chapter of Edge of Illusions, a major artistic project by Tukku Magi co-founders Zoya Frolova and Janis Jakobsons, will be presented in collaboration with Rukh Art Hub and Mriya Gallery in Tribeca.

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Bringing together works created across different historical and cultural moments, the exhibition explores the ways power becomes visible—and the worlds it creates, shapes, and leaves behind. Does power have a face, or is it only a suit, a uniform, or a symbol? Does it depend on ritual and belief, or is it sustained through performance, projection, and illusion?

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Frolova’s paintings present a gallery of red and white figures arranged like chess pieces in motion—shifting positions, testing control, and staging political checks and mates. Their garments evoke the visual language of historical authority, while their carefully composed faces conceal calculation, desire, and violence. Her floor installation, a large black bouquet made of metal shavings, stands in stark contrast to these “hall of fame” figures. The work extends the visual language of Edge of Illusions into a charged landscape shaped by consequence.

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Jakobsons’s central installation is a large gilded screen made of woven paper covered with gold leaf. Its materials evoke both eternity and transience, while the screen itself recalls enduring images of authority, concealment, and display across time and cultures. His gilded objects from the Awards series offer an ironic interpretation of inflated self-esteem and the rituals of recognition.

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Together, the works in Power¿ examine power not as a fixed condition, but as a shifting construction—something staged, embodied, desired, feared, and continuously transformed.

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