Vadim Zakharov, will represent Russia at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013

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MOSCOW, April 24. /Correspondent. ITAR-TASS March Ageeva /. The artist Vadim
Zakharov, will represent Russia at the 55th Venice Biennale of Contemporary
Art in 2013. This was reported by journalists Commissioner
Russian Pavilion Biennale Stella Kesaeva assigned to this
office from 2011 to 2015.
"We decided to bet on a very talented artist and we think
that he will justify our hopes for a one hundred percent. We are confident that the talent
and international experience will help introduce our Zakharova
Hall is most urgent, "- said Kesayeva.
In turn, Vadim Zakharov said that "this proposal is
responsible for it. "" The last five years I ran from the center - did not do
exhibitions in Moscow and the West, it was my principal position, but
Organizers of the Russian Pavilion stopped me, and I launched
I hope the pavilion will be a worthy, "- said Zakharov.
Vadim Zakharov - Russian artist, editor, and an active participant
Moscow unofficial art, one of the key characters
Moscow Conceptualism, winner of the "Innovation" in 2006,
Kandinsky Prize in 2009. One of the most famous
Zakharova works became a monument to the philosopher Theodor Adorno,
established in Frankfurt am Main /competition for a monument to Zakharov
won the chief conceptualist Joseph Kosuth world /. His work has
are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery. Party
major international projects: the 49 th Venice Biennale /2001
Year /exhibitions in Berlin, New York, Moscow.
The curator of Russian Pavilion will be announced at the end of the year, as well as
the name of the project.
2013 will be a jubilee - the Russian pavilion in Venice
will be exactly one hundred years. "We will organize an exhibition on this
Age and all the exhibits, which were held at the Russian pavilion
- Said Kesayeva. - In addition, we will create a site that will be
backed up all the dates and important events. "
Kesayev also recalled that the exhibition of the artist Andrew Monastery
at the Venice Biennale in 2011 was "very good". "It was
a lot of enthusiastic reviews from around the world: from Brazil, Australia,
Europe. The monastery does not require advertising and once again proved it, "-
concluded Kesayeva.
The Venice Biennale - the largest international forum
contemporary art, art collecting elite of the world.
Review began in 1895. Since 1975, held every two years and
alternates with the Architecture Biennale.