Growing collections - Pussy on odimpiade in Sochi

June 19 Gelman was dismissed from his post as director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Igor Gladnev decision, the Acting Minister of Culture of the Perm region. Sam Gelman said he was completely unaware of the event, and learned about it from the media.



Museum of Modern Art PERMM he chaired from its inception in 2008. Terminated the contract with the gallery owner in the morning on June 20. The very next day, June 21 a new director was appointed Elena Oleinikova . During the time Gelman served as a kind of kulturtreggera Perm region, in the city of Perm in the information space around it, much has changed. Fastcult chose the 5 most important consequences of the Gelman.

exhibition "Russian Povera" in the first month of the show visited 45,000 people, and then at the request of the citizens it was extended for another month. After the success of the exhibition and publications in Russian and foreign press, Gelman, at the invitation of the then governor of the region Oleg Chirkunova in a renovated building of the River Station opened the Museum of Modern Art PERMM. This is really the first modern art museum, which opened in the provincial town, rely on, among other things, the beginning of large-scale project "Perm - the cultural capital».

< img alt = "red people" src = "http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/fastcult/50338851/2061105/2061105_original.jpg" title = "red people" width = "100%" />

PERMM Museum held exhibitions not only in the building of the River Station and removal in other cities and countries, but also created a very strong public art program - brought contemporary art to the streets. It was he who brought in Perm Museum of Contemporary Art curator of public art direction, Nail Allahverdiyev , is shown that the city may well look like a exhibition of art objects in the fresh air and still be the city, without turning into a museum.

< br />

Established in Art and mediation Gelman logo Perm has become almost a reference example of the work of designers with city officials, and gave rise to the creation of Perm Center for Development of Design , for several years, oversaw the design of all the processes in the city and the province, from the famous stop , street signs and city navigation, to the creation of the Permian Christmas toys and registration streets for the 65th anniversary of the Victory Day.