... The whole generation of zombies who are accustomed to regard their country as an annoying obstacle to world progress. They are mother's milk (just sitting at this time in the kitchen with other such intellectuals) have absorbed the belief that the existence of any strong convictions - a pledge of personal totalitarianism, much love for the Fatherland - just Stalinism. Legislation regulating the market for them - is absurd, because the market is only what can not be adjusted. And any opponent...

After the lecture, the fund StellaArt art theorist answered the questions, in particular, and in my.

Gor Chahal: Based on what criteria is based your opinion that the motion "pays" in principle has to do with the art?

Boris Groys: For those that I mentioned. Because if we look at the traditional distinction between political and artistic movement, the political movement - a movement that challenges his seizure of power, implementation of a very clear program, which has...

In an interview with Boris Groys posters , I said to myself one of its passage: "What is art at all ? It makes the invisible visible . »

What does this mean? To make the invisible visible , the artist should be confident in spite of the existence of the invisible to others and to implement the desired result . This is almost verbatim the definition of faith by the Apostle Paul : "Faith is the substance hoped for, the conviction of things not seen " ( Heb. 11:1).

That...

The three cheerful letters - Poets say goodbye to "Project OGI"


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April 18, 1999, on the eve of the trial of the Ter-Oganyan, initiated by a friend and companion - artist, curator and art theorist Anatol Osmolovsky and curator Marat Gelman Gelman Gallery hosted an exhibition on Polyanka "Avdei Ter-Oganyan. From the gallery collection Guelman" .

There is nothing even remotely offensive to the feelings of believers, this time billed was not. It was just a survey exhibition of the works of Ter-Oganyan, who were in the gallery Gelman.

Even...