Frieze Art Fair.
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In London, the largest European exhibition of contemporary art Frieze Art Fair. It was attended by 165 leading galleries from 30 countries, including two Russian. Much attention at the exhibition was given to Michael Jackson. Interestingly, despite the crisis - and London (and the whole England) the financial problems facing the most acute - paintings actively sold.
Shortcomings in the work or participate in this year was not felt. Many galleries, but had to change their tactics, putting a number of expensive works by famous artists, like say, Louise Bourgeois and a half million dollars, and less untwisted, and thus more accessible.
Many visitors to the gallery touted bright posters and quotes about the crisis, such as "Long live capitalism" and "We want your money." The Danish team Superplex went on raising slogans and took a film in which a hypnotist teaches viewers to cope with the crisis through self-hypnosis and talks about the invisible agents of economic crisis such as George Soros. The mantra "buy, buy, buy" despite the overall dismal promise, justify themselves. Zombie shoppers buy and Hirst, and Ed Ruscha, and others less well-known artists.
Moreover, by the organizers came up with a brilliant idea: a whole section titled Frame («Frames") given at the mercy of the young dealers. 29 galleries represented by one of their artists. For example, the gallery Ancient & Modern represented by Alan Kane with favorite bagatelles his mom - porcelain dolls, clay sheep, collages of family photos.
Not without its awkward situations: the Polish artist Monika Sosnowska, one of the headliners of this year's fair, which threatened to erect a copy of the Warsaw Palace of Culture (a masterpiece of Soviet kitsch), recalled his work at the last moment, finding it false. And it's true - a real kitsch can not fake.
However, what is kitsch? Entire four works in the exhibition were devoted to Michael Jackson, with whom all our subconscious can not leave. "Black Bubbles" by Jonathan Monk, silkscreen "Michael" by Gary Hume, Michael Jackson, Red, Paul McCartney, "The Archangel Michael: No message could not be clearer" by David LaShapell - for all that is called a purse. A Romanian artist Adrian heny shared his plans to create nine portraits of Elvis Presley, but at Frieze provided only self-portrait in the image of Elvis Presley, explaining with a laugh: "It's as if Elvis was talking to a terrible Eastern European accent." R "I and the King" smacks of pure quackery.
By the way, held on 15 October as part of Frieze Art Fair debate about the myths of contemporary art raised questions of elitism and quackery - they say, art is not relevant to the present peace prevails in him ignorant, deceiving the public, and famous names are corrupt and inept. Art critic leading British newspaper the Guardian Adrien Searle told how long ago in the editorial he had to fight for each material on contemporary art, he argued that video art - also part of the contemporary cultural landscape. Modern art is accused of obscurity, stupidity, mass, advocating violence, elitism ... But even fishing requires some knowledge about the behavior of fish and fastening the hook, to say nothing of the sublime!
Indeed, contemporary art requires training: as a moral (not just survive without laughter meditation blue skulls and lizards, Damien Hirst or a stuffed bird Polly Morgan, who was crucified, or the primacy of Fraher Field) and art (in fact, many works are Paraphrase classics, the same " Orange Mona Lisa "Ida Appelbruk, for example).
From stars to the perception of art were produced Kate Moss, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Lily Allen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Taylor of Duran Duran and even Roman Abramovich, who visited the exhibition.
Shortcomings in the work or participate in this year was not felt. Many galleries, but had to change their tactics, putting a number of expensive works by famous artists, like say, Louise Bourgeois and a half million dollars, and less untwisted, and thus more accessible.
Many visitors to the gallery touted bright posters and quotes about the crisis, such as "Long live capitalism" and "We want your money." The Danish team Superplex went on raising slogans and took a film in which a hypnotist teaches viewers to cope with the crisis through self-hypnosis and talks about the invisible agents of economic crisis such as George Soros. The mantra "buy, buy, buy" despite the overall dismal promise, justify themselves. Zombie shoppers buy and Hirst, and Ed Ruscha, and others less well-known artists.
Moreover, by the organizers came up with a brilliant idea: a whole section titled Frame («Frames") given at the mercy of the young dealers. 29 galleries represented by one of their artists. For example, the gallery Ancient & Modern represented by Alan Kane with favorite bagatelles his mom - porcelain dolls, clay sheep, collages of family photos.
Not without its awkward situations: the Polish artist Monika Sosnowska, one of the headliners of this year's fair, which threatened to erect a copy of the Warsaw Palace of Culture (a masterpiece of Soviet kitsch), recalled his work at the last moment, finding it false. And it's true - a real kitsch can not fake.
However, what is kitsch? Entire four works in the exhibition were devoted to Michael Jackson, with whom all our subconscious can not leave. "Black Bubbles" by Jonathan Monk, silkscreen "Michael" by Gary Hume, Michael Jackson, Red, Paul McCartney, "The Archangel Michael: No message could not be clearer" by David LaShapell - for all that is called a purse. A Romanian artist Adrian heny shared his plans to create nine portraits of Elvis Presley, but at Frieze provided only self-portrait in the image of Elvis Presley, explaining with a laugh: "It's as if Elvis was talking to a terrible Eastern European accent." R "I and the King" smacks of pure quackery.
By the way, held on 15 October as part of Frieze Art Fair debate about the myths of contemporary art raised questions of elitism and quackery - they say, art is not relevant to the present peace prevails in him ignorant, deceiving the public, and famous names are corrupt and inept. Art critic leading British newspaper the Guardian Adrien Searle told how long ago in the editorial he had to fight for each material on contemporary art, he argued that video art - also part of the contemporary cultural landscape. Modern art is accused of obscurity, stupidity, mass, advocating violence, elitism ... But even fishing requires some knowledge about the behavior of fish and fastening the hook, to say nothing of the sublime!
Indeed, contemporary art requires training: as a moral (not just survive without laughter meditation blue skulls and lizards, Damien Hirst or a stuffed bird Polly Morgan, who was crucified, or the primacy of Fraher Field) and art (in fact, many works are Paraphrase classics, the same " Orange Mona Lisa "Ida Appelbruk, for example).
From stars to the perception of art were produced Kate Moss, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Lily Allen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Taylor of Duran Duran and even Roman Abramovich, who visited the exhibition.
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