"To fly is ready?" In the MMSI
 

Dear friends,
We invite you to the opening of the exhibition project " ready to fly ? " .
"To fly is ready ? " (April 9 - May 11 , 2014 . ) On transformation and reinterpretation image astronaut and space in the works of contemporary artists . The exhibition will feature approximately 40 works of famous authors , on-time performance related strictly to the most recent period - XXI century : art objects , installations, paintings , sculpture, photography , video art .

Members: Yuri Avvakumov , Kirill Alexandrov , Tatiana Badanina Sergey Basile Constantine Batynkov Maxim Bashev Rinat Voligamsi Anatoly Gankevich , Igor Gusev , Vladislav Efimov , Anastasia Zaborovskaya Marina Zvyagintsev Isupov Ilya , Sergei Qatran Vyacheslav Koleychuk , Taisa Korotkov Boris Kocheyshvili Bob Koshelokhov , Oleg Kulik , Vladimir Marin, Ivan Mikhailov, Damir Muratov Vladimir Nasedkin Arkady Nasonov George Ostrecov Vitaly Pushnitsky Alexander Roitburd Alexander Sauko Zoya Sokol, Olga Soldatov , Leonid Tishkov , Vladimir Tryamkin Konstantin Khudyakov Sergey Chernov, Ilya Chichkan Igor Shelkovskiy Dmitry Shorin , Masha Shubin , Sergey Shutov .

Sound project : Dima Savrasov (DJ Dima Cramp
Curators : Dmitry Boutkevitch Valeria Gallay , Lusine Petrosyan

Incidentally, the name of our exhibition was born out of the question " To fly ready? " That every day during the " flight training " asked the instructor the first "six" astronauts , test pilot Mark Gallay . After answering "Ready" sound each time became legendary - "Let's go ! ".

By the way, found a small passage in the book M.Gallaya " Tested in the sky" , where the author describes " hazing " word casually introduced them ...
 
" Some things I deliberately violated legislated wording vnutrisamoletnyh negotiations.
So, instead of the bombastic " crew take off ! " , I'm like , however, and most of my colleagues , before takeoff almost always say, " Let's go! ".
It has become common in the aviation industry . ...
Many years later ... after the tests of an experimental series of " Tu- fourth " the same expression suddenly sounded in quite different circumstances .
Just come off the poles and went up the booster to the first manned spacecraft "Vostok". The underground " control room " spaceport are several people by the Chief Designer of SP Korolev headed . All , of course, stretched to the limit . And at this moment - how the discharge - the dynamics of the ship radio voice comes Gagarin :
- Come on !
Still, he was primarily an aviator , our first astronaut. And the usual aviation " drove " brought probably forever in space terminology . "
" Tested in the sky ." ( Izbrannoe. V.1 . 1990)

M.L.Gallayu executed April 16 , 2014 . - 100th anniversary of the birth. Recently issued vyshlap stamp " 100 years since the birth ML Gallen (1914-1998) , a test pilot . " ( Her prepared subordinate to the federal agency communication FSUE Publishing center "Marka" ) . And also made ​​unmarked postcards . The exhibition "On the flight ready? " in Momma ( Tver Blvd. , 9 ) exactly three days - from 9 to 11 April - we will extinguish this brand to everyone specially manufactured to stamp exhibition .

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Upcoming exhibition - is the second project that we ( D.Butkevich , V.Gallay , L.Petrosyan ) dedicate space theme and test pilot M.L.Gallayu . Previous held three years ago in 2011. - Leonid Shishkin Gallery (on the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space .) It was called " A week before the flight " and included work 20-21 centuries . - On the theme of Space and Aviation . Then we remember and continue the traditions of Russian cosmism (including a member of society "Amaravella" Boris Smirnov - Rusetsky ); and one of the leaders are Alexander Labas ; Socialist realism was the work of the venerable and representatives of the " unofficial art of the XX century ." And there were contemporary artists , who then actively responded to the project. That to some extent , and suggested to us to make this time of project works only 21st century.

New project shows that the topic of space in our time remains valid , although the attitude of the society and , in contemporary art markedly transformed from rampant romance since the first flight through indifference late-Soviet period to the present ironically philosophical perception. And for the artists in the first quarter of the XXI century - and the Sky and Space and the Universe , and separately , the image of astronauts as personified object and subject of the Universe - is still a source of inspiration . These themes had long been considered fashionable myths , however, radicalize the notion of responsibility statements , certainly understanding scale ideas.

That media " arrived " :

The Museum of Modern Art will host the exhibition "To fly is ready ? "
Gagarin in the Crimea , the telescope of kastryulek : space continues to haunt artists
Anna Arutyunov
Vedomosti.Pyatnitsa
04.04.2014

As a sport , or industrialization , space was among the most popular topics of the official art of the twentieth century. Today , having lost this popularity and have experienced the transformation , the theme of space yet migrated to the works of contemporary artists. Their show at the exhibition " To fly ready? " Which opens at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art at Tver Boulevard .
There will be fifty works almost forty authors , executed in various media - here and oil paintings, and installations, and videos , and sculptures , and photographs. Facilitators were principled adherence to the time barrier - the exposition no work done before 2000. Sometimes the look of today seems a nostalgic , sometimes ironic , but space is still space for artists , where absurdity can be combined with science , technology, humor , and with a history of privacy .
In the Soviet-style
Many works were done in the traditional manner , and it may seem as if they appeared not to zero , but at least 20-30 years ago , if not earlier. For example, in the picture giperrealista Sergei Bazileva " Gagarin in Crimea" (originally it was called " Gagarin on the beach ", but due to recent events the author has decided to change the name ) famous astronaut swims with her daughter. On the one hand , the scene seems very personal - we are witnessing another's privacy ; on the other - in front of us Hero of the Soviet Union , a man turned into a symbol of space exploration. This duality is close Soviet rhetoric to convince people that every hero has to be almost a daily basis to perform feats for the benefit of the country.
In the hyper-realistic manner and made ​​a picture of Thais Korotkova series "Technology" (2007 ), dedicated to ordinary employees weekdays NASA. Man she fades into the background , and the main characters are modern technological advances . On display in the exhibition picture we see the fantastic interior space station , bright multi-level space on which move people in white protective suits .
Telescope of kastryulek
The line between science fiction and looks very thin , especially if relevant to the space theme of the artist seasoned healthy dose of humor. Vladimir Marin puts a telescope for observing the stars of enameled cups and kastryulek . And Anastasia Zaborovskaya trying to catch the light of a distant star using meter locator - satellite dish , covered with gold .
George Ostrecov takes the basis of his work , " Porfiry Ivanov on the Moon" ( 2014 ) mystical story kochuyuschuyu on various community dedicated to UFOs. Porfiry Ivanov (1898-1983) - a real character , a village healer and sage , who developed his own teaching about health and immortality. Ostensibly it was he " appeared " Edgar Mitchell - one of the American astronauts landed on the moon in the expedition of " Apollo 14 ." Astronaut repeatedly subsequently made ​​statements about the existence of extraterrestrials . Ostretsov artist decided to add to the history of this fantastic material evidence - and built a ridiculous three-legged throne - chair of oak and copper that's the chair asteroid Porfiry Ivanov must have appeared before the astonished and American. Did Ostretsov portrait Porfiry Ivanov - wooden relief with epoxy resin and copper and brass tubes , which also will be using smoke dymmashiny .
April 9 - May 11 , mmoma.ru.
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I am pleased to congratulate our colleagues, supervisors and members of the forum, which was brought to the end of a beautiful project.