Oleg Kulik. Lecture at the club "Gazgolder"
 

On Friday, December 11 with his sister went to a lecture by Oleg Kulik in the club "Gazgolder. Overall impression - cool! With that, entourage, no special exotics - sofas, candles, stage, projector and a man in the chair. Lecture - literally. That is the format of the potential tedious, if not Kulik. The narrator is fantastic, gave this intelligent show. More and texture: the artist who saw only comment on the photo - under two feet tall and huge in proportion to the head. Beard - not the same shovel, spread by the media. Artistic speech, a rich plastic - yet tells the hands to make simple somersault.

He spoke about the historical processes, about the aggressive environment, about the unfulfilled prophecies of years, and the crossroads. He showed his early performances, and even archival record any transfer of Komissarov (like "my family" - remember this TV trash?), In which Kulik in the cage played the role of the dog - failure of the complexes, as an allusion to the liberation of freedom, the animal needs. In response - twisted faces of the audience and a genuine interest, whether weakly pee on stage? By the way, protsentovka people struggling to understand modern art since hardly changed dramatically - clothing became less colorful, but a person - the same.
   
What did - just do not tell. Kulik - an artist with a reputation for very thin sensory processes in the society, and someone who can focus the problems in the air to put the question correctly (to find the context) and formulate it in the fine series. Roughly speaking - "man-dog" - an image of absolute freedom, so essential rushing about in the nineties. As an example. Meanwhile, Oleg Kulik, not without self-irony said that he was a bad prophet - his main predictions came true exactly the opposite (instead of the crisis - prosperity, instead of "pruhi" - a crisis). But I think that the chip then the other - it smacks cyclically, because you are not a step forward, but two. We have formulated an artist phobia of the future in that (with the development of technologies?) People may be sick of each other so that no longer communicate. There is, for thought. Some paradoxes are formed on the eye: Is social networking is not the way to loneliness?

Kulik in Gazgolder "- continued
 

From the perspective of the future trend in the art Kulik suggests the inevitable appeal to the taboo subject in art - the theme of faith, to strive for dialogue with the supreme. But before that, probably still far away. In general ideological lull in the art is clearly delayed. Alarming sign, a harbinger. Because of calmness usually follows an explosion, a splash of energy, a revolutionary process. What will it be. But not yet clear either form or content. Then perhaps contemporary art remembers his avant-garde purpose. Kulik says: There was no sex. Then there was no modern art. Now sex has appeared. Maybe soon and contemporary art will be?
     
Returning to the quality of impressions. On the emotional charge is comparable with previous lenkomovskimi performances - that is, the evening ends, and the head a few days digesting the information. Only in the theatrical production gives the reflection, and here - look in the future. It sounds trite, but still cool that we are surrounded by artists - people who spend a life not thinking about loans, sores, wheelbarrows and rags, but in a completely different experience.

Vladimir Bogdanov

P.S. About "Gazgolder. Frankly, the clubs I have a few years, not in the subject, but in my time was different. Outwardly and entourage "Gazgolder" - a classic product of gentrification. It ennobled the technical structure at the back of the Kursk railway station, right near the exit from the Kursk, a radial paths in the street Kazakova. What is written on the Internet about the observance of Shabbat Club and chips Jewish themes - this I do not know, did not specify. But believe it poorly. The audience in this sense is not formatted. In addition, the menu is richly represented pork - eat himself a sweet and sour sauce. And if you do not work on Saturday, then nothing. The atmosphere is quite cozy, sofas, candle lighting (stare thus useless). Expressed reverence for the catering there. Many experienced visitors to order hookahs - feels this is such a chip. Paintings on the walls - a caricature social art (in the spirit of the leaders of the revolution on the "Sabbath with prostitutes). Who's going to - necessary to look at the toilets. Even without need. Moreover, just for the needs they are not very. Go for the sake of art. My sister pay for the entrance did not have to (have been on the list, thanks to the organizers and separately Catherine), but the entrance fee just heard, as other visitors have warned.

It's amazing how such subtle, intelligent people come up with such shares ???...:eek:

This is probably a performance with Alexander Brener at Gelman gallery in mid-1990. There is even less known we have the Swedish version. We also showed in her lectures. Photo, by the way, does not pass the complexity and commitment. I recall that was 20 years. However, Posav, I feel that my message as you have not heard and did not intend.

And how much time lasted a lecture?

Lasted approximately 2 hours. Started an hour late. Shift to have been running TV spots, to 5 minutes.

Poza, this train for fun!

And I thought that it was cold and dirty ... I would so not able ..
But tyavknut (at present) and sometimes tempted .. (in response to rudeness)

Kulik was almost like I was punished for trying to bite a German woman in Berlin. They are posyagatelsvo not quite understand. It's all in your "Rush souvenir" type of savages from the east, products for export for baksiki for baksiki to eat, but fun. Although now celebrated little need Kulik and Brener great need in the museum at the pre-posited in the carton is not for fun, but for the present.
 Photos - old ones with spaces Ineta.

For money or for the sake of pure art?

Need celebrating? PR, I think. Good PR - the same as money.