Форум по искусству и инвестициям в искусство - Journal Anatoly Osmolovsky "Base"

Yesterday safely on the hour and a half late for the presentation of the first issue of "Base" Anatoly Osmolovsky. Announcement, we had a here caught only the last part of the discussion, all listened. But the time to buy a magazine and get an autograph from the editor. So, sorry, I can only rely on their own first impressions.

Journal "Base" (with rashifrovkoy Advanced art of our time) - it's not quite the magazine in the conventional sense, and a weighty 210-page book in a good hardback in a good paper. In fact, "base" can be compared to "thick journals" of art - it gathers challenging philosophical texts, and almost no pictures. On the whole magazine - maybe a dozen black-and-white illustrations. On the cover - one of the "Drawings of Rembrandt," Dmitry Gutova. Inside - a conceptual work of Sergei Ogurtsova. But in general, promote creative artists through the concrete illustrative material beyond the scope of "base". Journal of something else. This is probably the ground for new ideas. Among them - the restoration of the criteria of art. It seems that torn pieces of paper and a cloth with some rusty iron has to be fed.

Much of its content - is translated materials progressive Western art. Plus an essay of our artists. And a bit of poetry. Raises questions - what is the vanguard of today? What are the criteria of modern works of art? Questions of taste and education, etc. The texts are not simple, not for a wide range of readers. Do not gloss with light stories. A smart read. The level of, perhaps, strikes about those readers who are under the Soviet government was making "experience" of Montaigne.

Among the Russian authors - Sergey Ogurtsov, Anatoly Osmolovskii, Dmitry Pimenov, Stas Shuripa Alexei Pankin. Glavred - Osmolovskii, the editorial board - Shuripa Stas, Dmitry Gutov, Konstantin Bokhorov. The magazine costs 600 rubles. Circulation - 700 copies.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI