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Photo ITAR-TASS Photo ITAR-TASS famous gallery owner Marat Gelman, who was fired today from his post as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Perm, not too upset about losing his job. However, he is concerned about the future of the museum. According to gallery owner, his successor will be difficult to maintain an existing collection, this Guelman told RBC.
The main reason for his dismissal M. Gelman calls censorship.
M. Gelman:
"I think that one of the reasons for termination of the employment contract was the recent conflict related to the fact that the Minister of Culture of the Perm Territory has forbidden us to hold the festival" White Nights ", which included three exhibitions. And as we consider unacceptable censorship, all three exhibitions at the museum were open - so we wanted to show that Perm - this is not a city where the exhibition is closed. "
Thus, according to the gallerist, the reason for his dismissal can be considered censorship. Thus M. Gelman noted that the form of termination of the contract by the authorities did not seem strange to him
M. Gelman:
"The strange thing is that the festival" White Nights "," Skif "," Movement ", a book festival - all of these activities will continue to work. With the only difference is that now all of these artists, musicians, artists will talk about my dismissal, which would create a not very profitable for the authorities tone events. "
M. Gelman, adding that he sees no reason why the government needed to terminate an employment contract right now. In this case, the gallery owner said that, in general, care as director of the Perm Museum too will change his plans. "I will continue to do what I was doing before. It's summer - rest a little, think about it, "- he added.
M. Gelman:
"In all this I am most concerned about who will be my successor, and if he can keep the collection without being censored. Find such a person would be very difficult. Any guesses about who it might be I do not, do not think about it. "
According to M. Gelman, a situation where those in power are people who believe that their function - to interfere in the work of museums and festivals, sad. So, says gallery owner. In Soviet times, cultural officials did not close the show, this was done by the curators of the KGB.
"I have a feeling that the current Minister of Culture just mixed agency - the Ministry of Culture of the Perm region, he took over the service on special assignments", - concluded M. Gelman.
The fact that M. Gelman longer enrolled director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Perm PERMM, became known today, June 19. As explained to the representatives of the regional Ministry of Culture of the employment contract concluded with the gallery owner in 2008. Was terminated unilaterally. The museum shall soon find a new director, and dismissed - to pay compensation.
Many artists have already expressed their disappointment over the dismissal of M. Gelman. Commented on the situation and the representatives of the notorious art group "War". "The dismissal of Gelman's Perm - the end of the only stories made together with the government, which had cultural value," - said the artists.
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