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Museum of postmodernism
Last week, opened at the cemetery entrance fee artistic mutants. Television has made a good publicity show "poor art", "Nostalgia" and "South Russian Wave" in the overall project "Art Against Geography." Under all this commemorative ugliness of a Moscow reserved the best hangouts from the exhibition halls of the Marble Palace. Exhibitors were GRM, Ludwig Museum in SRM and Marat Gelman.
If you ever asked the question: Does exhibited in museums worthless trinkets in a hurry to find answers to the street Khalturina.
Skeptics and cynics will say: "XXX Borovsky led to the Russian Museum XXX Gelman. It is a half truth. Someone "pushed" his man, or "pushed through" fashion showman in the direction of the mass audience? Maybe so, but why is the Russian Museum Borovsky led Gelman promote pictures XXX XXX themes and spirit? Now we are talking about Marat Gelman, who works in the art of the double Gleb Pavlovsky. In one person - and Dobchinsky Bobchinsky from Russia if the state and alleged Russian art.
What are the names of "Red Sea", "Psalm No. 69," "The Last Supper" and others?
"Red Sea" (1989) Constantine Runova represents something vague with a lot of hands, tired of relying on the stone parapet. Pink rocks on the shore of the Red Sea? In "Psalm 69" toothy and vociferous XXX with the open throat snobbish paces from the right corner to the left. Audience put forth a riddle Alexander Roitburd pririsoval character third leg! Harp on the weight, keep strong, hairy hands. Angrily thrown open toothy mouth. Behind the cantor is weeping angel with bowed head.
Yuri Horovsky in the painting "philosophical discussions" (1989) in a dog's posture depicted some Greek Sharikova. Session philosophical meditation helps bring the teeth of a predator and a dog back, scorched by the flames of hell close. And, finally, XXX and topic toothed consumers intertwine and culminate in the painting "The Last Supper" (1988). Above the table with goodies towering dark figure of Jesus Christ. Savior of the world reveals four krolichiz tooth. If Jesus Christ - the best among the scavengers, then Judas cherished plan for the money to buy a new thing.
In the explanatory text of "The Apotheosis of particles" V. Kuritsyn encourages visitors "re-render habitable" the contents of garbage cans. Elsewhere fixed change methodology for technology. With theatrical isterizmom blown nostalgia for the method. For "method replaces the Motherland". Architecture ruiniziruetsya "etc. You can get yourself "Dictionary of Foreign Words", to pull random phrases pozakovyristee and out of them a phrase. The effect will be similar to reading explanatory texts on the show floor. Hence, my advice: do not read and watch.
Pay attention to the "Rome" (1986) - the global work Valery Koshlyakov, the most prolific author of picture Guelman. For her allotted a separate room - the former billiard room of the Marble Palace, now a room number 19. Two composite tablet with mind-boggling daubs come to aristocratic Aboriginal - black grand piano and a chair with a red seat. Rich luster highlights Jagged lines on the plates.
Organizers of the exhibition provokes the visitor comparison: Koshlyakov - is Karl Bryullov today.
As is known, the basis of post-modernism is a desire to earn money on the fact that someone once made some money. Hence the universal printing images actress Marilyn Monroe, the American flag (inexhaustible antitalant Avdeev Ter-Oganyan) or Gioconda.
George Pusenkoff provided a series of "Mona Lisa in Russia." Fine portrait of Leonardo is located on an old rusty "Moskvich", on the wall of a wooden shed, under a canopy telephone booth. The main fabric is a huge increase in computer monitor with the image of an immortal woman's face in a rough shading of pixels. Hence the semantic similarity with the works of Gore Chahal "Love" (1997) in which the computerized sight is pointed at the bloody clubs smoke. Edakii final computer game-shooters. Classroom idea: to make the Mona Lisa monster from the game DOOM and shoot smiling lady in the bloody clubs in the final level.
We must pay tribute to the postmodernists of the environment Guelman. They manage to arouse in the spectator creativity. The second time walking under the heading "South Russian Wave", mentally I rewrote the first line of the Old Testament.
It turned out something like this: "First God created shit. A lot of shit. And all around was only one piece of shit. But I thought the Lord:" I do, no one would believe that crap can be itself. "I had God created man and woman ... "
In the next room, not having found pictures of Stalin, I came up with a song in gelmanovski: a portrait of the Generalissimo in the frame seat from under the toilet.
On the canvas "Cupid and Psyche" (1988) Alexander Gnilitskiy uppercase characters, drawn curly patterns. They eat (neiskusstvovedcheskaya vocabulary helps to understand the author's intent) apples. That is, in the life of Adam and Eve was the one and only Old Testament Apple. A current interpretation of the story makes not see the forbidden fruit or object of desire, but the debris from the vegetable base. Product seduction. Vegetable past their expiry date. Rubbish rapid decay.
Gastronomic reading images from the wretched postmodern list presented to the iron rostrum. Floor stand for the music end with horrible needles, which are sewn pieces of bacon with portraits of Ukrainian classical musicians and music of their works. If you think that this is a hoax, it will be wrong. Salo now! Thanks to "Gelman, Borovsky and K" for visitors of the Russian Museum are accessible Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. Blue print veterinary services side by side with icons musical notation! By the end of the day care Servants (russkomuzeynyh skills of the old ladies!) Packaged "product" kitchen "art" in the special bags and place "artifacts" in the freezer domestic refrigerator.
The sharp and strong teeth - a haunting image of the cemetery antiobrazov anti-artistic. If the theme is stated in the first halls, it should be developed in future. This symphony anti-humanism, which was played on a huge canvas Oleg Migas and Alexander Gankevich. "Cook" (1992) - this is not the message of vegetarian and healthy food is not the anthem, but the apogee kannibalisticheskih motives. What do we see? Naked man with staring eyes corpse has fallen under a pile of spaghetti, unwind strong hands mustachioed chef. It is seen that the master used to make roast of human flesh, but not beef. This political manifesto would decorate any conference on terrorism and small wars.
Aesthetics comics presented in four parts of the picture "Murder" (1991). In the video storyboard peaceful landscape completes the story of how someone came to the murderer (2 fragments), and the killer suddenly pulled out a dueling pistol and shot the visitor. O. Golosiy fantasies on the theme "Here come the thugs of Gotham Dantes Lermontov, who - no more - from shirinki Caucasian gun ..." etc.
Initially purely peaceful plot sees a picture of Oleg Voice "boy and girl in cribs" (1991, oil on canvas, courtesy of Gallery of Regina). The eye rests on the children in their white beds. Blue pantyhose hanging on the back of the iron bed, which is a girl. Red boyish pants carelessly thrown on the back of the next bed. Before I go on daytime sleep, the girl took off her white sneakers. The boy ran to the bedroom barefoot. And here are two little angel lying under blankets in cribs. Awake at the sight of blue diamonds, which are located above the genitals. And suddenly you understand the author's intention. Children dreamily stare at each other ... both masturbate under a blanket! A rare example of brutality in contemporary art. Cruelty without buckets of blood and severed heads. The concepts of "moral depravity" is irrelevant. Wretchedness game plan is set off by a violation of the unwritten moral prohibitions.
Olga and Alexander Florenskie prepared several "models of topographic monument to be installed in St. Petersburg." For example, the "St. Petersburg" is a cutting cable River (sink), and rubber hoses (Fontanka) tied over derevyashek streets. Rusty boxes from under sweets and tea - it is home to the layout of the city. It makes you want to continue the association - a century citizen is short, sweet as candy or color haggard tea.
In a series of "Literary Heritage" (1996) A. Basanets clipped the ax in the pocket on the book. And both things are painted in a green color. Is an attempt to present the student Raskolnikov, had joined the scouting movement. A fine would be a boy scout Kiriyenko accomplices from a character in Dostoevsky! Andrew Basanets flirts with intellectuals and students. Alexander Vinogradov school is trying to break stereotypes. Students slow step in front of two paintings from the series "Russian literature". This "Russian Folk Tales" and "Moscow-Petushki. The first large canvas hare ran in a snowy forest on the book "Russian folk tale AN Afanasyev. That's always. In postmodernists demonstration muscle ends unhealthy Belch social realism sniffy Peredvizhnichestvo.
As to art, I liked three things.
Composition "The Union of Earth and Water" (1994) Yuri Solomko talented craftsmen would decorate the school office any location selkskoy school. Yellow Africa - hair muzhikopodobnogo Poseidon. Fist compresses trident somewhere in the area of Kazakhstan. Beautiful legs feminine water drops below Antarctica. Both characters are on the upside header school textbook "The political map of the world." That is, in encrypted form, we have proposed the thesis: Freudian theory became a political reality on the map of the planet.
The second thing - this is the skull of Pinocchio. It is impossible not to mention the installation of "Homo lignum" (1997), Igor Makarevich. The logical evolution of the skull of Yorick props theater of Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet." Fairly low key sculptor made one change: instead of the nasal cavity of wood artfully carved long ledge. If postmodernism regarded field of wonders, the Pinocchio - jester Yorick this schizophrenic world.
And finally about favorite. The team of authors from the "Workshop riverine" created dvuhnogo dinosaur from improvised scrap iron. Faces of the mechanical monster was the rear hole of the old vacuum cleaner "Seagull". Sinewy monster is standing safely on tridactylous feet. On the back of welded bicycle seat. Complex system of pistons actuated by compressed air from the adjacent cylinder. "The Monster" will deliver a lot of fun for children. After all, we, of Petersburg, people are unspoiled and postmodernists go family and - oh, horror! - With young children.
An exceptionally long-lived were "Dusty model Sergey Volkov (1994). Invisible hour of "watchtower" protects the peace of plasticine compositions "Places of worship of the continent" Magayt. "A" Road sign "offers a choice: go back and survey the" monster of the City "or slow down at the" Parthenon "(1995) V. Koshlyakov.
In gelmanovskom postmodernism beast beast alike. The biggest controversy will monstrous beasts with a monumental painting of Alexander Roitburd "In the power of the Mother of the Gods" (1988). In the center of the picture is placed naked woman's breasts, which belongs to a woman Gryphon. From the belt - the body of a cat, the enormous wings behind billowing hair. Conversation with her bearded male lion with a tassel at the end of the tail. Two tail, two wings and lion's mane. Where is the "mother of the gods" and who she had "the power"? There is no doubt that the author adheres to monotheism. But spectators shavayut and similar pagan filth.
However, the best postmodern delights should recognize not work antitvortsov a Moscow gallery, and the texts of our home-grown researchers. Deputy Director Yevgeny Petrov is ready to preempt dalliance visitors to display Debris: "... newborn galleries boldly took up the difficult work of implementation in the public consciousness the realities of modern art." What about the "courage" to promote Coca-spalling labels? In the early twentieth century, the breakthrough of non-Russians in Russian art has led to the erosion of civilization of the semantic core. What awaits us in the coming century, if Marat Gelman, and Alexander Borovsky serve ruler of the Russian Museum?
Gallery: a blank sheet "- wrote the head of the newest trends RM Alexander Borovsky. In the title of the manifesto Russophobian forces crept obvious error. For if gelmanovtsami preach the cult of garbage, why should a clean sheet? Art criticism "Gospel" states that postmodern nonsense put forward not for money or as Aby, but - attention! - In line with the "project of museum representation of gallery business in Russia! Apparently during the intervals between purchases of paintings by Israeli citizens to museum collections Alexander Davidovich is a draft for his doctoral dissertation. And here's another example of art-thinking person in charge in the Russian Museum for the latest trends: "a very mature young gallery owners otrefleksirovali its functions." Punin and Alpatovs rest.
Thus, the Russian Museum does not intend to deduct turnover on theoretical and practical semitizatsii art of modern Russia's civilization. Inside the grand palaces, and in 2001 we will again be offered expensive postmodern garbage. Well, such a trifle as the Russian Art (Konstantin Vasilyev, etc.) let the black and white reproductions hanging over someone's bed in the factory dormitory.
In the face of a bronze statue of Alexander III glove thrown aliens, not yesterday, not today, but who will challenge boorish crowd of mediocrities? Or city again say nothing?