Simon Faibisovich, "Biennale of Contemporary sludge"

[Евгений]

Interesting article, wonderful, talented artist .. (EA)
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"... In a civilized society today is not the art that create a contemporary, if not from him, that offers new means and forms of expression ..."
I will not lie, he visited all the exposure of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, but mostly in Artplay, examined. The feeling that somewhere is already, did not leave. Such a feeling, as I recall, pursued in the Soviet stagnation in the exhibitions in the Arena or the House of Artists at the Kuznetsk bridge. Only there déjà vu arises because the official art of the elephant trampling the commonplaces of "real art", but here because the authors very often used recipes from an old cookbook of postmodernism. Why is it so? Like stated theme of the current Biennale, on the contrary - look to the future, where all the artistic creativity, by Peter Weibel, invited the chief curator, based on computer technology. Among the exhibits of this kind is very interesting, very little or even amusing, but the feeling of the main exhibition are array of projects that trigger deja vu. If one of the main tasks of the exposition - to take as much space, not quality, so many to support the illusion that the post-modern lives and wins. That, as the custom since the 1980s, nothing but irony and mockery, nothing serious, but aggression. No, God forbid, plastic's message, even if it is based on digital technology, there is no appeal to the eyes as sensory organs. Well, the painting cost, as now adopted: hang something unintelligible in zakutochke. This is hopeless, worthless - look sick. And not because this depends what the world will not make a good painting, but because its so and pick up. Would you like modern art? Please! You see, it sucks: and for our conceptions of it can not keep up, and our installations is not a marker.

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In a civilized society today is not the art that create a contemporary, if not from him, that offers new means and forms of expression, is seeking language that is adequate time - lives in the growing points and risk areas. There are a salon art. It exploits the "real" quality, appealing to the aesthetic and ethical orientations and notions, already current perceptions of culture as "correct." And finally, the kitsch, which is more or less clearly - "the art belong to the people" if the language of the native aspen. It is clear that contemporary art is more difficult to understand, than lounge and pop music. And when such an art, lived in the Soviet Union in the underground, it was the cultural surface, neophyte critic in the person of Catherine Tar, Ludmila Lunina, Andrei Kovalev and others, before engaged in traditional art history, seems to come from to provide the reader and viewer. Seemingly come from, and actually began to plant them as far as possible: do not explain about the structure and functioning of modern art, about artists and their works, but only arrogantly and disparagingly criticized their struggling readers' shifting direction with all this crap themselves - such steep, advanced, and without question, the principal defendants artmira. As a result, the viewer, and not understanding what contemporary art has lost interest in him, and the artist was at the mercy of a gang-Clears brother (sister), for which end in itself and has its own power. Still fell only nascent market for contemporary art - the first wave of collectors believe killerskoy criticism that gathered not. But the main thing - the fact of the undivided rule of the reviewers and curators of contemporary art gradually developed in him expressed by stagnation (similar to the totalitarian political rule suggests itself, is not it?).

In the West, critics and curators of similar formations came to power for a couple of years earlier, by submitting our example, came from the Bolshevik challenge to make an artistic people dance to their tune. But in societies committed to freedom and practicing self-esteem, this task lightly camouflaged, and we have, by contrast, openly articulated and voluptuously. New wave propagated ideologically aggressive kind of postmodern, overriding the definition of up and down, good and evil, truth and falsehood. In fact, replacing all the landmarks swept away by the position and the dictatorship of freedom. Emerged and flourished so-called art catalog. That is, even become exposed to anything: the main thing that bosses-secretaries have included you in the directory. And without that you do not - do not you! What can we say about the painting, which was subjected to anathema, as any sensible, nesimulirovannoe, quality statement, addressed to the emotions - they say that it is shameful all the kitsch. A real art - a gesture, though certainly aggressive, boorish. Like, Kulik and Brener - the artists, and everyone else - no, no! In addition Kabakov, of course. It is claimed in all seriousness, those who even today remains a leading authority of our artmira.

A world-that's another: great artists changed life throws new challenges; necked postmodern, who sang the praises of his followers and was intended for eternal life plays out, if not dead, but at the commanding heights continue its priests. And they cling to the corpse of an idol as surely as for power, since he is the pillar and covering up their power. And invite socially close Western Biennale of the same steer. However, even those in other former has no effect, especially in the West a free and independent opinions and estimates did not stop ever heard - it's all I have 90s with his essay was a rebuke against all. And today, our blown away: neither of the cohesion nor the head. Without their prizora operate and develop the institutions of private galleries and collectors, and even some publications do not allow themselves to follow the general line. It is not artpolitbyuro his tyranny and conspiracy, and the world's largest auction market through select which local artists what it takes. You look, and exhibitions of contemporary art will soon be showing contemporary art.
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[Seriy]

Yes, here I read a report on the Autumn Art Fair in Cologne, in general, in contrast to recent years, exhibited paintings.
T e installation and banter tired.