Accident in Stella Art Foundation

[gans]

During the exhibition opening of "Heroes of levitation, the gallery at full speed rushed the jeep that rammed gallery-shop window, severely mauled one of the giant statues, and crashed into a plasterboard wall, nearly destroying it. Immediately flying glass, the smoke, but from the broken drainage pipes running water, which threatened to destroy the newly fashioned bread sculptures. The artist, despite the prevailing around easily panic, calmly continued to hover near the ceiling, not paying attention to what is happening.

Just 2 minutes into the gallery came to police officers, forced to leave the audience, which was shot on his camera from this incident. According to preliminary data, the driver of the jeep, parked next to the gallery, which confused the gas pedal and brake. But, fortunately, nobody was hurt, but not on the works of art.

http://www.artchronika.ru/news.asp?idnews=349

[Veronic]

is called installation.

[dedulya37]

Rooms with a jeep near Moscow.

[SergeiSK]

The incident at the opening of the Moscow exhibition "Heroes levitation Andrei Kuzkina, during which showcase exhibition hall Stella Art Foundation rammed the SUV Volvo, was planned in advance. According to Kommersant, the bank's security camera, located near, filmed, as unknown puts to the side at the window dock to the machine could drop in on them.
Foreign car driver himself said that by going to the park, through inexperience mixed gas and brake pedals. "Moskovsky Komsomolets" in the Southern District of ATC reported that the driver, who said his name is Ian and he is a fencer, was drunk.
According to Kommersant, in the version according to which the organizer of the "accident" was the artist himself Kuzkin, in the Stella Art Foundation does not believe. "We now calculate the financial and moral damage, but not ready to indict. There are many unclear," - said Director of Development Fund Nicholas Milk.
On "Heroes levitation" exhibited three giant sculptures made of bread crumbs. A suspicious incident occurred at the opening ceremony on 12 April after 21:00. The car smashed one of the giant sculpture and took a radiator. In the hall poured water, which could damage the remaining bread sculptures.
Kuzkin himself at the time of the accident was under the ceiling: he was lying naked in a hammock. Earlier it was reported that after the Jeep rammed storefront, the artist remained impassive. They took an artist from the ceiling of policemen arrived.
As a result of the accident suffered correspondent of the Echo of Moscow "Tatiana Pelipeyko, reports Kommersant. How to specify "MK", showcases her wounded by shrapnel leg, but slightly. From the victim refused medical attention.
(Lenta.ru)

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Сообщение от SergeiSK

from the victim refused medical attention.

Well, wrong! Would have received compensation ...

(Although, of course, I understand it ... in the depths of the soul)

[Тютчев]

Road-art incident
//At the exhibition Andrew made his way Kuzkina car
  

Kommersant »№ 65 (4365) on 14.04.2010
 

In the Stella Art Foundation on Mytnaya street passed personal exhibition laureate "Innovation" and "Companion" Andrew Kuzkina. Valentin Dyakonov will remember this event, and not only due to the work of Mr. Kuzkina.

"Heroes of levitation Andrei Kuzkina doomed to join the urban legends of the Moscow art world. And here it is not just that it is one of the best shows of the season. Just at 21.15, when Opening Day is coming to an end, storefront showroom rammed the jeep Volvo. He smashed one of the huge sculptures made of bread, pulled down the battery and stopped two feet away from the wall, behind which sat Fund staff Stella Art. In the hall rushed water. In the descriptions of eyewitnesses, a man stepped out of the car, which explained the incident that had confused the gas and brake. In the incident affected only the correspondent radio station Ekho Moskvy Tatiana Pelipeyko, but from the medical care she refused. Yesterday morning it became known that the action is planned: the bank's security camera, which was located in the same house with the Fund, recorded the moment when the unknown puts to the side in the exhibition hall showcases special bridges. Development Director Stella Art Foundation Nicholas Molock told Kommersant that the meaning and purpose of action is unclear: "We now calculate the financial and moral damage, but are not ready to indict. There are many vague."

Of course, we can not exclude that the incident was rigged by the artist himself. Mr Kuzkin (for comment yesterday, he was not available) is known for his radical performances. State Prize for contemporary art "Innovation" he received a share "in a circle" in which more and more deeply immersed in the curing cement. But there are many arguments against hasty accusations artist in that he took the opportunity to attract additional interest to the person. In the Stella Art Foundation in its "authorship" no one believes.

And indeed, it is difficult to imagine that the "Heroes of levitation, need some special promotion. In the context of contemporary art, always ready with a passion to play in beads and naplesti samoreferentnyh associations, the exhibition looks like a blow below the belt. In the hall, running, by the way, as usual, Kuzkin are three huge, under three meters tall, the figures of naked men, made from bread and glue. At a special stand located thirteen figures chamber size. Taking a sample of prisoners from the famous art thief song with the words "I modeled it from bread chelovechika male, she stuck to it chelovechika another, Kuzkin created a strong image of the death and disappointment, once again recalling that the man was born to crawl. The artist at the vernissage hovered over the audience in a hammock, suspended from the ceiling, like the Old Testament God, a rest after six days of creation.

In a choice of bread as the material there is nothing original. This archaic technique in many works successfully developed Leonid Tishkov. The symbol of transience of life sculptures out of bread, too, was not due Kuzkina. In 2006, the Chilean artist Constanza Puente made a self-portrait of the bread and put him in a park in the Chilean capital of Santiago, giving the slow dismemberment pigeons. In the figures Kuzkina, however, more vital primitive. They remind heads of Easter Island, ritual statues of pagan gods. In spite of the neurotic, closed posture, which Kuzkin portrays its "heroes", they are still feeling dull, straight-line power.

The fact that the jeep crushed one of the sculptures, there is logic that can not be seen in the context of recent history of accidents involving government officials and major business entities. It is hoped that this truth is not brought in by the artist himself. Because if Kuzkin deliberately risked the lives of other people, it leaves the space of art and aesthetics becomes a criminal offense. Surrealist Andre Breton once wrote that the most avant-garde artist step would be to go out and unload a pistol into the crowd. Let's hope that this is not the case.
 
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?Do...3878&NodesID=8

[SergeiSK]

Student of the Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. Rodchenko, Jan Pishchikov to 12 April 2010 during the opening day of the exhibition of the artist Andrew Kuzkina in the Stella Art Foundation rammed storefront showroom on the jeep, wrote a letter apologizing for his bad performance in front of the leadership of Stella Art, namely, to the head of the fund Stella Kesaevoy Director Alexander Rytov.
 
Dear Stella Y.!
I am sincerely sorry that my actions were taken as to you personally, and Stella Art fund so much trouble and caused a lot of inconvenience.
I offer you my deepest apologies and hope for the possibility of constructive dialogue with your representative about the possibility of reconciliation in this situation, and compensation for my loss.
Just suggest to you all rights to the video work of the Global Crisis-3, was created as a result of these actions, and I can guarantee you that without your consent, this video is nowhere to be exhibited (so far it is not shown on any show).
I realized the error of his actions, I am very sorry about what happened. Admitted his guilt, sincerely repent of their deeds, and look forward to your indulgence and understanding.

September 8, 2010
Pishchikov Ya.Ya.

(ArtChronika http://www.artchronika.ru/news.asp?idnews=514)
Another ...

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"Ay, malades, students!"

[Yurko]

Is not it a PR move on the part of the gallery and individuality of the accident??