Letter from Kiev: "Will, abo Vsi ydut on x ..!"

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Interesting article on the site Openspace.ru (EA)
Catherine Tar · 13/11/2009
Young artists in the Ukraine are looking for a place among civilized Viktor Pinchuk and wild art market
It works. It - is advertising ......
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On weekends, a wide stream Kreschatik given to pedestrians, but now is cold and swine influenza, and the empty avenue walk only the wind and debris. Ironically, the availability of free space greater than the crowds of people, indicates the potential for democratic public life. In Kiev, she has a chance. В Москве ей быть просто негде.

In Ukraine, the elections soon, it is felt, the city politicized. Taxi drivers, however, say that Ukraine has all the time some sort of elections, and all had enough. We in Russia know how it ends.

Election posters issue familiarity with contemporary art. Billboards Arseniy Yatsenyuk, with a portrait of a young man in fashionable glasses, reminiscent of advertising men's clothing store in the style of Warhol's silk-screen, plus I can not accurately name a Ukrainian artist who has learned to designers of these posters. One of my friends wanted to vote for Yatseniuk as a Westerner, and seems to be more of his than others, but that suddenly disappeared all odds - just because of these posters. Installation of capitalism Ukrainian population accepts, but the capitalist in the face of Warhol's art - not yet.
In posters Yanukovych designers were limited by the fact that otfotoshopili his face to the state of leftover, something to make fun of the local English-language newspaper. People who read in English, to vote for Yanukovich will not. Aesthetics his old style and primitive. However, to my surprise, a young curator told me that in the present situation would prefer to Yanukovych. Indeed, Timoshenko - a typical post-Soviet version of the spread-capitalist nationalist, a pact with the West. West benefit local nationalisms. The young curator, they are disadvantageous: Tymoshenko, he believes, will introduce some moral or religious censorship, wanting to balance the unruliness of corporate capitalism strictly local morals ...
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[Yaya]

Eugene, thanks. very interesting view from the outside. election, of course, such a situation, straight evil takes. Sometimes you think, to hell with him! Let them all remains as is. better than the seasonal exacerbation pedofilno-viral plutocracy with svinorylnym grin

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Сообщение от Eugene

Indeed, Timoshenko - a typical post-Soviet version of the spread-capitalist nationalist,

Of course, I may not know all the subtleties, but can someone explain to me how this is possible, be a nationalist and speak the national language with a horrible accent?

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Against the background of the artistic life, and indeed life in Kyiv, art center Viktor Pinchuk looks a fairy tale. Competitors, part of Contemporary Art in Pinchuk's just not - the closest, Igor Voronov, engaged in what an incredible buys and is proud to modern casting sculptures by Rodin ( "art critics in raptures and do not believe my eyes," - writes the local press). Pinchuk Center, with its free entry, "Great Western names, flawless, absolutely white designer cafes and last numbers of Frieze and Artforum in the public domain attracts a young crowd, here are the queue, and it is not surprising that Pinchuk has announced the construction of the new center.

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For the young audience there is a lot, more and more, now devised a system to obtain information about the artists directly to mobile phone and vote for the audience award. Vote should be for the best young artist - the PinchukArtCentre exhibition opened nominations for the prize, which is so lucky, not mentioning any names or Repin, or Kandinsky, Tatlin no - none of those who may be more or less loosely be considered a classic of Ukrainian. It's called PinchukArtCentre Prize.

Applications for the contest served artists themselves, by e-mail. Professional or not, it does not matter - the main thing that the Ukrainian, which would be under this or understand (not necessarily living in the Ukraine) and up to 35 years. His candidacy filed more than a thousand people that much. At the first stage of the application selected the curatorial staff of the center, short-list of twenty people was launched in February. Then decided to give the artists an opportunity to show more and new projects. Now all of these works are exhibited and declared the jury: it is also well known in Moscow and the Italian-American curator, Francesco Bonami, Tate Modern curator Jessica Morgan, director of the New National Gallery in Berlin Udo Kittelman and two Ukrainian-Russian artist - Boris Mikhailov and Sergey Bratkov . The exhibition makes a much more favorable impression than the exhibition of Kandinsky's contenders for the prize: it is easy to see, lacks the pathos of wealth and very clear on the concept and procedure (only the young artists, and only put forward its own candidate). Judging by everything, and the prize itself, and the exhibition will play in the Ukrainian context, a very important role.

December 4 jury will award the winners of three professional awards: the main, to 100 thousand hryvnia (now about 13 thousand dollars, though, when the prize was announced, it was about 20), and two smaller ones. Prize winners will receive more and three internships in the workshops of famous artists - from Antony Gormley in London Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, and Andreas Serrano in New York.

The idea of these internships seem strange in two respects. First, teacher candidates were selected (I hope) before the candidate selected as winners. But suddenly the painter to win - why should he sent to the sculptor or photographer Gormley Serrano? Or the very existence of Gormley in the list means that this internship is reserved for the sculptor Joan Kadyrova? This is something all right, Jeanne, and the truth is the most powerful young artist in Kiev, but if you pick the nominees from among the photographers "by Serrano, can come confusion. These are, but they are very weak.

Secondly, young artists are usually sent for training in some institutions, centers, and not to the individual. In Eliasson really a factory for producing his enormous installations, employing engineers, hydraulics, astronomers, lawyers and accountants. Same with Serrano and Gormley, these sharks art production. What is there to do the young artist, it is not clear, the position of junior manager at the plant that would give him little. We could talk about, say, a three-month training in any art school, but not to participate in the conveyor art industry.

But the fact is that the whole ideology PinchukArtCentre completely subordinated to the art-industry, industry performance, which in the first place Star, on the second - expensive project, and only the third, and somewhere in the distance, art as a cognitive activity. PinchukArtCentre, for example, and Moscow "Garage" (another classic example of a private foundation with huge ambitions), is not just outside the non-profit art centers, vnepravitelstvennyh art institutions and art schools, but they might not even be aware of the existence of this huge and powerful system that supports creativity and research, rather than the consumption of art.

Landmark for Pinchuk, as for the "garage", a museum. For him the treasure, probably, the most prestigious type of institution in general. And if Viktor Pinchuk (as Roman Abramovich) could buy the entire collection at once New York's MoMA, he would have done it .......
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Exhibition of nominees for the prize PinchukArtCentre Prize is open to PinchukArtCentre in Kiev on December 20

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Сообщение от Eugene

Particularly popular "mat" with the image of Makhno and the slogan "Freedom, abo Vsi ydut on x ..!».

A good picture, but who the author is interesting?

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Author pictures - Ivan Semesyuk. More of his work here http://www.antins.net/?page_id=374&lang=uk

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Сообщение от Eugene

Particularly popular "mat" with the image of Makhno and the slogan "Freedom, abo Vsi ydut on x ..!».

Culture

In Kiev removed from the exhibition of paintings from the unprintable title
Lenta.ru 14 hours ago
In Kiev, with the exhibition, held at the National House of Artists, shoot a picture "Will abo всi ydut in x * rd!" (Freedom or all go to x * j!) Of the Ukrainian artist Ivan Semesyuka. This is how transfers "correspondent", told in the capital of an independent art gallery Antin's Collections. The exhibition, entitled "from Tripoli to the present" was held under the patronage of President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. By whose specific instructions from the exposition has been deleted Semesyuka work is unknown. As an independent art gallery was told only that the picture from the exhibition "filmed with a scandal. Work "Will abo всi ydut on x * d!" Is a portrait of the anarchist leader Nestor Makhno movement. What she did not work for the organizers of the exhibition, not reported. Ivan Semesyuk - a graduate of the National Academy of Fine Arts, and participated in many exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. He is chairman of the Union of free artists.
http://news.rambler.ru/Russia/culture/5043605/

Question to the participants of Kiev: really took off, and if so, why only now.

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Сообщение от Cyril Syzransky

In Kiev with the exhibition, held at the National House of Artists, removed now

On the subject: from the forum site ARTinvestment.RU "Art outcome of 2009: Could be worse" (art results in the Ukraine)

Сообщение от Eugene

 ..... Offensive censorship, was named one of the factors in 2009 ....

All confirmed pechalno.No the other hand, a great advertising ... and besplatno.Spasibo artist must say fans of censorship.

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Сообщение от Eugene

Thanks to the artist I must say fans of censorship.

The picture was removed from the exposure because the author had violated the conditions - not what netsenzurschiny and bawdry because exhibition was of retrospective nature, starting from the time of Tripoli, under the patronage of President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko.
Prior notification to the media by PR-rolled tantrum In this he is really doing well, and this keeps his fame as hudozhnika.K culture and censorship is irrelevant.
As Ms. Degot.Vse that is connected with the Kremlin lickspittle Pavlovsky, has anti-Ukrainian orientation.

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Dear VYACHESLAV, and

This picture was approved by the Commission, which organized the exhibition.

???
And suddenly removed from the wall ...