"Expression: feminine plural"
ARTinvestment.RU   27 мая 2010

ARTinvestment.RU talks about the exhibition, which takes place in a Paris gallery Artsyne

Group exhibition dedicated to the work of women is not uncommon in our time: to take at least Titanic the exhibition elles@centrepompidou, representing the works of "toilers of art-фронта" from the collection of this venerable Museum of modern art.

the Value of such projects is undeniable: they familiarize the wide audience with the work of many interesting authors. The lack of "women's" exhibitions that are often in the same space are works that do not have each other nothing in common except sex of their creators, — this creates a problem of perception of the works through the prism of belonging to an artificially created ghetto of "women's art". Every Museum or gallery who wanted to do an exhibition on the theme "the world through the eyes of women", needs to crack this nut via-своему. For example, the Paris gallery Artsyne tomorrow, may 28, opens the exhibition "Expression: feminine, plural". The organizers decided to show how the works of five artists are the qualities that are usually attributed to women.

Among the exhibits — bright, expressionistic paintings English girl Wilma Johnson (Wilma Johnson), who is "trying" on different characters — Venus, hot Mexican women, fearless servers... From 1979 to 1987, Johnson was a member of hooligan performance-группы of neonatorium which also included sister Christine and Jennifer Binnie (Christine & Jennifer Binnie) and later the world-famous artist Grayson Perry (Grayson Perry). In the catalogue of the exhibition in the gallery neonatorium England & Co (2007) we read: "[They] announced in the early 1980-х — seems to be not so long ago; but that era was really different from today: then, contemporary art was not associated neither with money, nor glory... in Parallel with art-миром who perceived themselves as elite, there was the underground scene, where he worked as a "political" artists, seeking to expose the injustice of the regime of Thatcher, and those who become part of subcultures, leading an alternative lifestyle. They settled in squats, came up with incredible outfits, went to clubs like Heaven, Taboo and The Blitz and spun in an avant-garde gay-кругах, key figures of which were the Director and artist Derek Jarman (Derek Jarman), dancer and choreographer Michael Clark (Michael Clark) and enchanting performance-артист Leigh Bowery (Leigh Bowery)". It is to this stage and belonged to nontouristy, which, as the name implies movement, were naked, paint their bodies in different colors.

Performances of artists, which at times involved up to 25 people, often resembled rituals — although, as stressed by Grayson Perry, their tvorchesvo was the antithesis of sadomasochistic practices of the Vienna actionists: the art of neoturismo was unthinkable without the fun. Artists interested in cross-dressing as a practice that allows you to go beyond the limits prescribed by society "identity" and freely experiment with "masculine" and "feminine" (now Grayson Perry is one of the top transvestites in Britain). In contrast to the traditionally masculine styles (such asabstract expressionism), in which "authenticity" is a guarantee of seriousness, nontourism offers the game, a constant transformation. Patriarchal stereotype of attitude to art as to the activities of a genius-одиночки in dialogue with "higher", Wilma Johnson and her colleagues oppose more friendly and good model based on omnivorous, collaboration and experiment.

the Influence of abstract expressionism can be read in the paintings of Maryam Shams (Shams Maryam) and Marianne Kensen (Maryanne Quinzin), but contrary to popular idea about the style of the artist not splash the canvas of my demons, but rather tame colorful vortices are picturesque fragments and objects of the surrounding world neat Bricolage. Artists have in common is a love of experimentation with different materials and techniques and the ability to find aesthetic interest in the elements of everyday life. So, Shams includes in its composition handwritten text, and adds poetic Kenzen trivial design — in some abstraction, for example, to blend the fragments of wrapping paper.

Work Suzanne Pettersson Bergman (Susanne Pettersson Bergman) feminine: their elegant composition, the artist creates of living roses. Flower pictures perfect, design is beautiful, however, the use of such ephemeral material speaks about the deliberate refusal of the ambition to create a "masterpiece for the eternity", to erect a monument to himself. Remember the intricate wall paintings the British artist Richard Wright (Richard Wright), which are destroyed immediately after the exhibition according to the artist, the most important of eternity "fragile moment of interaction between the viewer and the work of art". Works Pettersson Bergman suggest the same thoughts. Not mentioned about the symbolism of roses: depending on context, rose can mean softness, pain, passion, nature, and much more.

All the works presented at the exhibition, distinguished sensuality: not only the colors and shapes, but also the ways of interaction with the chosen material. A clay sculpture made Veitia Taryn (Taryn Veytia) is this proof: it is clearly visible fingerprints of the artist that reveals the essence of creativity as the interaction of three bodies: body model (Veitia sculpts and paints from life), body of the author, and artificial body, which appeared as a result of contact with the material.

the Exhibition will run until 30 June.

Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artsyne.com, neonaturists.org.uk, entertainment.timesonline.co.uk, englandgallery.com, artinvestment.ru