The main project in the "Garage". Impressions

Biennale. World-class event. Stylish "Garage". Curator of world renown. The anticipation of the opening. Waiting infoteynmenta the highest class. In short, the mood for loud delight, waiting a miracle ... And the opening ... And you realize that to be all the same chant. But not like, honestly.

Biennale's main project will be too "German". No, I know that Jean-Hubert Martin, quite the contrary, a Frenchman. In ancient times "the Germans", that is dumb, Russia called on all not speaking in Russian foreigners. Poor guy said nothing, because everything is local, none of them did not understand. So I'm in this sense: preventing overseas mercy on the world's problems, which is so difficult to understand us, the Aborigines. Example? We already know that the Grand Prix was the creator of the African Benin Romuald Azumi. His shabby scooter, loaded with cans of contraband hydrocarbons (these were taken on the oil from Nigeria) - is not even a metaphor, but quite readable on the forehead political statement. Even the abstract of the paper admits that it is based - policy. Fashionable condemnation of inequality, the dictates of power, intolerable circumstances. In general, for all the good - against all bad. Thing from which not even need to isolate the senses - all on a platter, as a propaganda slogan.

And such promotional messages in the main project a lot. First, do not understand why you somehow uncomfortable. Of course, contemporary art is not obliged to give comfort. But something else. Suddenly, well aware that all sides you "treat": Benin to Nigeria, Afghanistan with carpets, the Indian designer coffins, the Chinese nursing home, the outsiders - the patients mental hospital. With no wall, the horror stories. But with a reservation. It's impressive mainly "Germans" - people well-fed and prosperous countries communal. And we have the same: pull in 50 kilometers from Moscow - and such "Nigeria" begins, that my mother, do not grieve!

in general, and the exhibition went to see a breakthrough things avant-garde, but not moralizing. From contemporary art waiting for the forecast, look to the future. But instead - the sermon, then rebuke. In fact, to get a "charge" does not need to go to the exhibition, just to see CNN.

Move along. The scarcity of original ideas, sleeping on the fact that part of human vices to invent something new has become too difficult. It remains to rely on form and technique. At this point you can expect a breakthrough. Surprise: plasma, holography, three-dimensional visibility? No such luck. Arsenal means of expression was classic. Oh twenty years have passed since you know who used biomaterials (famous cartilaginous fish), video is too hard to be called avant-garde, and the wax hyperrealism practiced yet Madame Tussauds. In general, here too by - nothing major breakthrough in technology project does not show.

The most characteristic mark what he saw gave us Konstantin forum ARTinvestment.RU: «little eroticism. And even the "heart" three-meter height and pebbles Spencer Tunick not able to compensate for its shortage. Not erotic, a lot of politics - things that can arouse emotional desire of the spectator, naperechet. But they are.

From the fact that tightly etched in my memory, - a giant sculpture of Anish Kapoor, Suprematist cheese, smeared with the brand, greasy lipstick. Thing impressive. And the only truly stellar. Of the curious - Sculptural optical puzzles Marcus Rettsa. Geometry of figurines made so that, for example, by changing the angle of view 90 degrees to the word YES becomes NO, glass - in a bottle, and stuff like that. Curiously, but realizes that about any breakthrough speeches is not - rather, a good geometric elaboration of design ideas, does not aspire to philosophical reflection.

Against the backdrop of a very bad look Russian landing . Good impressions left "poor" Suprematism Dmitry Gutova and "three-dimensional picture» Ivan Chuikova . But skotchevy Athenian temple Valeria Koshlyakov , collected on the wall "Garage", the usual ecstatic experience did not leave. I think what has been done in haste, in order to mark the event.

usual final question - the Board, to go or not go? Of course, to go. The main thing - not "cheat" themselves in advance not to take overly optimistic or overly skeptical. Then everything will be better. And much emotion - guaranteed. And do not forget that the main project - it is only the tip of the iceberg of the Third Biennale. On its "periphery" - a lot of special and parallel projects that the degree of "infoteynmenta" able to surpass the official curatorial act. Autumn we are interesting.

Vladimir Bogdanov, ARTinvestment.RU

The main project of the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in CSK "Garage" can be seen a photo essay on the AI forum ARTinvestment.RU .