Its primary task the new minister of culture feels to make culture part of the happiness of people, as he told reporters at his first press conference in a new capacity, on Wednesday

The new Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeev felt at the moment, its main task to make culture part of the happiness of people, he told reporters at his first press conference in a new capacity, on Wednesday. «The main task - the one that put me in front of the head of the country, the President of the Government, I see it is to make culture part of the happiness of people», - said Alexander Avdeev.

«Now we are in the process of maturation of civil society in the process of the rule of law, - he said. - In the civil society, an important component of happiness is a culture, a healthy, well-saturated, an interesting cultural environment. And this cultural environment, fulfilling creative life should characterize our culture today ».
«Of course, it depends on the money they allocate to culture, of course, it depends on how clever and appropriate this money is spent, of course, it depends on how the live artists and cultural figures», - explained it.

The Minister stressed that it is very important today to preserve what we have inherited, and although much has been lost. «But it is important to once again emphasize, to do what we can do only in Russia», - he said. Mr. Avdeyev believes that «today, a great country is determined not only by the number of arms and economic well-defined, and the cultural component». In his view, there can be a great country, great power without great culture.
«We have enough examples, I will not call them that does not hurt when people are good, well-developed economy and culture of the weak, weak traditions. That is why the country is not part of a small group of Powers, who led the destiny of the world », - he added.

Culture Minister promised that the agency would not engage in censorship, but will struggle with the manifestations of banality in the cultural environment. «Ministry - this is not a censor, and I'm not going to shout to influence the selection of art museums. No such rights and the desire », - explained Alexander Avdeev. The head office said a few words about the sensational exhibition «Sots Art» State Tretyakov Gallery, which was held in Paris. Avdeyev visited her, and you see 95% of work he liked, RIA News.

«Sots Art - this is a very interesting direction. Do not like me only 5 per cent, that is what was included in the exhibit is not entirely correct manner. It must be that the leaders of the museums were responsible for the successes and shortcomings », - said Mr. Avdeev. He added that the main priority believes the fight against vulgarity.
«Ask for the emergence of banality can not only I but all of us, citizens and society», - stressed the official.
The head of the cultural department said that for him vulgarity and violent behavior are different things. «Expressions of bullying have been and Esenina, and Mayakovsky, but they did not have banality», - said Alexander Avdeev.

The Minister also noted that the culture and business must work together. «Dictate cultural policy needs of society and business need to create partnerships - throughout the world and work», - said Mr. Avdeev. «We are now just coming into the development of our society to the point where the business is aware of its role, including in the charity, responsibility for culture. We are very good, if not the entire business, but part of it, and we are working with them doing interesting things », - he added.

As an example, the Minister gave the past a few years ago in Paris, the exhibition «Napoleon and Alexander I», which was the art of the end of XVII - beginning of XIX century from storage Hermitage, Russian museum and a number of French museums. «A unique, wonderful exhibition - said the minister. - And all was done for money business». «By the way, now, perhaps, the Department should advertise the fact that doing business. Now he helps a lot, and just his hat in front of them will shoot every time it is well », - he added.

Source: www.rian.ru , www.ntv.ru