Winery is accused of pornography

Interregional public movement «The People's Cathedral» Moscow has asked the prosecutor to conduct prosecution verification in connection with the exhibition « Apples are falling at the same time in different gardens» , held in July at the center of contemporary art Winery. Organizers of the exhibition are trying to incriminate pornography.

«A number of exhibits displayed at the exhibition is a frankly pornographic products», - asserts the head of Moscow regional organization of interregional public movement «The People's Cathedral» Alexander Lapin. And request the Prosecutor to the City of Moscow to investigate the case under his personal control «in connection with particular impudence perfect the organizers of the" Apples are falling at the same time in different gardens "ruffianly tricks». «We are making that there is indeed a work of art displayed, rather than tools of crime, by which is fueled by ethnic and inter-religious strife, injustice to universally accepted norms of morality», - said «Kommersant», Mr. Lapin.

Exhibition «Apples are falling at the same time in different gardens» took place in the first Moscow International Biennale of Young Art « Stop! Who goes? ». Curator Anna Zaytseva has invented for this project, an unusual concept: the young and unknown artists represented coryphaeus the Moscow art scene, each of which developed the project along with several of its podshefnymi. So the theme of the exhibition was the relationship of generations, not genders, and it was much to try to find in this thoughtful and wide exposure sedition. As a piece of pornography, Alexander Lapin, in his statement refers to «the television screens on which were displayed openly pornographic scenes», and «a certain structure in the form of stuck in the female genital organ vacuum».

According to these descriptions, we are talking about the works of artists Inna Levinson, Ivar Gravleysa and Petra Quinquennium submitting project «New erotic art». As the name implies, provided it works, of course, difficult to identify puritanical. But the definition of pornography given, such as greater legal knowledge, they are unlikely to be fit. Recognize «detailed and open naturalistic depiction or description of sexual intercourse» computer animation master Gravleysa with soaring in the starry heavens tiny circle with a subtle depictions of sexual organs, rather reminiscent of some of the world, or fossils, can not be determined. And even quite a naturalistic waxwork bottom of the female torso with a vacuum cleaner attached to it issued by Inna Levinson, it is able to cause sexual excitement of the audience - according to many dictionary definition of pornography.

Like many contemporary artists who apply to be frank, the author «New erotic art» concerned not so much sex, how much art matters, and blaming them is not vulgar, but in the secondary. The same installation Inna Levinson feminist looks ungainly paraphrase the famous founder of realism paintings Gustave Courbet «Origin of the world», painting female womb are much more naturalistic way. A video Ivar Gravleysa looks like just so long plagiarized Scientology video Rigvavy «stars and try».

Of course, the head of «People's Cathedral» Mr. Lapin may not know the works referred to in the work of young participants in the project. But he is certainly familiar with the name of the artist, takes over sponsorship - Avdeyev Ter-Oganyana. It is with the initiation of criminal proceedings regarding his performance «Young atheist» in 1998 and began a crusade against the Orthodox community of modern art, which was followed by scandals and litigation surrounding the exhibition «Caution, Religion!» In the name of the Sakharov Museum and held there the same Exhibition «Forbidden Art».

lawsuit against the organizers of the last project - Sakharovskaya Center Director Yuri Samodurova and curator Andrew Yerofeeva was filed the same «National Cathedral». Winery at its head, Alexander Lapin with fellow walks, apparently, is not only a disinterested interest in art exhibitions. Last month more than before to visit the Biennale of young artists, the «People's Cathedral» came into the Winery at the Aidan Gallery at the press conference by Andrei Erofeev and Yuri Samodurova about the trial around «Forbidden Art», after which there has been close interest in anything happening on this art site.

«The People's Cathedral» was going to sue over the associated press conference by Andrei Erofeev one-day exhibition-action group «war», apply for the gallery space photos Orthodox activists and their supporters with unquotable signatures taken from комментов Users LJ for the maintenance of the patriotic sites. But at the same time engaged in the search for sedition and other exhibition is located at the Winery galleries and exhibition halls. Apart from the ill-fated works Avdeyev Trust Ter-Oganyana, accusations of pornography and far from being won extreme contemporary art gallery «PROUNI» with the exhibition «Etiquette offer!», Which was presented to the French erotic photos of the XIX century and on the same subjects the artist painting the Paris School of Jules Paskina.

One of the claims made in the lawsuit, was that «at the entrance to the exhibition hall there were no restrictions on age, and the Center for Contemporary Art visited the family with children». Exactly the same claim could be present in this case and the majority of art museums in the collections are always a pair of triple-nude, but nowhere are there plates «Children up to 16 ...»

«We hope that the case comes to court, which would give a legal assessment of what happened into the bacchanalia - said« Kommersant »co-chairman of the interregional public movement« The People's Cathedral »Oleg Cassini. - can not be behind the culture, to promote candid pornography» . Winery representatives to comment on the claim «People's Cathedral» refuse and say that will not make any statements until you receive a different, more official information.

Source: kommersant.ru