German artist Gregor Schneider was outraged by the fact that under pressure from the art director of "Documents" has been canceled his show in Kassel

GREGOR SCHNEIDER
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German artist Gregor Schneider (Gregor Schneider) in 2001 represented Germany at the Venice Biennale and took out the "Golden Lion" for the sculpture. At the prestigious exhibition Schneider showed one of his works that combine elements of sculpture and architecture, in which he, in particular, repeatedly and in various forms plays interior of the house of his childhood in the German town Raydte. In 2005, Schneider's work was once again appear at the contest in a floating city, Venice, however, the government abandoned its original plan to install on St. Mark's Square dedicated to the work of Marc Chagall Schneider in the form of a giant cube out of fear of upsetting Muslims (the product might remind them of an Islamic shrine Kaaba).

This was not censored in the career of the last sculptor: not so long ago he had a conflict with the curator of one of the most prestigious shows of contemporary art in the world - Carolyn Cristo Bakardzhiev that prepared current «Document-13" in Kassel .

According to the artist, in October 2010 the local council for the arts, invited him to do an exhibition in Kassel Karlskirche church, which is, according to Schneider, the leadership of the "Documents" has been made aware. However, the curator of international exhibitions held in the city every five years, eventually reacted very violently and negatively: the bishop called and outlined his concerns about the fact that the exposure may Schneider taken for part of the event, which she cooks - and her insistence on the show was canceled . However, it turned out that this is not the only example of how the curator of the "restore order" in the city. Previously, it seemed "scary" human figure, created by one of the most famous contemporary German sculptor Stephan Balkenholom (Stephan Balkenhol), adorns the belfry of the church of St. Elizabeth Square Fridrihsplatts. However, according to the newspaper Welt, the sculpture is still left on the site.

Gregor Schneider gave Welt interview in which he expressed his indignation authoritarian, even totalitarian leadership style of the exhibition, which interferes with the demonstration art throughout the city, including in places that the exhibition does not directly linked. He described the behavior of the leadership "Documents", "shameful and cynical" and described everything that happened as a "scandal". Representatives of the exhibition of the sculptor did an angry statement did not comment, but from such a free-thinking and advanced curator, how positioning itself Carolyn Cristo Bakardzhiev, I expect a more flexible approach to the situation.

Material Maria prepared Estrova, AI

Source: gregorschneider.net , artforum.com , artinvestment.ru