Source: Press Release CF Art Group

Today, November 29, 2012 kicks off All-Russian Contest art concepts of "national idea of ​​Russia." Any Russian can take part in the competition and offer their own vision of the national idea. Best concept was embodied in the work of contemporary art and will be represented at the Venice Biennale in 2013, and the author of the idea will receive the Grand Prix - 300 000 rubles.

What claimed the national the idea of ​​the country in the past?
For God, Tsar and Fatherland!
Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality!
build communism in 1980!

According to organizers, the creative team CF Art Group , today Russia needs new unifying idea, but it can not be collected from the remains of the past, nor imposed from outside. Idea to create the Russians.

«I understand that swung a daunting task, which is beyond the individual. But we want to encourage the community to create, using artistic means available to us. Why pay for it? Because we believe that a good idea is worth it "- George says Mum, one of the organizers of the competition.

« Any Russian can manifest itself in the creative process - adds Denis Saunin, another member art group. - To do this, write free-form, as you imagine the visual image of the national idea in Russia. This will be your art concept. We undertake to implement the best idea in the form of paintings, sculptures, installations and architectural group ».

From 29 November 2012 to 20 February 2013, anyone can free-form outline image of the national idea and send the organizing committee via the website href=http://www.конкурсконцепций.рф" www.konkurskontseptsiy.rf . The best will be posted on the site every two weeks. It also organizes two streams vote. First - for members of the art community (artists, gallery owners, curators, art critics) - will be held in a closed form for individual links. The second - to the public, including participants.

winner will be selected by the organizing committee on the basis of expert opinions and open voting. At the end of February in Moscow Exhibition and presentation of the best art concepts with the award winner, with a cash prize of 300 000 to find its owner. And the winner of the Grand Prix will be the co-author of a work of art that the world will appear at the Venice Biennale in 2013.

organizers - CF Art Group

Birthday art group CF - Autumn 2009. Participants in a number of projects, such as "First ideal exhibition" (2010), "Globalization. The women we have lost "(2012). George Mamin and Denis Saunin (organizers of the art group) - the authors of "Perfect Masterpiece", embodied in pure gold ingot weighing 12 kg, which was first brought to the audience in 2011 at the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" (St. Petersburg). Subsequently, in 2012, "The Perfect masterpiece" was exposed in the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow).

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The idea of ​​the competition art concepts emerged during the contemporary art fair "Art Moscow 2012" - the exhibition CF Art Group, where George and Denis Saunin Mum opened the first point for the art concepts from the visitors. The work item was attended by prominent members of the Russian culture and journalism. After the exhibition, it became clear that it is difficult to evaluate and compare the obtained concepts without a given topic. Therefore it was decided to organize a nationwide competition art concepts on the "national idea of ​​Russia" with a prize of 300 000 rubles.

spokesman Andrew Rozanov competition: tel.: 7 (925) 352 - 8415, e-mail: [email protected] , web: www.konkurskontseptsiy.rf .

Source : press release CF Art Group