The first in a long time, large-scale retrospective (69 artists, 200 works) in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, organized with the support of the Ministries of Culture of Russia and Slovakia, but its main characters - the art of private entrepreneurs. At the core of the exhibition of work from the collection of the Moscow Museum art4.ru , open Igor Markin and Moscow galleries pARTner project, as they appear in the private museum «DANUBIANA».

Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, built in 2000 on the arrow to the Danube, is named after a Dutch collector and art patron Gerard Myulenstena who risked finance initiative, one of the first Slovak gallery, now the museum director Vincent Polyakovskogo. The fact that the museum was built, the local art party considers a miracle: the state has no power to support even the National Gallery, for many years residing in a state of low-reconstruction.

Director «DANUBIANA», want to make a new exhibition of Russian art, went to Igor Markina, founder of the first in Moscow, the private art museum. Enthusiast enthusiast sees afar. And it apparently was not troubled extravagance Moscow collector. Igor Markin dumbfound journalist likes to state that there is nothing more beautiful than the blow to the toilet museum, exhibit at the museum in Hlynovskom stalled work without labels, and Markov diary in LJ - joy for everyone who likes to talk about on the high plain, and even very simple, Russian language.

If the show did fervent band art4.ru starting the press-release words «piece of the project», perhaps, in «Danubiane» would be hanged for the spectators and hammocks placed hookahs. But to do it called a more solid curatorial team (Eugene Berezner, Irina Chmyreva, Natalya Polyakova) originating from the museum's Center «ROSIZO», our main office for the production of export-art product. Curators staged a spectacular historical digest, mixing of the different periods, directions, and status.

Installation «Communal Kitchen» Ilya Kabakov, Igor Markin bought at a auction, and recently won the individual show in Moscow - including the major hits exhibition. And while organizers hinted that the insurance is a masterpiece ate polbyudzheta of the case was worth it. Actually, 6 million euro, to which the insured exhibits - unprecedented for a modern Russian art figure. It seems that the days when foreigners eat Russian art «economy class», were: the organizers of destroyed and installations, and sculpture, and large paintings like «Warhol in Moscow» Vladimir Dubosarsky and Alexander Vinogradov.

This is the canvas, representing the never in the USSR classic pop art against the backdrop of the Temple of Christ the Savior, should gladden the Slovaks, for whom Warhol, whose ancestors came from villages in the territory of present Slovakia - national hero Andrew Warhal. However, the entire exhibition is a set of recognizable international trend: here, and Pop Art and Minimalism, and Post-citation in the works of George Puzenkova and Igor Makarevich. But it can be assumed that the most lively reaction should cause a hall dedicated to Soviet, common to both countries in the past.

In the center of this room is occupied by a large red brick with the inscription «Made in the USSR» Rostislav Lebedev. Classic Sots Art (Boris Orlov, Leonid Sokov, Komar - Melamid, Erik Bulatov) coexists with its modern variations - embroidered bead work Olga Soldatova, grimy miners in red boxes with pictures of ballet Arsen Savadov, naked photos of Oleg Kulik, waving a red flag. The hosts responded balanced performance. At вернисаже have three girls in red mini-dresses, with lihostyu Vanessa Mae performed at power skripochkah «Hungarian Dance» Brahms. By otplyasyvayuschim beauty joined collector and Markin. It was a «piece» in his style.

Source: www.kommersant.ru