A traveling exhibition of contemporary Russian art «The future depends on you. The new rules », organized with support of« MegaFon », after Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk and opened in Novosibirsk. The exhibition launched very extravagant way - in the hall of the airport. In the flight of the art went IRINA Kommersant-KULYK.

exhibition at the Novosibirsk airport Tolmachevo emerged as the intersection of two innovative projects: the idea collector Pierre Brooches roll stars exhibit of Russian art scene 1990-2000-ies to the major cities and airports the new concept being developed by the company «Novaport», incoming holding AEON Corporation. Its president Roman Trotsenko apparently indifferent to the work of contemporary artists - he is the founder of the Moscow Center of Contemporary Art «Winery». At the very fact that the airport exhibited works very esoteric representative of the Moscow conceptualism Andrew Monastyrsky , thoughtful antikapitalista Dmitry Gutov and founder of «psychedelic realism» Paul Peppershteyna , there are some inspires madness. «See depart and Peppershteyna» - Similar titles directly at the press conference wrote to future articles, local journalists. However, the exhibition was provided by a much more ordinary than the situation.

Not too many of the closely placed in white boxes, suspiciously reminiscent of those kiosks in airports, which typically occupy retail outlets, airline offices and the like. However, the selection of works that have managed to squeeze in those stands, and even gives a few superficial, but, in general, adequate understanding of what happened in the current Russian art in the last fifteen years. Yes, and selected works, as far as possible understandable.

Any traveler to easily understand that they wanted to say, for example, «Blue Noses» - Alexander Shaburov and Victor Mizin, photographed by threatening men with pitchforks in the background showcases glamor and signed photograph «offer props to the revolution». Equally simple look of the Dubosarsky Vladimir Vinogradov and Alexander - deliberately fussy paintings with an advertising type of girls in the background shishkinskih bears. Is difficult to underestimate the skill reincarnation Vladislava Mamysheva-Monroe , presented by including one of his best video - remakes dating scene in the cafe from «The Seventeen Moments of Spring», which played a masterly painter and Stirlitz, and his wife.

In fact Exhibition «The future depends on you» - not just a set of hit, but an attempt to explain the «simple words» the key issues of contemporary art. In the catalog, as in previous exhibitions, works are linked by themes: «idea», and «revolution», «Parody» and «Neoklassika», «body», «Sociality», «Psychedelia» and have detailed explication. In the context of airport space for the labels do not have, and blurred the boundaries between sections, rather, found its conventionality. Same Monroe, together with Oleg Kulik has been assigned to the section «body», but it is able to enter and «parody», but the recorded in «neoklassiki» Group AES could be in the section «Sociality»: in the Novosibirsk airport brought their famous Photo - Statue of Liberty veiled . But who will understand the nuances of art at the airport - and the plane could be late.

CEO «Novaport» ALEXEY Vasilchenko told the Kommersant-IRINA KULYK why airports need to contemporary art.

- How did the idea to do an exhibition at the airport?

- Our company long ago hatched the idea of making the airport is not just a transport hub, but also a cultural center. Even before the project «The future depends on you» we gave in Tolmachevo photo exhibition on extreme sports. Many major airports in the world - in Los Angeles, San Francisco, London Heathrow - you're sure to see many works of art that are part of the concept of airports. The concept is to give passengers the possibility of an interesting way to spend the time they are forced to cheat in anticipation of flight, and escape from stress, one way or another connected with the trip. Not all at the duty free roam so snack sandwich ...

- And how this concept will be further developed?

- We plan not only to hold temporary exhibitions, but also to organize a permanent exhibition, which will include both paintings and works of monumental art. The new airport, built in Novosibirsk, provided for even the exhibition space. And it does not feature just one Tolmachevo is part of our concept. Exhibitions are provided in all six regional airports in the network «Novaport».

- What will be presented in this permanent exhibit?

- Most likely, it will be a contemporary Russian art. We expect that the events and the exhibition will attract lovers of art, not interested in aviation.

- In our society, contemporary art often causes nervous reactions. Do not you afraid?

- selection of the collection will be engaged in professional curators, who will be able to take into account the possibility of negative reactions to particular epatazhnye works. I do not think that this kind of art to show at the airports. People waiting to flight, it is necessary to enable the stress and to look to the positive, rather than turn them into этаких hedgehogs, all the forces trying to alienate himself seen.

Source: kommersant.ru