In the factory premises of «Red October» An exhibition of works of contemporary art from the collection of Larry Gagosyana

Larry Gagosyan, an influential New York gallery, brought to Moscow an exhibition of contemporary art and displays it in a factory «Red October» from 18 September to 19 October 2008. The project is called For what you are about to receive and is positioned by British and American curators as the most complete collection of the most modern Art.

Porous material Marc Newson, a sculpture of Pablo Picasso, Gerhard Richter's abstract and weightless, almost ethereal figures of Giacometti - more than seventy works of contemporary art, to travel to European capitals, arrived in Moscow.

«I want to wet a mobile shower» - this Japanese Takashi Murakami dedicated to Russia. «The work was made specifically for this exhibition, one of the most renowned artists Takashi Murakami. Gold leaf - that is, each cube individually glued to the canvas. This is a connection between two currents: the current "pop" and the full abstraction », - said the organizer of the exhibition Victoria Gelfand.

Ready-made and abstraction - these currents flow in one river, which is called contemporary art. In 1913, French artist Marcel Duchamp took first got into the hands of an object, turn it, sign, and called his creation. Since then, adherents of current ready-made claim: everything that surrounds us, can become a work of art. «This is, as they say, ready-made. This steel mesh as the notional boundary between the two forces and worlds. But this is not the only story. This is a living energy », - said the artist Aaron Young.

On the creation of works of contemporary art can take anywhere from five minutes to ten years. The material for artists, banks are aluminum, shaving or buttons. At the creation of eggs made of steel, weighing two tons, Jeff Koons has spent three years. This art object is exposed for the first time. The artist created a series of similar sculptures and called it «Gifts». To create each of them had lasted from three to eight years.

Anselm Raleigh, creating their works, not thinking about the concept. His favorite material - foil. According to the artist, it creates the effect of nedoskazannosti and temptations: «I do not think about everything beforehand. Allow themselves to get carried away and this is something to find, catch some associations, images. Abstraction allows it ».

One of the most famous European artists - Sai Tvombli. His installation - a series of paintings, random strokes of acrylic paint on wood. The idea of conceptual artist may be due to the life of a casual glance at the heap of debris under the window and turned into a large-scale installation. This is the ready-made. Everything that surrounds us, becomes an art.

Gagosian Gallery has arranged a show in Russia: it was held in Moscow Barvikha in October 2007. The project is called Insight?, It incorporated the work of artists of XX century - from Picasso to Hirst.

Source: lenta.ru , tvkultura.ru