The second part of the exhibition "Reconstruction" continues the main theme of the project and talk about the artistic life of Moscow from 1995 to 2000

Cultural Foundation " Ekaterina »
January 24 - March 23, 2014
Ul. Kuznetsk bridge, 21/5

Cultural Foundation "Ekaterina" , Center for Contemporary Culture "Garage" and XL Projects represent the second part of the project "Reconstruction" . Venue: The Cultural Foundation " Ekaterina" . Venue lectures in the educational program : Center of Contemporary Culture "Garage" in Gorky Park ( Krimsky Val Street , 9). Curator - Elena Selina .

first part of the project , which also included an education program and publication of the catalog , presented in September - November 2013 . The second part of the exhibition continues the main theme of the project and talk about the artistic life of Moscow from 1995 to 2000 .

founders of the Cultural Foundation " Ekaterina ", Ekaterina and Vladimir Semenikhin , talking about the first part of the project , noted that , perhaps, the first time the viewer the opportunity to see the Moscow art first half of 1990 and to ensure quality and originality searches variety of artists working in this period of time. Among the visitors were a lot of young people , for which the organizers hope that this project was another incentive to look closely at our recent past .

Anton Belov, director of the Center contemporary Culture «garage » : «... the first part of the project caused a really big interest in completely different audience - both Russian and Western , as a professional community and contemporary art lovers . <...> I am very glad that ... everyone can better evaluate and understand the events unfolding on the Russian art scene during the second half of the 90s . - Events largely determined the history of Russian contemporary art , and undoubtedly influenced our present ».

Vadim Zakharov , SERGEY ANUFRIEV From the " impasse of our time » Source: Press release the Cultural Foundation " Ekaterina »

Irina Nakhova Big red Source: press Release Cultural Foundation "Ekaterina »

exhibition curator , Elena Selina : « both parts of" Reconstruction " - one concept , which remains unchanged : we reconstruct and examine the main trends and significant projects 90s. Principle of exposure in space of the Cultural Foundation " Ekaterina " remains the same , respectively : projects are grouped by galleries because we are based on archival materials ... show three main members of the artistic process 90 - artists , galleries and authentic texts of the critics, or published in the periodical press the time, or in press releases for exhibitions . In each gallery space , in addition to the redeveloped projects and genuine artifacts , carefully preserved included video documentation . I is extremely important not to forget anyone and continue the process of reconstruction of the sign of time in the legal history of the artistic life of Moscow .

The second part is very different from the first and the change of participants ( closed "Center Yakimanka ", " gallery 1.0 " , " school "," Regina " was not working for five long years ," L gallery " lost its leading position ) , and total energy. Accordingly - and redistributed the main figures and trends artistic context . Confrontation and implicit dialogue between the school and the conceptual artists of the circle Osmolovsky - Kulick - - go " down" . Leadership role on the map of contemporary art in Moscow undertakes Gelman Gallery , and the main trends of the artistic life five years more radicalized . With some delay with respect to the context of international Moscow literally covers the " problem of corporeality " tags which appear in the works of very different artists - from classical radicals and conceptualism , to representatives neoakademicheskoy line. It is also interesting that it is the second half of the 90 already contains the seeds of forms and directions that acquire their relevance now, after almost twenty years. So " Uranium Project " (p. Shuripa , M. Ukhov P. Filippov ) shown in Aidan Gallery, has spawned a galaxy of artists actively working with the heritage of the Russian avant-garde in its new index, search for Leonid Tishkov in processed form found in the works of young authors femininizm , shimmering slightly in the second half of the 90s , incredibly updated now ."

During the exhibition, the Centre of Contemporary Culture " Garage " will present a free educational program , as well as the second volume of "Reconstruction " - a collection of unique historical and archival materials on the history of the Moscow art of the second half of the 1990s .

Source : ekaterina-fondation.ru