The exhibition of contemporary sculpture in the Tretyakov gallery on the Crimean Shaft
ARTinvestment.RU   24 августа 2017

The exhibition "Five dimensions" in the Tretyakov gallery presents about 120 works from the 1970s-х years to the present day. Participate works by 50 authors

the State Tretyakov gallery
23 Aug — 8 Oct 2017
Moscow, Krimsky Val, 10, halls 80-82

for the First time in decades, the state Tretyakov gallery opens a major exhibition of contemporary sculpture. The project, organized together with the Union of Moscow sculptors, is the generalizing view of the diversity of styles and directions, which now have several generations of masters of plastic, since 1992.

Since the last major exhibition of sculpture at the Tretyakov gallery enough time has passed that there is a need for a comprehensive project comprehensive study is able to show a slice of the development of modern plastics. For a reference point, taken 1992 — date of the founding of the Association of Moscow sculptors. In addition, 1990-е years as a crucial period for art sculpture disappeared, the system of public procurement, providing masters with funds to purchase materials and tools. For artists engaged in sculpture — time-consuming art form, requiring substantial cash expenditures, fell on hard times. Nevertheless, they continued to work, and the period 1990-х gave, as in every critical time, a powerful creative impulse, the possibility of reflection and a promise for new search.

the title of the exhibition "Five dimensions" vividly reflected the desire of modern sculpture expands. The exhibition features works on the verge sculptures and "sculptures" when species boundaries are blurred. The ultimate withdrawal of the masters from the main markers of sculpture — figurative, three-dimensional, shaped certainty — makes you wonder about other principles of perception of art in the twenty-first century. The exhibition gives a glimpse into the creative laboratory of the artist and reflects the diversity of aspirations of the modern sculptures: figurative and abstract decisions, admiring nature and constructiveness of the cold world of objects, colors, shapes, material.

Presents works from the workshops of the authors and from the collection of the Tretyakov gallery. Most of the work, many of which were created specifically for the project, visitors will see for the first time. The exposition is based on the principle of contrasts and comparison, to encourage the viewer to self reflection. Oneof the Central works of the exhibition will be the work "Pushkin in the Caucasus" (2016) Vladimir Soskiev's made in a complex mixed technique. Large-scale experimental arrangement, the volume of which form the numerous different size parts made of wood and felt, like mosaics, absorbing light matte faces.

the project Participants were living eminent masters and young sculptors working in Moscow. They can be divided into several generations: born in 1930-40-х, 1950-60-х, 1970-х — early 1980-х and in the late 1980-х — 1990-х. The older generation — authors, whose art is a radical experiment in plastic: Valentina Apukhtina, L. Boguslavskiy, Andrey Krasulin, Andrew Dillendorf, Nikolai Silis. The flowering of their creativity peaked in 1970-е, when artists began to discover Western art. Work from the series "Nuggets" of Andrey Krasulin was inspired by crumpled paper, lying in a cardboard box. The sculptor is noticed in the miraculous item is nice shape and amazing plasticity, carefully preserved it intact until casting in the material. In a special way tinted and mounted, form purchased value works of art.

To the next generation belong to recognized sculptors from around the world, the largest master-монументалисты, which possess a precise visual language. It is recognizable authors with their own artistic style. Among them are those who now teaches in the best creative universities, — Alexander Rukavishnikov, Sergei milchenko, Dmitry Tugarinov. Sergey milchenko is exhibiting the work "angel-хранитель" (2014), where the metal is used in combination with wood as a powerful means of creating an image. Alexander Rukavishnikov has done graphic work especially for the exhibition, and a bronze sculpture "Girl with prichalkam" will be on display for the first time. Anatoly Komelin belonging to the same galaxy, never sought publicity, but was always interesting sculpture community from-за the maximum degree of experimentality of his work. Victor Korneev, skilfully working with the plasticity of the human body, an adherent of the usual sculptural materials, suddenly dressed his "Nude" (2017) in plastic, besides the painted piercingly-фиолетовый color.

Sculptors born in 1970-1980-х years, has emerged as the authors who found their artistic method and striving for brevity and significance. This generation is busy finding metaphorical language, which expresses General ideas, abstract concepts. Alexander Vorokhob and Ilya Gureev work with one of the main objects for sculpture— human body. In "residential area" Alexander Vorokhob looking for themes and symbols inherent in everyday life, and trying to talk about the environment and its uniformity of the language of sculpture. Andrey Molchanovsky working with optical glass. The maximum degree of departure from the traditional incarnation of the portrait genre are reflected in its "formal portrait of Madam Death" (2016), created from blocks of glass that mimic the likeness of the female bust.

the Younger generation, the recent graduates of art schools, is now experiencing a period of active experiment and committed to the visual and plastic concentrations and laconism of expression. It is people like Alexey Dmitriev, Alexander Agbunov, Vasilisa Lipatov, Mikhail Plochocki. Series M Plahotnogo "Flowers of a bygone era" represents the author's rethinking of the structures remaining from the demolished Moscow kiosks. It is a kind of recycle processing and the revival of recycled raw materials in a new, artistic way. M. Prochazkova thinking about the existing civilization, is a continuation in the works Vasilisa Lipatovoy on the civilization of the future. Made of plastic in the technique of hand 3D-печати "space Parallels" are fancy translucent volumes, soaring over the heads of spectators.

Participants: Alexander Agbunov, Maria Alexandrov, Kirill Alexandrov, Sergey Antonov, Valentina Apukhtina, Leonid Baranov, Mikhail Belyanin, Lyudmila Boguslavskaya, Mr Buinachev, Dmitry Voronin, Alexander Vorokhob, Ilya Gureev Vladimir Davydov, Mikhail Dronov, Andrey Dillendorf, Alexey Dmitriev, Valery epihin, Mr Zabotkin, Catherine Kazan, Ivan Kazansky, Olga Karelitz, Oleg Kovrigin, Anatoly Komelin, Victor Korneev, Gennady Krasnoshchekov, Andrey Krasulin, Vasilisa Lipatov, Lev Matyushin, Anatoly Makarov, Sergey milchenko, Lev Mikhailov, Andrey Molchanovsky, Elena Munts, Michael Neimark, Michael Plochocki, Alexander Rukavishnikov, Alexander Sviatov, Nikolai Silis, Alexander Smirnov-Панфилов, Vladimir soskiev, Elena Surovtsev, Dmitry Tugarinov, Georgy Frangulyan, Olga Khan, Bilar Tsarikayev, Zurab Tsereteli, Alexander Tsigal, Boris Callous, Igor Shelkovsky, Galina Shilina.

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