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Summing up Newspeak. St Petersburg Version Contest Results From October 24, 2009, till January 17, 2010, Newspeak. British Art
Now exhibition was taking place in the Winter Palace. The exhibition
was organized by the State Hermitage together with the Saatchi Gallery,
London, within the framework of the Hermitage 20/21 project, a Approximately 50 works by young British artists, most of whom are not known to the world artistic circles, were presented at the exhibition. A vast educational programme that was held by the Youth Centre of the State Hermitage was prepared for the exhibition and included a creative contest among St Petersburg youth at the age from 20 to 35 (students and graduates of artistic institutes of higher education of the city). An alternative contest - Newspeak. St Petersburg Version - was organized and held within the framework of this programme. Photographic, pictorial and graphic works as well as installations in the form of models and sketches were presented for the contest. The name of the contest winner was solemnly announced at the State Hermitage on January 17, 2010. The 5th year student of the St Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry named after Alexander Shtiglitz, Tatiana Akhmetgalieva, who presented Thread Running All Through textile canvas, incarnating the image of the revolting crowd, became the winner. Among finalists of the contest the jury also made special mention of artistic work by Denis Ichitovkin and installation by the 5th year student of the St Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy Dmitry Petukhov. The youngest participant - the student of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after Alexander Gertzen, Vladimir Khaetsky, - was awarded the honourable mention prize for his Cadaver work. |
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