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International Roundtable discussion-seminar
The First Ten Years of the 21st Century - New Language of Art?!
International roundtable discussion-seminar in the framework
of the programme dated to the Newspeak. British Art Now exhibition took
place on October 25, 2009, in the State Hermitage.
Contemporary art became an object of special interest in the exhibition
policy of the State Hermitage since 2007 when the Hermitage 20/21 project
was officially approved. In accordance with main objectives of the project
- expansion of the museum exhibition of the 20th century art and organization
of exhibitions and actions of contemporary art - a series of large-scale
exhibition programmes that aroused great public interest was successfully
organized in the Hermitage.
Famous foreign and local critics, curators and artists took part
in the First Ten Years of the 21st Century
- New Language of Art?! roundtable discussion that was organized
by the State Hermitage together with the British Consulate-General
in St Petersburg, the British Council, the London
Friends of the Hermitage and PRO ARTE Foundation.
Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky opened and moderated
the morning session. The British Consul-General Mr. William Elliott and the Director
of the British Council in Moscow Ms. Rosemary Hilhorst greeted
the speakers.
Mattew Collings, art-critic, journalist, author and host of the Turner
Prize programme, Channel 4 BBC, London; Michael Glover,
poet, art-critic at the Independent newspaper;
Sir Norman Rosenthal, curator, London; Leonid Bazhanov, Director of the National
Centre of Contemporary Art (Moscow); Alexander Borovsky (the State
Russian Museum, head of the department for contemporary
art); Elena Kolovskaya (PRO ARTE Foundation); Dmitry Ozerkov (the State
Hermitage, the head of the contemporary art sector, the head
of the Hermitage 20/21 programme); Sofia Kudryavtseva
(the State Hermitage, the head of the Youth Centre,
working group 20/21 member) made presentations. Director of BAIBAKOV
art projects (Moscow) Maria Baibakova and curator Katya Sutton gave
their own presentation.
The following topics were discussed at the roundtable discussion - exposition
of contemporary art in museums, art-centres, galleries - differences and cross-points,
its appropriateness in a traditional museum; purchasing
of contemporary art objects, searching for finance; reaction of the general
public and power-holding structures to contemporary art exhibitions.
Newness of contemporary art language became the topic of the discussion
that was held by Dmitry Ozerkov and Marina Koldobskaya (The National Centre
of Contemporary Art, St Petersburg). Leonid Bazhanov, Sir Norman Rosenthal,
Vasily Tsereteli (Executive Director of the Moscow Modern Arts Museum),
Dmitry Shagin (artist), Anton Kalgaev (St Petersburg State University),
Marina Biryukova-Lyudvigova (art-critic) as well as artists-participants
of the Newspeak. British Art Now exhibition Sigrid Holmwood and Arif Ozakca
took part in the discussion.
Within the framework of the educational programme of the Newspeak
exhibition it is planned to show British films, concert
of the British These New Puritans band, exhibition excursions,
a series of lectures Sensation! The Most Famous Exhibition
Projects of the 20th-21st Centuries Art in the Museums
of the World, Newspeak. St Petersburg Version work
contest among young artists and students of artistic higher
educational institutions.
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International Roundtable discussion-seminar
The First Ten Years of the 21st Century - New Language of Art?!
Discussion. Sigrid Holmwood, Marina Koldobskaya, Leonid
Bazhanov
Maria Baibakova, Director of BAIBAKOV art projects
(Moscow)
Alexander Borovsky (the State Russian Museum, head
of the department for contemporary art)
Mr. William Elliott, British Consul-General
Round table discussion. The First Ten Years of the 21st Century.
New Language of Art
Participants of the discussion-seminar
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