the annual ceremony of the national award in the field of contemporary art – ” Kandinsky Prize “- was held in the Russian capital. In the main nomination – “Project of the Year” was won by the artist Paul Pepperstein.
Members of the jury, which, inter alia, a director of Modern Art Oxford, David Thorpe and the director of the Pushkin Museum Marina mules chosen winners of a few minutes before the start of the ceremony, informs TASS. Talk without sound, in real-time broadcast on screens in the foyer of the cinema “Drummer”, where the ceremony took place.
“Project of the Year” was the exhibition Pepperstein called “Holy policy” presented to the audience in January 2014 in the gallery “Regina”. However, the artist himself was unable to attend the ceremony – a reward for getting a gallery owner Vladimir Ovcharenko. “ He was ahead of events of political and economic life of the country . This is a rare case now, when art can compete with the powerful changes in the life of the country and this is the case, when the art of winning,” – said the gallery owner. Premium amount is 40 thousand euros.
Best in category “young artist. Project of the Year” named Albert soldiers who presented the video “Balthus” of fragmented human consciousness transformed because advertising and social networks. He received the award ten thousand euros. The new category “scientific work. History and theory of contemporary art” defeated Mikhail Yampolsky with the essay “Scenic gnosis.”
The prize for the poster will be the publication of his works in Russian or English. Add that This year the organizing committee of the award received a record number of applications – 418 , – from which the jury selected nine finalists, three in each category. Their work has been exhibited at the show, which also took place in the cinema “Drummer”.
“Kandinsky Prize” – Russia’s annual national award in the field of contemporary art, founded in 2007. The award is not given for “longevity” or creative contribution. This award for the best artistic achievements of the last two years, the main criterion for choosing the winners – the extent to which a particular artist their latest works influenced the situation in contemporary Russian art. Over the years, winners of the award in the main category “Project of the Year” became Anatoly Osmolovsky Alexei Belyaev-Gintovt, Vadim Zakharov, Alexander Brodsky, Yuri Albert, AES + F group and Grisha Bruskin and Irina Nakhova.
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