Russian avant-garde in Vanabbe: Memory of the past future projects
by Slava on Mar.15, 2010, under 6 future congeries
Last weekend I spent in Vanabbe museum, not as a visitor, though, but participating in the symposium on Russian avant-garde. Why in this museum? Why now? Vanabbe historically has a large collection of the Russian modern art, and at this very moment there is a large exposition of the works by El Lissitzky, a prominent Russian artist and designer, on display, so the time x place combo for such a conference can not be better.
The conference, opened by Charles Esche, current head of the museum, gathered a lot of interesting speakers, who presented their slides and speeches over two days, and yet it was a relatively homey event, with a lot of space for debates and discussions. The topics were very diverse, ranging from a pure art criticism, with their endless discussions of the “Tru Meaning of The Black Square”, to a very contemporary and provocative artistic and curatorial projects. I enjoyed many of the talks, and for different reasons. Instead of doing a quick overview of all, I would rather write a separate pieces on the presentations I liked.
