Artem Stefanov
FALL
Moscow, 2014
The exhibition project «StreetARCH» devoted to the history of the development of monumental art in Moscow investigates the major historical styles by works of art passing the whole life directly in the urban space: among the streets, houses, squares, and parks.
The center of the exposition will constitute a retrospective review of monumental objects created by distinguished artists from the 1950s to the 1990s. The most vivid paintings, mosaics and sculptures of the Soviet period, had already become the face of Moscow and well-known among citizens, curious and tragic stages of their realization and transformation illustrate not only the main artistic tendencies of the XX-XXI centuries, but also the course of history. Models, sketches of the unique mosaic compositions of movie theatre «October» and Moscow Palace of pioneers, sculptures on the front of the Russian Academy of Science adjoin with photos, details and descriptions of the lost (including the context of a mighty government campaign against "architectural extravagances") compositions, like, for example, bas-reliefs of Moscow House of communications. The exposition doesn’t avoid also asserted, but outstanding for whatever reason wide-ranging projects of the Soviet period, including conceived as a dominant of Taganskaya square – «Pulsar» on the roof of The Taganka Theatre.
Special attention is given to the forgotten history of the soviet monumental propaganda and promotion of achievements of socialism. Banners and posters from the 1950–1960s from the collection of the Museum of History of Moscow, leveling unattractive and decrepit buildings, represent an example of a professional individual approach to upgrading urban space – somewhat that nowadays, half a century later, once again attract the attention of municipal structures.
The contemporary section of the exhibition is devoted especially to street art – a kind of art, which has arisen as an independent and opposing movement and subsequently has become an integral part of actual culture. Public-art-sculptures, installations, and graffiti of famous Russian and foreign artists introduce to a wide audience two general tendencies of development of street art today: festival projects, when the conception thoroughly conforms and sketches pass through numerous stages of approval by urban authorities, and original compositions, implemented on independent exhibition platforms. Many works are accompanied by projections of the surrounding environment, forming a dialogue between reality and the possibility of transformation under the influence of the new forms of monumental art.
The exhibition «StreetARCH» is a kind of research of past and present conditions in urban development, contemporary currents, and tendencies in art and architecture. The project will become a platform for discussion of the problems of the co-existence of contemporary art and architecture, and also opportunities for cooperation of street artists, architects and urban authorities.
The center of the exposition will constitute a retrospective review of monumental objects created by distinguished artists from the 1950s to the 1990s. The most vivid paintings, mosaics and sculptures of the Soviet period, had already become the face of Moscow and well-known among citizens, curious and tragic stages of their realization and transformation illustrate not only the main artistic tendencies of the XX-XXI centuries, but also the course of history. Models, sketches of the unique mosaic compositions of movie theatre «October» and Moscow Palace of pioneers, sculptures on the front of the Russian Academy of Science adjoin with photos, details and descriptions of the lost (including the context of a mighty government campaign against "architectural extravagances") compositions, like, for example, bas-reliefs of Moscow House of communications. The exposition doesn’t avoid also asserted, but outstanding for whatever reason wide-ranging projects of the Soviet period, including conceived as a dominant of Taganskaya square – «Pulsar» on the roof of The Taganka Theatre.
Special attention is given to the forgotten history of the soviet monumental propaganda and promotion of achievements of socialism. Banners and posters from the 1950–1960s from the collection of the Museum of History of Moscow, leveling unattractive and decrepit buildings, represent an example of a professional individual approach to upgrading urban space – somewhat that nowadays, half a century later, once again attract the attention of municipal structures.
The contemporary section of the exhibition is devoted especially to street art – a kind of art, which has arisen as an independent and opposing movement and subsequently has become an integral part of actual culture. Public-art-sculptures, installations, and graffiti of famous Russian and foreign artists introduce to a wide audience two general tendencies of development of street art today: festival projects, when the conception thoroughly conforms and sketches pass through numerous stages of approval by urban authorities, and original compositions, implemented on independent exhibition platforms. Many works are accompanied by projections of the surrounding environment, forming a dialogue between reality and the possibility of transformation under the influence of the new forms of monumental art.
The exhibition «StreetARCH» is a kind of research of past and present conditions in urban development, contemporary currents, and tendencies in art and architecture. The project will become a platform for discussion of the problems of the co-existence of contemporary art and architecture, and also opportunities for cooperation of street artists, architects and urban authorities.
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Curated: Dmitry Alekseyev, Andrey Tseluiko
Collaboration with Zukclub
Shchusev Museum of Architecture
Moscow, 2014
Curated: Dmitry Alekseyev, Andrey Tseluiko
Collaboration with Zukclub
Shchusev Museum of Architecture
Moscow, 2014