Exhibition "Evgeny Semenov. Angry birds arrived"

An exhibition of works by Evgeny Semenov, a representative of the Moscow conceptual school, opens in the Nagornaya gallery of the Exhibition Halls of Moscow Association. The exposition demonstrates the modern visual language of the synthesis of world art culture and actual animation.

Yevgeny Semenov’s creativity is characterized by works that always bear the traits of personal mythology. The story of Angry Birds presented at the exhibition is not just a game, it is a whole story with its own system of meanings and meanings, with a large number of characters and a special hierarchy. To reveal this symbolically symbolic story and immerse the viewer in the new mythology of modern mass culture and iconography, the artist uses visual as a text. Visitors will be able to see 24 widescreen paintings.

During the exhibition, there will be lectures, master classes, creative discussions that will not only reveal the artist’s philosophy of creativity, but also understand the principles of the Moscow conceptual school in art.

Event program of the exhibition:

April 14, 21, 28 (17. 00-19. 00) and April 16, 23, 30 (13. 00-15. 00) “SKETCHES” MASTER CLASS ON SKETCH (6+)

Outline is a quick or short drawing, in the technique of which it is convenient and easy to develop your own style, style, learn to see the mood and character of people and objects. In the classroom, in addition to the practical part, you can learn about such unique phenomena in Russian culture as Moscow conceptualism and social art.

April 21, 19.00 “BLACK SQUARE”. “CINEMA FRIDAY”. CINEMA AND DISCUSSION (12+)

The film “Black Square” tells about the underground life of unofficial art and artists during the Khrushchev thaw, including Ilya Kabakov, Eric Bulatov, Anatoly Zverev, Vadim Sidur, Vladimir Yakovlev - all of them have already become classics of contemporary Russian art (director Joseph Pasternak, script writer Olga Sviblova, USSR, 1988, 56 min.)

The film screening will be conducted by Georgy Dzhordzhadze, film critic / writer / film expert at the service of the House of Cinema, author of the cycle "cinema - a game of mind and feeling." He took part in the All-Russian Forum "Tauris" (in the change of cinematographers) and at a meeting of the section "The Image of Man in Modern Cinema"; 11th Scientific and Practical Conference "Student Science"

April 23, 30 (11.30-13.00) MASTER CLASS. ARTIST - TO CHILDREN. ANGRY BIRDS: DRAW YOUR HISTORY (3+)

Young artists will be able to draw their favorite characters, come up with their own story about them, get acquainted with the basics of art techniques in an interesting playful way.

About the artist: Evgeny Semenov (b. 1960, Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Region) is a prominent representative of the Moscow conceptual school, a follower of the discourse begun by “Moscow romantic conceptualism” in the late 60s. In 1978, he graduated from Moscow Art School, then studied at the directing department of VGIK. His first works appear in the early 80s, and exhibition activity begins in 1988, when he works in collaboration with Mikhail Jute, first in Moscow, then in New York. Since 2001 he began to engage in collecting activities. In his collection are various versions of contemporary and antique art. In 2010, the Living Mathematics project was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize. He often works with the so-called “low”: famous “painting standards”, book illustrations, and toys that have moved into kitsch space. In his work he combines conceptualism with figurative painting. The works are included in museum collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Center for Contemporary Art. In the context of "contemporary art" the name of Evgeny Semenov is associated with what is called "psychedelic realism."