Video: Exhibition "Mimicry" - imitation of classical art monuments
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V Pushkin Museum (Moscow) an exhibition of sculptures by a Belgian artist called "Mimicry" … The works of this author involve the viewer in an entertaining game, the purpose of which is to find compositions that imitate classical monuments of art.
Exhibition author, neoconceptualist Wim Delvoye won worldwide fame for his pseudo-Gothic sculptures made of carved steel, marble and other modern materials. More than twenty of his works are now presented in the exhibition halls of the Pushkin Museum.
The purpose of the exhibition: to show the interaction of classical and contemporary art. The ironing boards turned into medieval heraldic banners, and the cooler canister became a figured vase. The exposition also includes his earlier works: metal gothic trucks. The author himself admits that the more ordinary the object, the more bizarre it will look in an ornate openwork performance.
In addition, the Belgian artist turns to the art of the past centuries. The sculptures of medieval masters in the vision of the Belgian artist are also very original. Pieta "Lamentation of Christ" by Michelangelo in Delvoye's reading is twisted in a spiral around its axis, but at the same time it looks very organic.
The exhibition "Mimicry" will run at the Pushkin Museum from June 26 to September 7, 2014. Historical museums often organize exhibitions of contemporary artists to attract visitors not only to eccentric exhibitions, but also to draw attention to works of classical art. Glass master Dale Patrick Chihuly presented his glass-blowing works in the Parisian Louvre.
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