With the exhibition "Icon and artistic deconstruction", which was opened the night before last in the old town church of Santa Maria in Punta, the art program of this year's festival "Grad Teatar" in Budva officially began. The public institution "Grad Teatar" realized the exhibition in cooperation with the Dukley European Art Community (DEAC).
The exhibition, which is open until July 18, features the works of Ukrainian photographer and painter Arsen Savadov from the project "Underground 2000", Russian painter and art theorist Dmitry Gutov - metal sculptures "Trinity" and "Annunciation ” from the E'IK'ŌN project from 2000, as well as “Jesus Touch” by the artistic group “Elektroboutique”, which consists of Alexey Shulgin and Aristarkh Chernyshev.
Stating that it is a matter of cooperation between a public institution and the Dukley European Art Community, the president of the Council of JU "Grad Teatar" prof. Dr. Siniša Jelušić that this project was already presented in Milan and New York. Opening the exhibition, DEAC director Marat Geljman said that they are happy that it is opening in the old town church.
"For 50 years, probably more, there has been, I can say, a deep misunderstanding between artists and the church. You can often hear from spiritual persons that art and religion should not be mixed; I did a lot of projects on the topic of the connection between religion and art. An artist who addresses this topic enters into a perfect dialogue with other artists. "Simply, contemporary artists are also interested in the works of the ancients, such as Andre Rublev, Leonardo da Vinci, almost 70 percent of fine art is done on religious themes," emphasized Geljman.
According to him, in Russia until the 15th century, all art was devoted to religion.
"There was no other art. Three projects are presented here, and each of them has a specific mission," emphasized Geljman.
Arsen Savadov is a famous Ukrainian conceptual photographer and painter of Armenian origin. In the 1999s, he became known for the Deepinsider project, revolutionary at the time, consisting of a series of photographic works including "Donbass-Chocolate" and "Fashion on the Cemetery". ). As a continuation of the shocking stories through photography, in 2000, the series "Underground XNUMX" was created - a series of pictures that reproduced fragments of Đot's frescoes in the salt mines.
Dmitry G. Gutov presents a new series of his three-dimensional works in metal. This time he takes as a source ancient Russian icons.
On July 17, a panel discussion on the topic "Icon and artistic deconstruction" will be held on Poets' Square.
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