“Make Way for Style” – Art of Nabis, Symbolism, Fauvism
Elegance of a “make way for style” approach of the art of Les Nabis, Symbolism, Fauvism from the recent off-line exhibitions in museums of Lausanne is not of an empty “Sunday art’s” type. Movements of the turn of the 19th century, oeuvres of O. Redon, M. Denis, C. Monet, P. Signac, H. Matisse, P. Bonnard […]
ARTODOXIA
“And yet, throughout the history of art, how few were those who found themselves capable of timeliness (and, therefore, of lastingness)! Such a list would have contained only a few names. And all the other would-be applicants – they are just a prey for the waters of Lethe into which they would slip off and […]
Universal Dostoyevsky
Jean – Philippe Jaccard, professor, writer, Head of the Department of Russian Literature at the University of Geneva talks to Artdecision’s Irina Vernichenko about Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Irina : Max Ernst’s painting “Friends Reunion”, 1922 from the Ludwig museum is a portrait of a group of artists- surrealist and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Why do you think Dostoyevsky was portrayed on […]
Erik Bulatov
Pierre-Henri Jaccaud, Director of “Skopia” Gallery, Geneva contributed this article to «Art&Signatures» contemporary art magazine. BULATOV AND THE SWISS PUBLIC “How is Erik Bulatov’s art perceived by the Swiss public? It is really difficult to answer this question. Switzerland is made up of at least four different cultures linked to each of the national languages, multiplied by all […]
Review of the 15th Lyon Biennale
Subjectivity still holds value today and the response of the spectator is a part of contemporary art. The expositions of Biennale de Lyon (09.2019- 01.2020) were seen by over 300,000 visitors and 104 000 Instagram followers. Art emerges when it meets its recipient, in accordance with the ideas of « receptive criticism ». However, « immanent aesthetics » portrays art as […]
“The truth in painting is signed Cezanne”
Jacques Derrida started deconstruction of art theory in his “La Verita en Peinture” (1978) by saying: “The truth in painting is signed Cezanne…The truth in painting was always something owed. Cezanne promised to pay up: “I owe you the truth in painting and I will tell it to you” (letter to Bernard, 1905)”. However, there […]
Kazimir Malevich at “Rouge” exhibition at Grand Palais, Paris
Art decision’s Irina Vernichenko offers an interpretation of Kazimir Malevich’s paintings from Tretyakov Gallery expert Irina Vakar. I have spoken to Irina Vakar; an art historian, writer, curator, and senior researcher amidst the crowded exhibition halls of the New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow: Irina Vernichenko, «Art&Signatures»: The curators of the “Rouge” exhibition at Grand Palais, Paris (May- July 2019) have […]
Serpentine Pavilion 2019, «Flirting with the Future»
ArtDecison’s Irina Vernichenko and Xenia Vytuleva-Herz, art and architecture historian at the ETH, Zurich discuss temporary pavilions and unorthodox practices that are used in this “architecture with an expiry date”. EXPIRY DATE Irina Vernichenko: Sustainability is the backbone of great design. Why are pavilions examples of great architecture? Xenia Vytuleva-Herz: It is exactly this typology of temporary, ephemeral building, […]
Alistair Hicks about Art Basel 2019
Alistair Hicks is a writer and art curator, he was Senior Curator at Deutsche Bank for 20 years. Artdecision’s Irina Vernichenko offers an interview with Alistair Hicks about Art Basel art fair. Irina Vernichenko: What is the role of art fairs today? Alistair Hicks: The position of art fairs has changed massively since Art Basel started. […]
POLYGONS & BUTTERFLIES Pavilion Architecture as Testing Ground
Pavilion: from Latin papilio – “tent”, “butterfly”. “Should I say that you’re dead? You touched so briefly a fragment of time…”Joseph Brodsky “The Butterfly” INTRODUCTION In our practice of KOSMOS architects, pavilions and temporary architecture play an important role. These temporary structures are usually built with tight constraints and big aspirations. We believe that they serve […]
