Olga Chernysheva
Antony Gormley
Michail Grobman
Bertrand Lavier
Atelier Van Lieshout
Vladimir Sichov
Vladimir Tarasov
Luc Tuymans
Christoph Broich
Boris Mikhailov
Thomas Joshua Cooper
Bill Fontana
Jean-Hubert Martin
Joseph Backstein
Olivier Varenne
Lola Kantor-Kazovsky
Bernard Marcade'
Maria Kravtsova
Sabine Maria Schmidt
Anna Zaytseva
Anna Chudetskaya
Olga Sviblova
Ekaterina Kondranina
Elena Yaichnikova
Nikolas Audureau
Yevgeniy Fiks
Antonio Geusa
Evgenia Vdovichenko
Karina Karaeva
Anna Matveeva
Alisa Prudnikova
Irina Chesnokova
Olga Golovanova
Tatiana Volkova
Andrey Parshikov
Yulia Lebedeva
Oksana Sarkisyan
Aleksey Pensin
Marina Zvyagintseva
Ivan Kolesnikov
Sergei Denisov
Marina Koldobskaya
Dmitry Bulatov
Aleksandra Kharitonova
Aleksandr Ponomarev
Maria Naimushuna
Yulia Tikhonova
Jyeong Y. Kim
Andrey Smirnov
Christina Steinbrecher
Maria Sigutina
Sandra Vermuyten
Aleksandra Danilova
Elena Kuprina-Lyakhovich
Ekaterina Degot
Sergey Khatchaturov
Arseny Jilyaev
Oleg Kulik
Vitalij Patzukov
Yulia Aksenova
Maria Baibakova
Kate Sutton
Olga Sviblova
Elena Tsvetaeva
Evgeny Umansky
Yulia Bardun
Marat Guelman
Constantin Bokhorov
Yulia Tikhonova
Elizabeth M. Grady
Anna Bitkina
Helena Laukkanen
Natasha Dahnberg
Anna-Karin Brus
Katarina Sundkvist Zohari
Agneta Forslund
Marina Goncharenko
Jade Awdry
Stephanie Camu
Andrey Parshikov
Antonio Geusa
Natalia Kamenetskaya
Andrey Bartenev
Stefano Pezzato
The exhibition program of the Third Moscow Biennale features the Main Project presenting 80 artists from Europe, USA, Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania, more than 39 special projects and 7 special guests shows. The total exhibition area will exceed 10,000 square meters. Biennale 2009 bears the title 'Against exclusion'. Consequently the show have not any specific artistic theme but in the name of free creation aims at a global survey. The commissioner of the Biennale is Joseph Backstein, main project curator is Jean Hubert Martin.
curated by Joseph Backstein and Jean Hubert Martin
The Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art was established in 2003 as a part of the federal program “Culture of Russia. 2001-2006”. It is one of the most important cultural events organized under the aegis of the Russian government.
The First Moscow Biennale (January 28 –February 28, 2005) generated great response both in Russia and abroad, and made serious steps towards becoming a respectable international event. The main exhibition, “Dialectics of Hope”, presented projects by 41 artists from 22 countries, the idea behind the project was in defining the 21st century visual arts movement. There was also a number of special projects introducing trends in the Russian contemporary art. The Biennale’s special projects and parallel program included over 50 exhibitions opening an unprecedented showcase of Russian actual art as well as European, American and Asian visual artists.
The Second Moscow Biennale (March 1 –April 1, 2007) proved the success of this large international show. The main project titled “FOOTNOTES on Geopolitics, Market and Amnesia” showed works of 115 artists from 20 countries. 5 exhibitions of the main project united by one theme were realized by different curators and curatorial teams. The project featured the shows organized at 40 venues including The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
The 3rd Biennale will open its doors from September 24 to October 25 at the Garage Center of Contemporary Culture. The commissioner of the Biennale is Joseph Backstein, main project curator is Jean Hubert Martin, and organizing committee lists the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow Government, State Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSIZO and Moscow Biennale Art Foundation. The exhibition program of the Third Moscow Biennale will feature the Main Project presenting 80 artists from Europe, USA, Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania, more than 39 special projects and 7 special guests shows. The total exhibition area will exceed 10,000 square meters.
Main Project
Works from a selection of artists from all over the world , including Africa and Oceania will be on display at the 2009 Biennale. Some of them may often be seen in the gallery network, but others will bring to light the intense creativity that resides outside the world of the conventional art circuit. Biennale 2009 will bear the title «Against exclusion». Consequently the show will not have any specific artistic theme but in the name of free creation will aim at a global survey. More than 80 artists from over 25 countries will participate, representing every continent.
Special guests
The Special Guest program presents personal expositions of the outstanding contemporary artists. The important figures of the modern art scene.
Olga Chernysheva, Russia
Project: Present - Past
Venue: to be specified
Antony Gormley , Great Britain
Project: Domain Field
Venue: The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture Moscow
Dates: July 16 – September 2, 2009
Project: Event Horizon
Venue and dates to be specified
Michail Grobman, Israel
Project: The Metamorphoses of Collage
Curators: Lola Kantor-Kazovsky
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 25, Petrovka str.
Bertrand Lavier, France
Project: AFTERMOON
Curators: Bernard Marcadé, Maria Kravtsova
Venue and dates to be specified
Atelier Van Lieshout, The Netherlands
Project: Slave City – Cradle to Cradle
Curators: Sabine Maria Schmidt, Anna Zaytseva
Venue: WINZAVOD, Moscow Contemporary Art Center
Vladimir Sichov, Russia
Project: РЕПОРТАЖREPORTAGE
Curator: Anna Chudetskaya
Venues: The State Tretyakov Gallery, 10, Krymsky Val, Gallery of the Foundation "Art Promotion Society"
Opening: Gallery of the Foundation "Art Promotion Society" september 21 at 4.30 pm
Vladimir Tarasov, Russia
Project: Sound Games
Curator: Olga Sviblova, Ekaterina Kondranina
Venue: MAMM - Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
Luc Tuymans, Belgium
Project: Against the Day
Venue: BAIBAKOV art projects, Red October
SPECIAL PROJECT
40 lives of one space
Curators: Elena Yaichnikova, Nikolas Audureau
Venue: Red October
American Communists in Moscow
Curator: Yevgeniy Fiks
Walking Tours
Art Digital 6: The Others
International Festival of Digital Art
Curator: Antonio Geusa
Venue: M'ARS, Centre for Contemporary Arts
Art on Site
Curators: Evgenia Vdovichenko, Karina Karaeva, Anna Matveeva, Alisa Prudnikova, Irina Chesnokova
Venue: National Centre for Contemporary Arts, NCCA
Art or Death Society of Artists
Curator: Olga Golovanova
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, MMOMA, 10, Gogolevsky blv.
Brutally Yours
Curators: Tatiana Volkova, Andrey Parshikov
Venue: to be confirmed
By Hook or by Crook
Curator: Yulia Lebedeva
Venue: PROEKT_FABRIKA
Capitalism as Religion
Curators: Oksana Sarkisyan, Aleksey Pensin
Venue: The State Central Museum for Contemporary History of Russia
Dormitory District
Curators: Marina Zvyagintseva, Ivan Kolesnikov, Sergei Denisov
Venue: Volzhskaya metro station, Krasnodonskaya str.
Drumpainting
Curators: Marina Koldobskaya
Venue: WINZAVOD, Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Atelier №2 Gallery
Evolution Haute Couture. Art and Science in the Post-Biological Age
Curator: Dmitry Bulatov
Venue: LABORATORIA Art&Science Space
Face. Image. Time
Image of Man in Art: from Modernism to Contemporary Art
Curator: Aleksandra Kharitonova
Venue: EKATERINA Cultural Foundation
Feedbacks
Curators: Aleksandr Ponomarev, Maria Naimushuna
Venue: WINZAVOD Contemporary art center
Focus on Korea
Curator: Yulia Tikhonova, Jyeong Y. Kim
Venues: M'ARS, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Tsereteli Art Gallery
Genaration Z
Curators: Andrey Smirnov, Christina Steinbrecher
Venue: Investment in Art Club
Gastarbeiters of Spirit
Curator: Maria Sigutina
Venue: PROEKT_FABRIKA
Christoph Broich: The girl who sold her soul to the Devil and won
Exhibition concept: Sandra Vermuyten
Venue: Spiridonov House
Interpreting Object in the Moscow Conceptual School.
From MANI Collection (The Moscow Archive of New Art).
Curator: Aleksandra Danilova
Co-curator: Elena Kuprina-Lyakhovich
Venue: PROEKT_FABRIKA
Kudymkor – Engine of the Future
Curators: Ekaterina Degot
Venue: WINZAVOD, Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Proun Gallery
Labors Movement
Curators: Sergey Khatchaturov, Arseny Jilyaev
Venue: PROEKT_FABRIKA
M'ARTian Fields
Venue: M'ARS, Centre for Contemporary Arts
Moscow. TSUM
Spatial Liturgy
Curator: Oleg Kulik
Venue: TSUM
Moscow Time - homage to Dmitry Prigov
Curator: Vitalij Patzukov
Venue: Rudomino State Library for Foreign Literature
New Old Cold War
Curators: Yulia Aksenova, Karolina Nowak
Venue: Red October
Not Toys
Venue: The State Tretyakov Gallery, 10, Krymsky Val
Perspective Machine
Curators: Maria Baibakova, Kate Sutton
Venue: BAIBAKOV art projects, Red October
Place. Time...
Artist: Boris Mikhailov
Curator: Olga Sviblova
Red - Red
Curators: Elena Tsvetaeva, Evgeny Umansky, Yulia Bardun
Venue: Red October
Russian Povera
Curator: Marat Guelman
Venue: Red October
Second Dialog
Curator: Constantin Bokhorov
Co-curator: Yulia Tikhonova
Venue: Tsereteli Art Gallery
Show and Tell. An Artist and His Model
Venue: Stella Art Foundation
The Situation
Curator: Elizabeth M. Grady
Venue: Gallery on Solyanka
Revolution per Minute
Curator: Anna Bitkina
Venue: Red October
Swedish Family
Curators: Helena Laukkanen, Natasha Dahnberg, Anna-Karin Brus, Katarina Sundkvist Zohari, Agneta Forslund
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, MMOMA, 25, Petrovka str.
Thomas Joshua Cooper and Bill Fontana
Curator: Marina Goncharenko, Jade Awdry, Stephanie Camu
Venue: GMG Gallery
Ultra-New Materiality
Curators: Andrey Parshikov
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, MMOMA, 17, Ermolaevsky per.
Video Notes
Curator: Antonio Geusa
Venue: Moscow International Performing Arts Center
Vulnerability
Curator: Natalia Kamenetskaya
Venue: RSUH Museum center
Wall Bars. Hand-Walker Sculpture
Curator: Andrey Bartenev
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, MMOMA, 25, Petrovka str.
Wonder World. Expecting a restless future
Curator: Stefano Pezzato
Venue: EKATERINA Cultural Foundation
Workshop of Feminine Creation.
History of Feminine Culture in the Post-Soviet Space. 1989-2009
Curators: Natalia Kamenetskaya, Oksana Sarkisyan
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, MMOMA, 25, Petrovka str.
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