Vasily Kandinsky and the unique national award

Who is Vasily Kandinsky and why do we see his name today in the title of the largest national award in the field of contemporary art?

This man was one of the founders of abstract art in Russia, he is an inspiring example for many, as it has managed to conquer his dream.

Even in early childhood, when Vasily was just learning to draw, he could already combine a very unconventional color shades in his works. Talent, the boy was immediately apparent. In his early drawings it was seen as each color lived its own mysterious life.

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But as fate has it, that the drawing he is not professionally involved in for many years. Even became a successful lawyer, but at one point it seemed switched to a creative wave, and he decided to radically change his fate. The reason for such an extraordinary and important act was a visit to the exhibition of French Impressionists, whose paintings were brought to Moscow in 1895.

Basil was so shocked by the job Claude Monet's "haystacks" that he decided to study painting. And no he could not stop, for what all many thanks. Otherwise, we would not have seen his bright paintings.

I think that such a serious act decided not every: to resign a successful Professor in the famous Dorpat University in Tartu. That only decisive and strong-willed man, who loved painting so much that he risked his career for the good of the art.

In some places on the planet he not only worked in the US, Africa, has traveled almost the whole of Europe and everywhere organized the exhibition, art groups, exhibitions. Never sitting idle, Oh, and miss something he gave no one. Some criticized, admired the works, sometimes extravagant methods.

After all, abstract painting is not so easy to understand and accept! Vasily Kandinsky was remembered by many as his bright compositions, unusual, built on color dissonances. For example, I like his picture called "Group in crinolines".

picture V. Kandinsky "group in the crinolines"

The paintings of this painter of many puzzling, others admired, but there were those who vehemently criticized strange geometric shapes, squares, lines, and other squiggles. For example, one of them:

Kandinsky's composition

Already after Vasily Vasilyevich did not, thanks to the efforts of his wife Nina Andreevskaya (daughter of the Russian General, whom he married in 1917), in the field of contemporary art talented artists began to be awarded the annual Kandinsky prize. It is a pity that the award has only existed for 15 years (1946 to 1961).

However, in 2007, the useful and necessary initiative of the artist's wife resumed Shalva Breus (President of the international cultural Fund), and the Kandinsky prize received a new life.

Breus planned to introduce many talented authors to art and culture, to help them promote creative ideas, and we learn to evaluate modern masters of painting, to identify new names. To become a nominee everyone do not need to remember the old regalia, list past accomplishments and achievements, have value only works created within the last 2 years.

To date, the Kandinsky prize, established the cultural Foundation "ArtChronika" and is one of the largest and most independent awards in the field of art. Its first prize is equivalent to almost 2 million rubles, and the winners have the opportunity to participate in various art exhibitions both in Russia and abroad.

To get into one of the 3 nominations and test your strength in obtaining this unique award, you only need to write about yourself to the organizing Committee (during this time, about 4,000 applications were submitted from all over Russia). After that, your application will be considered, and if all experts vote for it, the so-called long list (long list of candidates).

awards laureates

And here is the short list for the Kandinsky prize has already formed the second stage of the competition. The winners are selected according to each category. When a brief lists of candidates be submitted for consideration to a professional jury, they choose winners in each category (out of 9 offered — three).

The first award ceremony-after such a long break was held on December 4, 2007 (on Vasily Kandinsky's birthday). Then the winners were:

• Anatoly Osmolovsky who conquered all Commission quite unusual "Products" of esthetic militarism.
• Vladlena Gromova (author of video work "Portrait" about the person "without the I").
• Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe (was awarded for participation in restoration version of beloved by many movies "Volga — Volga").

Before the announcement of the results when summarizing the results, the activities of the international jury is filmed so that all viewers can see and hear each replica of the strict judges.

In 2013, Irina Nakhova was awarded ** * for her untitled project. This work consisted of 3 parts: this three-channel video, and black and white print on canvas "Skater", and the picture, past which you certainly will not pass, probably this is what the artist wanted. The object is called "management". Of course, the whole project requires careful study, it has a lot of different photographic materials, and to consider them need not only time but also desire. I was struck by the last part of it, look at you.

one of the parts of the project I. Nakhova called "steering sastav"

Irina's entire project is based on personal photographs, documentary materials from the archives of her family: all kinds of certificates, certificates and other documents. A lot of pictures taken at the beginning of the last century, and in General, all the materials covered the century from 1920 to the present day.

By the way, Irina became the first woman, an artist, in whose hands gave the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and she coped with this task. Its "Green pavilion" excited many art critics.

And in 2014 in the nomination "Project of the year" Pavel Pepperstein **for "Holy politics"won the prize in the stubborn struggle. In his work was collected a very large collection of paintings and graphic drawings, the heroes of which were all kinds of characters myths, our favorite fairy tales and even cartoons.

This is a combination of not combined — a kind of oxymoron in painting, which is considered and surprised by the imagination of the master, who created all this, but, however, judge for yourself.

Paul's drawings

Many people of creativity: artists, writers, poets, today, and for 11 years, have a unique opportunity to declare themselves completely independently, without sponsorship and any clout, mediation of museums, art galleries, unions of artists and other creative associations.

Nowadays Kandinsky prize aims to develop art in all its manifestations, and its main goal is still to identify new projects, talented authors, photographers, artists, and the involvement of connoisseurs of beauty in the cultural life of the country.

In 2016, the 10th anniversary ceremony of awarding the winners was presented with 3 categories to be awarded.

• project of year
• young artist (up to 35 years old)
• award in the field of scientific works and publications (previously, this place was a media art project).

During the 10th award ceremony 3 authors deservedly received the award.

• Andrey Kuzkin (struck the jury with an amazing spotlight " the Right to life»)
• Taus Makhacheva (which its quite hard work, in the literal sense of the word, brought on the fragile shoulders of women, of course, the jury won anything but that, and innovation).

as an artist from Dagestan carried out its work on konkurs

• Victor Misiano (submitted for consideration a publication entitled "Vinogradov and Dubosarsky»)

Last year, the award ceremony was traditionally held in Moscow in the Udarnik cinema(by the way, this is the last time the premises have been rented out, and this year the award ceremony will be held in the new building).

In December 2017, the nominees presented a lot of interesting and unique installations, there were various video platforms, entire utopian Islands, compositions, even the original bus stop.

So, as art objects by young artists from Krasnodar (Eldar Ganeev, brothers Stepan and Vasily Subbotin, Evgeny Rimkevich) brought even pictures of crosswalks, walking Dolphin and much of what attracted the attention of the curious public.

the same transition, but already in the installation

Was among the nominations and an amazing architecture, very unusual and mysterious: for example, the hall with some smelling tanks with an indescribable strange smells, everyone can go to any of them and sniff )) try to recognize a particular smell.

But could meet with the Dolphin at the bus stop! Have you ever seen a whale walking the streets or a fish? Here you can meet and such! Even a spooky pool with people who moved slowly in the dark — just shocked. That video Sasha Pirogova, I will remember for a long time.

scene of the video

Sasha is a graduate of the Moscow school of photography and multimedia, and her video documentation of the performance, in which the actors interacted with the microphone and eventually lost power over it, impressed many viewers who are here.

And the microphones started "singing people" — you need to see! This is a very expressive and subtle metaphor. Last year, Pirogova's new project was presented at the popular Biennale in Venice in the Russian pavilion, which I have already talked about before.

In General, to properly understand a particular idea of the artist you need to love art. Feel the artistic world of the author, to think, to dream and to see as much as he thinks. Some work to understand it was quite difficult here, like this.

the installation is called "the bus Stop "DK ZIP»

Guests and participants, who appeared at the award ceremony, could plunge into the world of artists ' fantasies, appreciate their author's idea, ideas, concepts, torments of creativity. Who of the participants got the award?

The 11 winners of the Kandinsky prize have become:

Group art-artists from Krasnodar under the intricate name "ZIP" (the boys in 2009, just created this group, and today became the winners of the Kandinsky prize) presented his amazing work "the bus Stop "DK ZIP". (this abbreviation of Krasnodar Plant of Measuring Devices in which their first creative workshop settled down).

group " ZIP " and Shalva Breus

In the category " Young artist. The project of the year " jury won the 31-year-old Sasha Pirogova (MONO). Its video you need to watch, I never would have thought that a simple microphone can be used so uniquely and creatively ))

In the category "Scientific work. History and theory of modern art" distinguished Alexander Borovsky (famous author, columnist and critic) his book I advise you to read, time will not pass in vain, learn a lot about Zeuksis and other historical figures.

Kandinsky prize helped many talented authors to tell about themselves, their work, vision of the World, new technologies and achievements. Revealed unknown names, bright and memorable works of art, painting, science, art, literature.

Today, this award is on a par with the most prestigious awards. This award Turner (UK), and Marcel Duchamp (France). It is considered a very important national award and recognition in the field of contemporary art. I hope that this year the winners and nominees will also please us with their author's achievements and victories.