PAINTING MUSEUM: ARTCHRONIC – LEONID BAZHANOV

YARAT Contemporary Art Space presents “Art processes of 60s-80s in the USSR: A Talk about the Exhibition” from the Russian art critic, art historian, curator, and specialist in contemporary art of the second half of the 20th – early 21st century, Leonid Bazhanov.

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Event is a part of the “Art Chronic” – a series of meetings with leading international art critics, timed to the exhibition “Labour, Leisure and Dreams: 1960-1980s through the eyes of Azerbaijani masters”.

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Meeting within the framework of the “Art chronicle” educational project, with one of the leading Russian art historians - Leonid Bazhanov will be held on November 1, 2018. The Russian expert will talk about the formation of the Russian underground culture of the 60s-80s, new influences and moving away from social realism. Another feature that distinguishes Soviet art of the 60s and 80s is the flourishing of national painting schools, each of which has its own distinctive foundation.

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Leonid Bazhanov studied painting in the studio of Boris Birger. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1973, with a degree in history of art. Bazhanov is the author of numerous articles, curator of many art exhibitions in Russia and abroad. He also curated Russian national projects at international biennials and triennials in Venice, Sao Paulo, Istanbul, Cairo and New Delhi.

Bazhanov is an author and director of short films. Founder and creative director of creative association "The Hermitage" (Moscow, 1986), Centre of contemporary art (Moscow, 1990), National centre for contemporary art (Russia, 1992), “New art” charity foundation (Moscow, 2002).

Since 2017, Leonid Bazhanov is the academic director of "Contemporary Art" program and professor of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

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The event will be held in Russian

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Date: November 1, 2018

Time: 19:00

Venue: Painting Museum (Bayil District) 

Admission is free