Garage Museum of Contemporary Art present: GRAMMAR OF FREEDOM / 5 LESSONS WORKS FROM ARTEAST 2000+ COLLECTION, MODERNA GALERIJA

February 6 - April 19, 2015
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Curated by Zdenka Badovinac, Snejana Krasteva, and Bojana Piškur

Featured artists: Marina Abramović, Yury Albert, Nika Autor (in collaboration with Marko Bratina, Ciril Oberstar, and Jurij Meden (Obzorniška Fronta/Newsreel Front)), Yury Avvakumov, Jože Barši, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Geta Brătescu, Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurtz, Olga Chernysheva, Chto Delat, Lana Čmajčanin, Vuk Ćosić (in collaboration with Alexey Shulgin and Andreas Broeckmann), Goran Đorđević, Nuša and Srečo Dragan, Vadim Fishkin, György Galántai, Gorgona, Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, Marina Gržinić and Aina Šmid, Dmitry Gutov, Jusuf Hadžifejzović, Tibor Hajas, Ibro Hasanović, IRWIN, Sanja Iveković, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Alexander Kosolapov, Jarosław Kozłowski, Katarzyna Kozyra, Oleg Kulik, Zofia Kulik, Andreja Kulunčić (in collaboration with Ibrahim Ćurić, Said Mujić, and Osman Pezić), Vladimir Kupriyanov, KwieKulik, Laibach, Yury Leiderman, Kazimir Malevič, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, Jan Mlčoch, Andrey Monastyrsky, Ivan Moudov, Via Negativa, Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK), Timur Novikov, OHO, Anatoly Osmolovsky, Marko Pejhan, Dan Perjovschi, Tadej Pogačar, Darinka Pop-Mitić, Zoran Popović, Dmitry Prigov, Franc Purg (in collaboration with Sara Heitlinger), Guia Rigvava, Józef Robakowski, Alexander Roitburd, Mykola Rydny, Arsen Savadov, Kalin Serapionov, Nebojša Šerić-Šoba, Nedko Solakov, SOSka, Ilija Šoškić, Petr Štembera, Mladen Stilinović, Krassimir Terziev, Raša Todosijević, Slaven Tolj, Milica Tomić, Goran Trbuljak, Josip Vaništa, Sašo Vrabič, Vadim Zakharov, Dragan Živadinov with Dunja Zupančič and Miha Turšič, and Konstantin Zvezdochetov.

Grammar of Freedom / 5 Lessons, developed in close collaboration with Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana. The exhibition features more than 60 artists and art collectives, with works ranging from the 1960s to the present.

The Arteast 2000+ Collection was the first museum initiative to focus on the work of Eastern European postwar avant-garde artists in a broader international context. Since it was established in 2000, the Collection has developed a reputation for providing an extensive overview of art from the region. Perhaps most importantly, it also offers insight into common sociopolitical concerns shared by artists from former socialist countries, charting how these have evolved from the postwar period of the 1960s, through the time of transition in the 1990s, to the current context of global neoliberal capitalism.

As the title suggests, Grammar of Freedom / 5 Lessons focuses on the identification of a common struggle for artistic and individual liberties in former socialist countries, and asks, for the first time, how these resonate today in our post-socialist reality. Featuring more than 60 artists and art collectives with works ranging from the 1960s to the present, the show is organized around five open-ended "lessons," wherein a grammar for strategies used in search of freedom is developed. Highlighting art?s potential in making individual voices heard, the works reveal dynamic approaches to confronting or overcoming ideology and conflicts, from the wars on the Balkans in the 1990s to the most recent clashes in Ukraine.

Grammar of Freedom / 5 Lessons is the second iteration in a series of exhibitions at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art that widely explore the practice of art collecting across the globe.

GARAGE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a place for people, art, and ideas to create history. Through an extensive program of exhibitions, events, education, research, and publishing, the institution reflects on current developments in Russian and international culture, creating opportunities for public dialogue, as well as the production of new work and ideas in Moscow. At the center of all these activities is the Museum?s collection, which is the first archive in the country related to the development of Russian contemporary art from the 1950s through the present.

Garage Exhibitions spark engagement with art and culture while exploring issues of local and global relevance; Garage Education draws audiences of all ages through pioneering programs for both families and professionals; Garage Publishing makes major cultural texts available in Russian for the first time and innovates new publications related to Garage Archive, Exhibitions, and other activities; Garage Field Research invites practitioners to develop fresh perspectives on Russian art and culture; Garage Grants program supports young Russian artists and spearheads a range of activities that incorporate Russian artists into the global art community - all of which contribute to the Museum's role as a multifaceted hub for arts and culture.

Founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova, the institution is currently based in a temporary pavilion in Gorky Park created specifically for Garage by architect Shigeru Ban. In 2015, the Museum will move to its first permanent home - a groundbreaking renovation of the famous 1960s Vremena Goda (Seasons of the Year) pavilion in Gorky Park - designed by Rem Koolhaas.

Garage is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation.
www.garageccc.com

Media responses:

TV:

http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/127524

http://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/19725/episode_id/1170184/video_id/1132180

http://www.otr-online.ru/news/v-moskve-prohodit-40342.html

Radio:

http://www.bfm.ru/news/285485

Web:

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2661476

http://www.vedomosti.ru/lifestyle/news/39108271/svoboda-proshedshego-vremeni

http://www.euromag.ru/lifestyle/41151.html