ARTMargins

Contemporary art across the evolving global peripheries

Monthly Archive: January 2005

ARTMargins Online: Exhibition Reviews

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 by Marko Stamenkovic (Belgrade) ·

MICROPOL

MICROPOL, 1-13 November 2004, SKC Gallery, Belgrade

The system of art stands for a network of diverse instances taking constitutive part in the definition, formation, and production of meaning and knowledge in contemporary art. All these instances represent and relate to different institutions and institutional parameters as much as to the institutionalized roles and responsibilities in the professional field of contemporary art.

It should be made clear at the very beginning that the reference towards Contemporary Art in general is here principally bound by the idea of the System of Art, conceived of the Institution of Art, its broadest … Read more

ARTMargins Online: Exhibition Reviews

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 by Elena Sorokina (New York) ·

The Moscow State Biennial

The first Moscow Biennial opens on January 28th, 2005. The issues that this exhibition tackles are characteristic of any major international exhibition of such grand scale, and include breaking with the isolation of the local art scene, reconnecting it to a larger art world, promoting discussions, inspiring dialogues, and educating the public.

But legitimization is perhaps the most critical issue any new biennial faces, and it is interesting to analyze it with regard to the upcoming Moscow exhibition: What is being legitimized there and what is the process through which this legitimization occurs?

Although the Moscow Biennial has not yet … Read more