The “Manezh” at the exhibition of avant-garde Soviet massacre occurred – RBC

The exhibition “Sculptures, which we do not see” in “Manezh»

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«Orthodox” activists headed by Dmitry Tsorionovym (Enteo) ransacked the exhibition of sculptures in the arena. This was reported by RIA Novosti, the data confirms to Interfax.

This is the exhibition of the participants of artistic associations Lassie (1954-1968) Vadim Siddur, Nikolai and Vladimir Silis Lemport. The exhibition of their work, entitled “Sculptures, which we do not see” opened on Friday, August 14th.

As told RBC Head of PR and advertising CVM “Manezh” Elena Karneeva activists damaged 4 works, “some completely some part “. According to her, they met Vadim Siddur.

In a conversation with Business FM radio station Karneeva noted that visitors outraged actions of activists. “Visitors today a lot of us, who enjoy the show, and that is very popular with art Sidura understand what it was about and what the exhibition, they are very upset that they have prevented normal today to see the exhibition, and staged here this action,” – he said it.

The press service of the Moscow Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti that the place of the incident went to a number of police. “The message that’s going on the offense received. The riot police to the place left exactly what happened there, we can not yet comment. Is checked “, – told the agency. According Karneeva, outfit police thugs have brought out of the building “Manege».

As told Interfax correspondent, activists said that the exhibited sculptures offend the feelings of believers. “This blasphemous exhibition, for example, Jesus Christ is depicted in an indecent form – said Enteo. – We want this exhibition was closed to the law on the protection of religious feelings actually adhered to in the main exhibition center of the country was not such a dirty, hard mockery of Jesus Christ and of the saints ».

In this case, conversation with the radio station “Moscow speaking” Enteo noted that the activists do not damage any of the work. “The exhibits are not damaged, only one plate of” Ikea “, – he said.

Karneeva, answering questions from RBC, said that the organizers is to be assessed the damage caused rioters. She drew attention to the fact that the work belonged to the state fund and insured.

A few hours before the incident Enteo told that activists plan to eliminate the kind of “blasphemy”. Media attention! in the very center of Moscow at the exhibition terrible blasphemy, run to eliminate “- he wrote in his microblog on Twitter.

« The exhibition “Sculptures, which we do not see” – a full-scale study of the phenomenon of “basement nonconformity” that existed in parallel with the official art of the Soviet Union. Dozens of works of authorship Vadim Siddur, Leonid Berlin, Anatoly and Alexander Slepysheva Pozina of meeting CVM “Arena” are exhibited together with works of Vladimir and Nicholas Lemport Silis “- said in a press release on the website” Manezh ».

Combining Lassie was created Lemport, Siddur and Silis in 1954. Their activities continued until 1968. Works Siddur in the Soviet Union accused of formalism, in his lifetime his work was exhibited only abroad. Several models of the sculptures he installed in Germany.