ORDER‍FOR THE ARMY OF ARTS

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The Order is Delivered

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Looking at current Moscow art situation, one can see obvious difficulties, like no spiritual and financial support from neither the state nor the private business, which result in a somehow heroic existence of contemporary art. But that's not the end. Life goes on, and it might go even further on. Thus XL Gallery aims at support and stimulation of ANY fresh project, either completed or just a sketch, be it a new idea or just a new form of representation.

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Project by Anatoly Osmolovsky is the first step of a kind. "Order for the army of arts" is a witty effort of mixing performance and installation in the not so easy "inadequate" exhibition space; but first steps are usually inadequate. Should you check Osmolovsky's project through local and international art history files you might encounter some correspondence. But do you care? Art situation at some local territory is a tabula rasa at every given fraction of time. And we care for the artist who can write his message as if it were for the first time ever.

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Elena Selina

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