Andrey Erofeev Biography

Do you want to see only good news? Return to ordinary tape? Lentapedia Erofeev, Andrei Art critic, curator of the exhibition "Forbidden art-" Art critic, former head of the department of the latest trends of the State Tretyakov Gallery, earlier-the head of the sector of the latest trends in the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, which gathered a large collection of modern Russian-Soviet art, transferred to the HTG in the year.

In May, the curator of the exhibition “Forbidden Art -” became a defendant in a criminal case, in which in May he was accused of initiating racial, national and religious enmity. In July, he was found guilty and sentenced to a monetary fine. Andrei Vladimirovich Erofeev was born on June 25 in Paris in the family of a Soviet diplomat [38], [30], [37]. In addition to him, another son, Victor of the Year of birth, was brought up in the family, in the future - a famous writer, laureate of the literary prize named after Vladimir Nabokov [38].

In the year, Erofeev graduated from the History Faculty of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, a department of history of art [37]. In the year, he defended his thesis on the topic "Art Association" World "and Russian culture of the early twentieth century" [30].

In the year, Erofeev headed the sector of the latest trends at the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve. According to Radio Culture, during his work in the Museum-Reserve, he collected a collection of modern Russian-Soviet art in the amount of more than two thousand works [37]. According to the Kommersant newspaper, Erofeev began to create his collection before coming to Tsaritsyno, and over the years of work in the museum-reserve he increased the meeting on objects [17].

According to some researchers of art, “only its efforts” the works of the Russian art underground did not disappear, but ended up in the state storage [22]. In the year, the Erofeev collection from Tsaritsyno was transferred to the State Tretyakov Gallery of the GTG [17], and in December, Erofeev became the head of the department of the latest Tretyakov Gallery currents [37].

Subsequently, working in the Tretyakov Gallery, Erofeev built a new constant exposition dedicated to the Russian art of years, organized a lecture at modern art, a program of video shows, as well as pedagogical programs. He acted as an organizer of a number of exhibitions of contemporary art, such as personal exhibitions of the classics of Moscow conceptualism Eric Bulatov “I live” in the year and “here!

Erofeev exhibitions organized by the public were evaluated ambiguously. In particular, the outrage of the Orthodox activists was caused by the painting by Alexander Kosolapov“ Icra ”depicting icon, filled with black hiccups with an exhibition The Pop Art, after which the Tretyakov Gallery Directorate seized it from the exposition, also accompanied the Socialist Republic of Culture of the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.

Paris, from the exhibits prepared for sending at the initiative of both the GTG itself and the head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, Mikhail Shvydky, several works were seized, which caused indignation in the press and in society [19]. The scandals did not end even after the exhibition was held. After Sokolov in an interview with the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper in October, in fact, accused the leadership of the Tretyakovka of corruption during the preparation of the export version of the STOS-ART exhibition.

However, in April, the Khamovnican Court of the Moscow Civil Code of the GTG, the civilian reputation defended the business reputation [26]. According to Erofeev, after the "social art" did not allow exhibitions, as well as also the exhibitions, as well as “Lectures and video shows” [20] did not organize his exhibition in the GTG, but in the museum and public center named after Sakharov, together with the director of the museum, the famous human rights activist Yuri Samojing.

The show at the Tretyakov Gallery in the year, shortly after the opening of the exhibition, the professor of the Moscow Theological Academy Andrei Kuraev stated that, in his opinion, the exhibition is offensive to believers and should become the basis for its organizers to be prohibited by any exhibition activity [36], [22]. Representatives of the Orthodox community, including the People’s Council organization and the Union of Orthodox citizens [22], [33], [35], also opposed the “forbidden art”, [35].

Then the requirements were made to close the Sakharov Center, since “anti -people and anti -state provocations are constantly being prepared in it” [34].At the same time, critics noted that almost half of the work that caused the outrage of part of the public was created back in Soviet times - these works of art criticized party authorities using a comparison of communist ideology with religion [22].

With the requirement to hold the organizers of the exhibition in the same year, the Orthodox-patriotic movement "People’s Cathedral" spoke [34]. In May, a criminal case was instituted against the organizers of “forbidden art” [31]. The examination conducted during the investigation established that the exhibition was aimed at "discrediting the traditional cultural and spiritual values ​​of the main population of the Russian Federation" [22].

In May, Samodurov was charged with exciting racial, national and religious enmity [24], [25], and in the indictment “an indefinite group of citizens professing the Orthodox religion” was mentioned, which were “destroyed by the picture of the world” [23]. In the same month, a similar accusation - "arousal of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity using an official position" - was also presented to Erofeev [23].

At the same time, representatives of the Tretyakov Gallers argued that his dismissal was not dictated by ideological considerations, but was the result of a violation of the museum order. It was also stated about the possibility of disbanding the department headed by Erofeev [19]. In July, the criminal case of the organizers of the exhibition "Forbidden Art -" was sent to court [16].

In the same month, the former chief of Erofeev Rodionov addressed the official letter to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Avdeev, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Grigory Ivlieva, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art of Mikhail Piotrovsky and Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for Culture Karen Shakhnazarov, in which he asked for a second art history examination of the exhibition exhibition "Forbidden art -", since the first examination "was carried out by a specialist who does not have the appropriate qualification" [15].

Deputy Director of the GTG Irina Rodionova, speaking on the Echo of Moscow Radio, explained that the museum’s leadership does not set himself the goal of “protecting Erofeev directly, but only advocates that the examination is professional [18]. Reprooping Erofeev in non -compliance with the job descriptions and the rules of the museum parking, she repeatedly emphasized that he was a talented curator, a talented curator, a talented curator.

However, in her opinion, “professional as a museum”, the keeper, since he “tried to bring the rules of the private gallery” [18] to the museum, [21]. The Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art. "He also thanked the Tretyakov Gallery for providing him to work in its walls for several years, and declared his intention to create a museum of actual art [17]. At the same time, the fate of the Erofeev collection, which was transferred to the Tretyakov Gallery, remained uncertain.

More than half of its exhibits do not belong to the GTG, which stores them only on temporary rights. Leaving the Tretyakov Gallery, Erofeev called on artists - the owners of the paintings not to take them from the museum [17]. At the end of August, the criminal proceedings were suspended in connection with Erofeev’s disease. In February, the hearing in the case was resumed.

Due to the incorrectly compiled indictment, the defense of Erofeev and Samodurov asked to return the case to the prosecutor’s office, insisting on the absurdity of the accusations, since "it is impossible to judge people for organizing the exhibition." However, in April of the year, the Tagansky court of Moscow refused to return the case of the organizers of the Forbidden Art exhibition to the prosecutor’s office, in addition, he rejected the request for re -conducting a number of forensic examinations [14], [13].

At the end of the year, Erofeev created a non -profit organization "Committee for Culture Protection", which, in addition to him, included, in particular, human rights activist Lev Ponomarev and writer Viktor Erofeev [12]. Hearing on the merits of the case of Erofeev and Samodurov began on June 5. At the first meeting, art historians did not admit their guilt, and their representative stated that "it is not clear to whom exactly, which group of citizens were hatred" [11].

During the court, it turned out that many witnesses of the prosecution organized by Erofeev were not attended at all [9]. The process was convicted by the Berlin Academy of Arts [10], and in January of the year, about this court, the European Court of Human Rights sent issues to Russian authorities [8].In June, after a speech at the court of the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, Erofeev’s letter to Patriarch Kirill was published, in which the art critic claimed that he did not want to insult believers, and at the same time warned the church against discrediting and deformation of “meaningful and suspended policy in the field of culture” [6], [7].

In the same month, the state prosecution demanded that Samodurov and Erofeev be sentenced to three years in prison in a colony-settlement [5]. Erofeev was sentenced to a fine of thousands of rubles, and tyrants - in thousands of rubles [4], [5]. Soon after, the “Feature for Freedom” campaign was held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as a result of which thousands of rubles were collected to help Erofeev and Samodurov [2], [1].

Critics, especially emphasizing the role of Erofeev in the preservation of the works of Russian artists of the 10th - 10ths, wrote that he himself considers the education of society through the search for his pain points and violation of various kinds of taboos. They spoke about him as a man "unusually stubborn", known "with their defiantly unbending disposition and public contractions with bosses" [22].

In turn, the deputy director of the Tretyakovka, Irina Lebedeva, stated that Erofeev "according to his type of personality ... - destroyer." She called him a "brilliant manipulator by public consciousness", whose manner of behavior is built "according to the laws of show business" [18], [21]. The materials used [1] for the organizers of “forbidden art” sympathetic citizens raised thousands of rubles.

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