| In some countries the number
13 is accepted to be mystically ill fated. There
is no 13th floor there, no 13th row or place in
a movie theater, no 13th room in a hotel and so
on. Nobody discuss the reasons, nobody tells why,
you see just mysterious expression instead of
answer. Anyway, our attitude to the "13"
is completely different, so we didn't have any
doubt about the 13th SESSIO-ART which took place
on May 26, 2004. The term of action was postponed
because of large-scale renewal works in the Culture
and Business Center, which has been a venue of
SESSIO-ART since 1992. Among the guests were students
from the twin-city Samara, the group of contemporary
dance "Scream". And finally one more
pleasant news: recently we were lucky to find
the hopelessly lost information about the Laureates
of SESSIO-ART'93. So, the history of the project
has no gaps anymore.
The exhibition included works representing 13
educational establishments:
1.Vitebsk State Technologic University
2. Vitebsk Masherov State University
3. Vitebsk branch of Moscow State University of
press
4. Vitebsk branch of Moscow Contemporary Humanitarian
University
5. Polotsk State University
6. Vitebsk Institute of contemporary issues
7. Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga
8. Latgalian branch of the Latvian Academy of
Arts, Rezekne
9. Minsk State Glebov School of Arts
10. Minsk European Humanitarian University
11. State Institute of management and social technologies,
Minsk
12. Belarusian State University of Culture
13. Belarusian State Academy of Arts
The SESSIO-ART'2004
jury members:
Nickolay Pogranovsky - art historian,
a chairman, Minsk.
Mikhail Borozna - pro-rector
of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.
Galina Kazarnovskaya - head
of sub-faculty of design of the Vitebsk State
Technologic University, Vitebsk
Nickolay Gugnin - head of sub-faculty
of fine arts of Vitebsk State University.
Osvalds Zveisalnieks - professor
of Latvian Academy of Arts
Igor Dukhan - head of sub-faculty
of arts of the State Institute of management and
social technologies of the Belarusian State University
Tatiana Shimanskaya - deputy-director
of Minsk State Glebov School of Arts
Vladimir Golubev - head of sub-faculty
of design of the European Humanitarian University
Irina Kuznetsova - consultant of the Belarusian
Union of Artists
Yves Prud'Om - director of art-gallery
"Planet of people"
The winners of the Special prizes of SESSIO-ART'2004
contest:
Julia Bogdanova
- Vitebsk State Technologic University
Prize of Department of Culture of Vitebsk city
executive committee and of Mark Chagall
Museum for triptych "Portrait
of orange day"
Anna Chepurnaya
- Belarusian State University of Culture
Prize of the Union of Artists of Belarus for watercolor
work "…
and I'll put my ear to the parable"
Elena Grischenko
- Latvian Academy of Arts
Prize of founders of SESSIO-ART for a series of
photos "Meanings"
Andrei Lapin
- Vitebsk branch of Moscow contemporary humanitarian
institute
Prize of the Union of designers of Belarus for
the social importance of the projects
LAUREATES OF SESSIO-ART'2004
Aya Ryabovska
- Latgalian branch of Latvian Academy of Arts
Painting "Autumn
apples"
Elena Lavrinovich
- Latvian Academy of Arts
Graphics "Natural
contrast"
Agris Scruls
- Latgalian branch of Latvian Academy of Arts
Sculpture "Sumo"
Irina Lutsenko
- Vitebsk State University
Decorative art work "Fishes"
Elena Chuikova
- Vitebsk State Technologic University
Avant-guard work "In
the square"
Anastasia Aletdinova
- State institute of management and social technologies
of Belarusian State University
Design "Board
of Honor. Epoch. Kefir. "
Julia Ruditskaya
- European Humanitarian University, Minsk
Multimedia project "It's our victory"
We decided to quote the most critical reference
about SESSIO-ART'2004 from the review in "Vitebsk
Kurier" by Elena Pavlova:
"…I wasn't surprised at this exhibition.
Just about five percent of the works displayed
here fit in with context of present European Art.
What really surprised me was that this exhibition
existed and how perfectly it was organized! I
didn't like partiality of Jury members, but this
is common problem. I suppose, the procedure of
voting should be closed so that there were no
influence one person on another. Personally I
especially enjoyed a work of student of Vitebsk
State Technologic University Victor Vakulchik
"Cheese gaps". I like it when young
people try to understand the gone times. I also
liked a sculpture "Sumo" by Agris Skruls
from Latgalian Branch of Latvian Academy of Arts
and a graphic work by Elena Lavrinovich from the
same Academy "Natural contrast - 2"
Yves Prud'Om, director of art-gallery "Planet
of people", Paris
The "Sessio-Art" Directorate address:
210026, Vitebsk, Frunze Park, Culture&Business
Center "KIM"
The exhibition-contest "Sessio-Art'2004"
Director - Marina Romanovskaya
Telephone:(+212) 37 49 02, (+212) 36 44 87
Fax: (+212) 37 49 02
E-mail: artmark@mm.by
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