SUBVERSIVE PRACTICES OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN BELARUS
To counter the dominance of ideology in the public consciousness, the Belarusian independent community more and more often articulates the idea of having a public platform where agonistic competition among different discourses would be possible. The rivalry among them would thus generate new meanings. Contemporary art becomes one of such platforms. This kind of intervention can be seen if one looks at three events in Belarusian contemporary art: the art of the painter called A.R.Ch (A.R.Č)., the project by Marina Naprushkina (Maryna Napruškina) «Anti-propaganda Bureau», and the exhibition of Zhanna Gladko (Žanna Hładko) works «Inciting Force»
‘She Cannot Say Heaven’ Art Project
The project She Cannot Say Heaven by Gallery contemporary art ‘Y’ was represented at International Contemporary Art Fair ARTVILNIUS’11 (13.07.2011 — 17.07.2011), where the project was awarded with the nomination ‘The Best Exposition by Foreign Gallery’. On July 28, 2011 the project was presented in Minsk, in Gallery ‘Y’ and become a cause of active discussion in Belarusian art community. What was the reason for Gallery’s success in Vilnius? And why this project was awarded with the attention of the international art community?