The exhibition "Collection! Contemporary art in the USSR and Russia, 1950-2000." has started in Paris, reports
TASS. The Centre Pompidou invites to visit a presentation of a unique collection that the museum had received from Russian collectors and artists as a gift.
Head of the Centre Pompidou Serge Lasvignes, senior government officials and diplomats were among the audience at the opening ceremony. Director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky and artists Erik Bulatov, Oscar Rabin and Vladimir Yankilevsky also came to Paris to attend the opening ceremony.
According to the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy, the collection is the best advertising for Russia. He is sure that the exhibition represents Russia’s creative potential and also posturizes a convincing, powerful creative response to Russia's critics.
Director of the Hermitage called the project a great treatment for Russophobia.
The works for the collection had been selected for a year and then presented to the Centre Pompidou by Russian artists and collectors. The organizers of the project noted that the cooperation between the countries would continue in the future.
The exposition
will last for half-a-year. After that some works and installations will remain at the museum and some will be handed to different exhibitons held by Centre Pompidou.
