Saint
Petersburg, Russia – On May, 21 the State Russian
Museum opened the ‘Art for Art’
exhibition in the Marble Palace. The exposition comprises more than
150 works of painterly and graphic art, installations, photos and objects from
the collection of the State Russian
Museum. In
the 20th and 21st centuries, art images acquired creative potential similar to
that of live characters and visualities — the sources of earlier inspiration.
In the epoch of Post-Modernism, it is impossible to avoid quotations and
references to art history, and this is one of the major principles of
contemporary art. Artists refer to the entire experience of world artistic
culture, ranging from diligent apprenticeship to provocative parody. Art
becomes more and more fixed upon itself and the subject of “Art for Art” gains
topicality.