FORUM MASTER NIGHT: JULIE TESSEM
UNDERGROUND ART IN THE USSR! EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE SYMBOLS OF STALIN: THE DECONSTRUCTIVE UNIVERSE OF THE MOSCOW CONCEPTUALISTS

When

Opening
19:00, 18. October 2011
Opening hours
7 PM

This Master Night, Julie Tessem will present her MA-thesis, where she studied the production of three of the most acknowledged underground artists of the Soviet Union; the Moscow conceptualists Ilya Kabakov and Komar & Melamid.

It is held that these artists have deconstructed different aspects of the official art of Soviet, something which has had an enormous impact on the Russian contemporary art scene. In her presentation, Tessem will discuss the background of the aesthetics used by the Moscow conceptualists, and present the development of Soviet underground art. As the official Soviet art doctrine, social realism, is an important precondition for the work made by the Moscow conceptualists, Tessem will also point at main features of this often overlooked genre.  

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Julie Tessem finished her MA in Art History at the University of Bergen in 2008. To prove to herself that art really can save the world, she started working with culture programmes at a refugee asylum for single minors. She has also spent her time on organizing and participating in different culture- and integration projects, and other fine, unprofitable projects is being on the board of Bergen Film Club and the editorial board of Bergen International Film Festival. She is particularly interested in political art and censorship, and in exploring the critical/uplifting potential of art in society.

 

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Master Night is a series of lectures where both MA students and recently graduated art historians present their MA dissertations to a public. With Master Night Hordaland Art Centre wishes to bridge the gap between the academic and practicing art scenes in Bergen, and create a place for interaction between students and professionals. 

Eva Rem Hansen is responsible for this program and Master Night is made possible due to good help from the study committee of Art History at the University of Bergen.