The historic buildings manege of the First cadet corps has turned into one big art space, where in an atmosphere of absolute creative freedom fantasize young artists participating in the Biennale.
Recently, the building had belonged to the Ministry of defence and was transferred to St. Petersburg State Universitythe, that the organizers were marked the symbolic, as taken way former military region had become a territory of art.
The large – scale installations were occupied building both outside and inside. Here sentimental memories of the past and easy nostalgia coexist with criticism of the absurdity of the Soviet regime. The artists are reflected on high, reproved the urgent problems of the present, predict the future, at the same time, they are demonstrating various genres and trends of the contemporary art scene.
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Tue – Sun: 12.00 – 20.00
Closed: Monday
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