Symposium “Utopia Saved. Lee Bul on the Russian Avant-garde”

On November 11, Manege hosted the sixth annual International Symposium dedicated to salient issues in contemporary art. This year, the event’s theme is the work of Korean artist Lee Bul and her “dialogue” with the art of the Russian avant-garde, which she has been conducting since the early 2000s. MODERATORS: • Semyon Mikhailovsky is the Rector of the St Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts and a member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art • Sunjung Kim is an art expert, professor at the Korea National University of Arts, president of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and curator of the Utopia Saved exhibition • Pavel Prigara is a director of the Central Exhibition Hall “Manege” Session 1 Speakers: • Mami Kataoka, director of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo • Stephanie Rosenthal, director of the Gropius-Bau exhibition centre, Berlin (online) • Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, professor of cultural studies at Kyung Hee University, Seoul (online) Session 2 Speakers: • Lee Bul, the artist, who lives and works in Seoul (online) • SooJin Lee, co-curator of the Utopia Saved exhibition, art historian and assistant professor at Hongik University, South Korea (online) • Olesya Turkina, critic and curator, senior research fellow at the State Russian Museum, associate professor at St Petersburg State University • Elizaveta Likhacheva, director of the A.V. Shusev State Museum of Architecture • Mami Kataoka, director of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (online) • Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, professor of cultural studies at Kyung Hee University, Seoul (online) Presentation of the Utopia Saved exhibition catalogue Speakers: • SooJin Lee, co-curator of the Utopia Saved exhibition, art historian and writer, assistant professor at Hongik University, South Korea, co-editor of the exhibition catalogue (online) • Anna Kirikova, advisor to the director of Manege on international initiatives, initiator and head of the Utopia Saved project, co-editor of the exhibition catalogue • Valeriia Demkovich, Deputy Director ANO “IA” • Olesya Turkina, critic and curator, senior researcher at the State Russian Museum, professor at St Petersburg State University • Irina Chekmaryova, art director of the Utopia Saved catalogue