Awarded the Kandinsky Prize

Today, December 15, in Moscow, a ceremony of presentation of the Kandinsky Prize of 2017 was held. In the nomination "Project of the Year", the installation "Stop of the PEPP" Group of SIPs "won the installation.

This was reported by Facebook of the Kandinsky Prize .

The SIP group was created in 2009 in Krasnodar, it includes artists Eldar Ganeyev, Evgeny Rimkevich, brothers Vasily and Stepan Subbotins. The project “Stop of the PEP of the SIP” refers to the once existing bus and tram stop near the Krasnodar plant of measuring instruments, which became for artists the first workshop and exhibition platform.

Also, Kandinsky Awards of 2017 became:

In the nomination "Young artist. Project of the year "

• Sasha Pirogova - "Mono"

In the nomination "Scientific work. History and theory of contemporary art "

The Kandinsky Prize was established in 2007 at the initiative of Shalva Breus, president of the Breus Foundation International Cultural Fund. Prize tasks - support and development of Russian actual art, increasing its authority in the world.

The monetary part of the Kandinsky Prize in the “Project of the Year” nomination is 1.8 million rubles, in the nomination “Young artist. Project of the year ” - 450 thousand rubles. The winner in the nomination “Scientific work. The history and theory of contemporary art ”is awarded the publication as part of the Breus Publishing publishing program in Russian or English.