Lomonosov Rules. Presentation of Faculty of Philosophy’s Art Collection in the Framework of the Lomonosov MSU Scientific and Educational School «Preservation of The World Cultural Heritage»статья
Аннотация:On June 18, 2021, as part of the activities of the scientific and educational school of Lomonosov Moscow State University «Preservation the World Cultural Heritage», a presentation of the art collection of the Cogito gallery of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University took place. The purpose of the presentation is to include in the common fund of cultural heritage («The Golden Fund») of Moscow University, which is to be the subject-matter of scientific description and digitization.
One of the directions of work of the recently created School, which comprehensively studies the problems of preserving the world cultural heritage, has a conceptually accurate name «Study and description of art collections of Moscow University — «The Golden Fund of Lomonosov Moscow State University»). The tasks of this direction include the systematization of artifacts and objects included in the existing collections, the study of the history of the formation of collections in conjunction with the history of the country and Moscow University, a comprehensive expert assessment of collections, their artistic and scientific value, the development of a concept for exhibiting collections together with federal and Moscow structures. The result of this work is the preparation of a catalog and the creation of a digital museum of the collections of Moscow University.
The Cogito art gallery, created by the decision of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Philosophy at Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2016 and has the status of a scientific educational center within the faculty, was originally intended to perform functions corresponding to the current tasks of this direction of the School. The Regulation on the creation of the Scientific and Educational Center «The Cogito Art Gallery» states: «The main purpose of the Center is to create a collection base of artifacts and exhibition infrastructure for all basic and optional classes within faculty and interfaculty courses, where students must deal with identification, attribution, description, interpretation, theoretical research and correct, scientifically grounded exhibition of works of art.»
Over the five years of the Cogito art gallery’s activity, the main collection of the Faculty of Philosophy at Moscow State University, replenished exclusively through donations from artists, has become a very representative collection works of contemporary art of various trends, created by artists from several countries. Among them there are masters whose works are presented in the most representative state, municipal and private collections. All of the gallery’s donor artists are constantly exhibited in well-known art institutions in Russia and the world, presenting with their work an integral part of the modern artistic process.
The Cogito gallery is proud to present within its collection in the framework of Lomonosov Moscow State University’s scientific and educational school «Preservation of the World Cultural Heritage» art creations of such masters as Klara Golitsyna, Ilya Komov, Victor Skersis (USA), Vladimir Kozin, Vitaly Kopachev, Ekaterina Sisfontes (Sweden), Maria Kalmykova and Maxim Protsenko, Nadezhda Grunina, Yuri Marushkin, Dmitry Plotnikov, Maria Tumanova, Elena Vecherina, Dmitry Panchenko, Dmitry Lyashenko, Lev Panchenko, Victor Kreymer (Israel), Evgeny Kryuchkov, Arkady Lieberman (Israel), Boris Vilkov, Irina Zaitseva, Ilya Goryaev, Kirill Schmidt, Denis Pyanov, Ekaterina Pluzhnikova, Albert Goguadze, Vakhtang Starikov, Andrey Kortovich.
Faculty of Philosophy at Moscow State University and the Cogito gallery express their sincere hope that the works of these remarkable artists will take a worthy place in the common fund of art collections of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. University art collections are a wonderful old tradition, and we are sincerely confident that the activities of the newly created School dedicated to the preservation of the world cultural heritage will give a new impetus to the life of the collections of Lomonosov Moscow State University, making them, including the digital form, available to the widest public.
