A building-sized Louis Vuitton trunk, constructed last week in the middle of Red Square just opposite Lenin’s mausoleum, created a bureaucratic headache in Moscow that quickly led authorities to dismantle the structure. Russia’s intelligentsia and art scene saw something more profound, however. Some have called the trunk an unintended contemporary art installation that depicts, with cutting precision, the essence of modern Russia. One commentator even suggested that it is worthy of the Kandinsky Prize, Russia’s largest and most prestigious contemporary art award.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:56:23 +0000
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