ArtDependence | Anna Savitskaya

Anna Savitskaya, Russia, Ukraine (co-founder, coordinator, writer)

Anna is a graduate of Moscow’s Photo Academy, with a previous background in intellectual property rights. In 2012 she founded the company Perspectiva Art, dealing in art consultancy, curatorship, and the coordination of exhibitions. During the bilateral year between Russia and The Netherlands in 2013, Perspectiva Art organized a tour for a Dutch artist across Russia, as well as putting together several exhibitions in the Netherlands, curated by Anna. Anna has taken an active role in the development and management of ArtDependence Magazine. She left ArtDependence in 2019. Anna interviews curators and artists, in addition to reviewing books and events, and collaborating with museums and art fairs.

Articles (61)

Article date: Monday, February 29, 2016

“It became clear right from the beginning that one way to make the Collection stronger was to engage with artists directly”

Not many family art collections in the world can boast such a committed and complex approach to building its collection of contemporary art as the Zabludowicz family can. Since the 1990s Poju and Anita Zabludowicz have been accumulating their broad and extensive collection of artworks, which now counts over 3,000 pieces. In addition to digging for some details on the Collection’s upcoming exhibition Emotional Supply Chains, Artdependence Magazine spoke with Director Elizabeth Neilson and curator Paul Luckraft about the history of the family’s collection, its development over the years, their work with young artists, and their various programs.

Article date: Monday, January 18, 2016

“I don't want anybody to understand anything. Also, there is no correct interpretation” – an interview with Philip Mueller

Somewhere between fantasy and reality, superpowers and fragility, you can locate the paintings of Philip Mueller (Austria, 1988). As his solo exhibition “Dreams in Blue. The Year Philip Mueller didn’t Wake Up” is about to open at Carbon 12 Gallery, the young artist shares the following within this interview: “[In this series] you can see everything I experienced during the last year. It was wild and beautiful.”

Article date: Friday, December 4, 2015

“I began to access corners of my imagination that were previously lying dormant” – an interview with Andrew Sendor

Andrew Sendor (1977, U.S.A.) is the type of artist who revels in the use of different and differing media, mixing the visual effects in such a way that the viewer must decipher not only the subject of the work, but also the technique. All of Sendor’s works give the impression that they have been taken out of context, appearing as the imprint of a moment from the artist’s narrative. It is up to the viewer to then build up the story around these presented moments.

Article date: Saturday, November 28, 2015

"I would define good art as art that shakes our comfort zone" - interview with Noah Horowitz, Art Basel Miami

In August 2015, North America’s most comprehensive international contemporary art fair - Art Basel - announced the appointment of Noah Horowitz to the new position of Director of The Americas. The news regarding the appointment of the Armory director to take over the leadership of Art Basel Miami, less than six months prior to its next edition, stirred up the already restless art scene. Noah Horowitz talks with Artdependence Magazine about his own preferences in art, the sources for his inspirations, and the art market’s adaptation to change.

Article date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015

“The encounter of an unprepared viewer with art is very important” - an interview with Zhanna Kadyrova

Zhanna Kadyrova, (1981, Ukraine) forms part of the new generation of Ukrainian artists, who have been deeply influenced by the difficult period of national self-determination during the Orange Revolution of 2004, and who have experienced the entire burden of rethinking of the controversies of the past, reformulating present dangers, and representing hopes for the future. "Hope" also happened to be the name of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, in which Zhanna participated for the second time.

Article date: Sunday, August 30, 2015

“I feel very strongly that my place right now is here” - interview with Tony Karman, director of EXPO CHICAGO 2015

EXPO CHICAGO 2015, the International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, is due to take place from the 17th to the 20th of September. From its very start, EXPO CHICAGO had an array of undeniable advantages, such as timing, location, along with the rich and long history of its predecessor. The timing for EXPO CHICAGO is actually ideal: the fair opens the fall art season and rules the roster for the whole year. Not to mention the fair’s location in the heart of America, which attracts the attention of collectors and art lovers from both coasts. EXPO CHICAGO can rightly be considered the successor of Art Chicago, which was established in 1980 and acted as a pillar of contemporary art sales, along with such fairs like Art Cologne and Art Basel.

Article date: Thursday, August 20, 2015

“It is important to keep surprising yourself” - interview with Hellen van Meene

Dutch artist Hellen van Meene is well known for her style of photographic portraiture. Van Meene’s works depict mostly adolescents, but there are also sometimes small children or even animals. When looking at these photographs it is hard to say exactly when and where they were made. The background is only available at a glimpse, and the nondescript clothes pull the viewer’s attention completely towards the model. The subject’s postures and facial expressions that van Meen captures can almost paralyze the viewer, so deep is the experience of immersion, as Hellen van Meene stops the moment and captures the viewer within the world of these children.

Article date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015

'As for the smile, it appears as something that is missing' - an interview with Alexey Kallima

Whereas the early works of Russian artist Alexey Kallima stand out for their political overtones, his latest series (“Audience”) focuses on one simple and universal feature: the smile. The series, previously on show at Regina Gallery in Moscow, contained 65 portraits of smiling people. Kallima argues that the smile represents an emotion that is somehow missing in real life – through his work he therefore aims to draw the viewer into a form of involuntary therapy, resulting in the normalization of disturbed vital processes and a recovery towards a positive state.

Article date: Monday, June 15, 2015

"I want to remind that this beauty is all around us" - interview with Paulette Tavormina

Paulette Tavormina is an American fine art photographer, known for her body of work in the genre of still life photography. She began her journey in photography after attending black and white photography and darkroom technique classes while living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the early 1990s. Fascinated by the magical appearance of an image on a piece of paper bathed in chemicals, Paulette began to experiment with a wide range of photography styles. After studying studio lighting, she began photographing historic Indian pottery and Navajo jewelry. Her interest in lighting and composition later led her to work as a photo stylist for cookbooks and a prop and food specialist for Hollywood motion pictures, such as The Perfect Storm, Nixon and Astronaut’s Wife.

Article date: Friday, June 5, 2015

“To have “style”, for me, means to stop surprising people” – an interview with Pravdoliub Ivanov

Pravdoliub Ivanov is a Bulgarian artist who confronts the creative process and enjoys not only the resulting material, but also the relations which arise with its creation and its perception by the public. The clashing of views, innovative approaches, the breaking of stereotypes - this is what constitutes the essence of the artist’s work. When confronted with the installations of Pravdoliub the world turns upside down, and the usual conventional balance is distorted.

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