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On October 13, 2014 the Facts and Fictions exhibition, featuring the works of famous contemporary photographers from the UniCredit Art Collection, is scheduled to open in the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow.

On October 13, 2014 the Facts and Fictions exhibition, featuring the works of famous contemporary photographers from the UniCredit Art Collection, is scheduled to open in the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow.

The event is being organized by the bank to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UniCredit's activity in Russia and will end on November 9.

© Photo : Karen Knorr / http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/On October 13, 2014 the Facts and Fictions exhibition, featuring the works of famous contemporary photographers from the UniCredit Art Collection, is scheduled to open in the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow.

Above: Karen Knorr. High Art Life after the Deluge. From the series Academies. 2000. UniCredit Art Collection – HypoVereinsbank.
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On October 13, 2014 the Facts and Fictions exhibition, featuring the works of famous contemporary photographers from the UniCredit Art Collection, is scheduled to open in the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow.

Above: Karen Knorr. High Art Life after the Deluge. From the series Academies. 2000. UniCredit Art Collection – HypoVereinsbank.
© Photo : Thomas Demand / VG Bild-Kunst , Bonn / RAO, Moscow / 2014, http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/The event is being organized by the bank to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UniCredit's activity in Russia and will end on November 9.

Above: Thomas Demand. Haltestelle. 2009. UniCredit Art Collection – HypoVereinsbank.
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The event is being organized by the bank to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UniCredit's activity in Russia and will end on November 9.

Above: Thomas Demand. Haltestelle. 2009. UniCredit Art Collection – HypoVereinsbank.
© Photo : Erwin Wurm / VBK / RAO, Moscow/ 2014, http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/Over 90 works from the UniCredit Art Collection, the oldest of them created in 1980s, will be presented at the exhibition.

Above: Erwin Wurm. Woman in Green Skirt. From the Self-service series, 1999. UniCredit Art Collection – Bank Austria.
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Over 90 works from the UniCredit Art Collection, the oldest of them created in 1980s, will be presented at the exhibition.

Above: Erwin Wurm. Woman in Green Skirt. From the Self-service series, 1999. UniCredit Art Collection – Bank Austria.
© Photo : Eva Schlegel / BVK / RAO, Moscow / 2014, http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/Professor Walter Guadagnini, Chairman of UniCredit for Art Scientific Commission is the project's overseer.

Above: Eva Schlegel. Untitled 018. 2001. UniCredit Art Collection – Bank Austria.
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Professor Walter Guadagnini, Chairman of UniCredit for Art Scientific Commission is the project's overseer.

Above: Eva Schlegel. Untitled 018. 2001. UniCredit Art Collection – Bank Austria.
© Photo : Andreas Gursky / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / RAO, Moscow / 2014, http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/"To celebrate our bank's anniversary with major art exhibitions is an old tradition of ours," said Mikhail Alekseev, CEO of the UniCredit Bank Russia. "We believe that this exhibition will become one of the most interesting cultural events in Moscow this autumn," he added.

Above: Andreas Gursky. May Day III. 1998. UniCredit Art Collection – HypoVereinsbank, courtesy of Gallery Sprüth Magers, London-Berlin.
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"To celebrate our bank's anniversary with major art exhibitions is an old tradition of ours," said Mikhail Alekseev, CEO of the UniCredit Bank Russia. "We believe that this exhibition will become one of the most interesting cultural events in Moscow this autumn," he added.

Above: Andreas Gursky. May Day III. 1998. UniCredit Art Collection – HypoVereinsbank, courtesy of Gallery Sprüth Magers, London-Berlin.
© Photo : http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/The event is being held as part of the Italian-Russian Year of Tourism 2013-14. The exhibition organizers extend their thanks to the Italian Embassy in Russia and to the Italian Ambassador to Russia, Cesare Maria Ragaglini.

Above: Luigi Ghirri. Sassuolo. 1973
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The event is being held as part of the Italian-Russian Year of Tourism 2013-14. The exhibition organizers extend their thanks to the Italian Embassy in Russia and to the Italian Ambassador to Russia, Cesare Maria Ragaglini.

Above: Luigi Ghirri. Sassuolo. 1973
© Photo : Luigi Ghirri, Ronkociesi / http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/"The Facts and Fictions exhibition is a unique and momentous occasion for us. And not just because of the artists' names, but mostly because the concept of the event appears to be the universal formula of the photography," Olga Sviblova, head of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow said.

Above: Luigi Ghirri. Modena. From the series Colazione sull’erba, 1972. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of Galleria Repetto e Massucco, Acqui Terme (Alessandria). Archivio di Luigi Ghirri – Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia.
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"The Facts and Fictions exhibition is a unique and momentous occasion for us. And not just because of the artists' names, but mostly because the concept of the event appears to be the universal formula of the photography," Olga Sviblova, head of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow said.

Above: Luigi Ghirri. Modena. From the series Colazione sull’erba, 1972. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of Galleria Repetto e Massucco, Acqui Terme (Alessandria). Archivio di Luigi Ghirri – Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia.
© Photo : Francesco Iodice / http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/The photographs selected for the exhibition are meant to display the duality of photography's nature: the ability to capture facts on one hand and the capacity to create a parallel reality, artificial but realistic, on the other.

Above: Francesco Jodice. What We Want, Bangkok, T24, 2003. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of Galleria Photo & Contemporary, Turin.
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The photographs selected for the exhibition are meant to display the duality of photography's nature: the ability to capture facts on one hand and the capacity to create a parallel reality, artificial but realistic, on the other.

Above: Francesco Jodice. What We Want, Bangkok, T24, 2003. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of Galleria Photo & Contemporary, Turin.
© Photo : Mimmo Jodice / http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/The UniCredit Art collection consists of over 60,000 items and is considered to be one of the largest corporate-owned collections in Europe.

Above: Mimmo Jodice. Paestum, Apparizione. 1985. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of the authoer.
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The UniCredit Art collection consists of over 60,000 items and is considered to be one of the largest corporate-owned collections in Europe.

Above: Mimmo Jodice. Paestum, Apparizione. 1985. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of the authoer.
© Photo : James Casebere, 2014 / http://mamm-mdf.ru/en/There is a total of 4,000 photographic works present in the UniCredit Art collection. Only a small fraction of them will be displayed at the Facts and Fictions exhibition in Moscow.

Above: James Casebere. Bologna Tunnel #4. 2010. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of James Casebere and Galleria Marabini, Bologna/Milan.
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There is a total of 4,000 photographic works present in the UniCredit Art collection. Only a small fraction of them will be displayed at the Facts and Fictions exhibition in Moscow.

Above: James Casebere. Bologna Tunnel #4. 2010. UniCredit Art Collection, courtesy of James Casebere and Galleria Marabini, Bologna/Milan.
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