The presentation of the scientific and methodological magazine Artifact and the book by V. Saleeǔ Essays of the Belarusian theatre theory took place on December 3.
The author and chief editor of Artifact V. Saleeǔ is the doctor of philosophy, professor, honored worker of culture of the Republic of Belarus, cultural specialist, art critic, author of 6 monographs and over 300 scientific publications on Slavic and Belarusian culture, aesthetics, philosophic education, art theory, art criticism, aesthetic and artistic education.
It’s well known that art culture is a complicated part of the national culture: in the sphere of fiction and its perception, and in the sphere of art values estimate. The art culture has its own peculiarities, fineness, that sometimes can’t be rationally analyzed, but the analysis is indispensible, its lack threatens the very existence of art culture and art process. The quality of critics and art research determines the vectors of the development of national art culture, reveals its strong and weak points.
The scientific and methodological magazine Artifact, the first issue of which appeared in print in 2014, contains not only scientific articles. The place of honor in the publication takes art criticism in its various manifestations – from journalism and essays to thorough reviews of significant events of the domestic and foreign art culture.
The magazine Artifact is an art platform for a free dialog of specialists about urgent problems of aesthetics, art studies, art development in our country and in the CIS states.
The author analyzes the theoretical aspects of the existence of theatrical art in the historic area of the Belarusian national culture and examines the problems of theatrical traditions, development of acting thought, peculiarities of the Belarusian school of acting, other aspects of modern theatrical process in the book Нарысы тэорыі беларускага тэатра (Essays of the Belarusian theatre theory) thoroughly and systematically.
The monograph and the magazine are aimed at scientists, postgraduate students, members of the artistic community and all those interested in the problems and issues of both domestic and foreign culture.