PLEIN AIR - "OPEN AIR" AND NOT ONLY... MODERN PLEIN-AIR PRACTICES
The article analyzes one of the most common artistic practices - art plein air. The experience of the open-air gallery DiaS "Baikal Ice - 2022" is considered in detail and compared with all-Russian trends. The purpose of the article is to trace what the plein air is for participants-artists and event organizers, how this artistic practice fits into the integral system of artistic life. It is noted that the art plein air in its modern form has outgrown the purely professional tasks of the artist's work in nature, as well as the tasks of promoting any art institution. In general, educational functions are carried out in various plein-air events, spiritual and aesthetic values are formed.