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 The concept of an exhibition of Albert Marquet’s (1875–1947) works was conceived and fulfilled by the curators of Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris as a monographic research on the oeuvre of this renowned French artist. The exhibits – from the early “Algerian” studies up to the later Marquet’s paintings depicting views of Parisian quais and squares – come from European and American museums and private collections. The exhibition hosted by the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts will be completed with some materials on Marquet’s travel to Russia and his impressions. The display will also include artworks created by the Vkhutemas and Vkhutein alumni of the 1920s, members of the “13” group, and the “Circle of Artists” group from Leningrad, who praised Marquet’s oeuvre and implemented similar aesthetic principles in their cityscapes of Moscow and Leningrad. Albert Marquet formed his artistic talent in the late 19th – early 20th century, during the period of flourishing of Parisian artistic life. The artist had a close friendship with the Fauves – Henri Matisse and André Derain. He standed out among the Fauves who were famous for using bold colors and simplified forms. Marquet’s peculiar and original technique consisted in combining the plasticity of dynamic and unchained brushstrokes and a harmonious palette with a range of complex color schemes. Until 08.01.17
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| Alexander Rodchenko. Experiments for the Future. On the 125th anniversary of his birth |
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 The Russian avant-garde of the twentieth century is a unique phenomenon not only in Russian, but in world culture. The amazing creative energy accumulated by the artists of this great age is still providing nourishment for artistic culture today and all who have dealings with the art produced by Russian Art Nouveau. Alexander Rodchenko was indisputably one of the main generators of creative ideas and the general spiritual aura of the age. Painting, design, theatre, cinema, typography and photography, all areas invaded by the powerful talent of this strong, handsome man, were transformed, opening up radically new paths of development. The early 1920s was an «intermediate age», to quote Viktor Shklovsky, one of the finest critics and theoreticians of the day, a period when, albeit briefly, illusively, there was a resonance between artistic and social experiment. It was at this time, 1924, that photography was invaded by Alexander Rodchenko, already a well-known artist with the slogan «Our duty is to experiment» placed firmly at the centre of his aesthetic. The result of this invasion was a fundamental change of ideas about the nature of photography and the role of the photographer. Conceptual thinking was introduced into photography. Instead of just being the reflection of reality, photography also became a device for the visual representation of dynamic intellectual constructions. Until 12.02.17
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| Ivan Aivazovsky. For the 200th Anniversary |
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 The Tretyakov Gallery is preparing a large-scale monographic exhibition of Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900), one of the best-known and most popular painters in Russia. His art includes the themes that touched many generations of artists: the attempts to depict infinite, limitless spaces, the desire to capture the ever-changing nature in a given moment of time. From the large number of works created by Aivazovsky (based on his own estimate, approximately 6000), the exhibition presents about 100 paintings and 50 graphic works. The curators’ selection will allow the viewers to see the best examples of Aivazovsky paintings: seascapes, battle scenes, graphics works. The exhibition will display simultaneously four most significant paintings of the artist: “The Rainbow” (1873), “The Black Sea” (1881, both from Tretyakov Gallery), “The Ninth Wave” (1850), “The Wave” (1889, both from State Russian Museum). For the first time, the art lovers will see the large format painting “On the shores of the Caucasus” (1885, Tretyakov Gallery) that has never been on show before. The documentary section will introduce Aivazovsky as a patron of arts, the first honorary citizen of Theodosia. The exhibition will also include models of ships, compasses, globes, telescopes. Participants: the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the National Art Gallery named after Ivan Aivazovsky (Theodosia), regional Russian museums, private collections. Until 20.11.16
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| Leonid Sokov. Unforgettable Meetings |
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 The exposition of the Tretyakov gallery — from the halls of the early avant-garde to socialist realism 1940-50-? years — will be introduced to sculpture, objects, installations and paintings of one of the main representatives of the Social-art, and Leonid Sokov. This brings into the gallery space of the irony of postmodernism, — suggested by the curators of the project. Leonid Sokov in the years of study at the Moscow art school and Moscow higher art-manufacturing school (former Stroganov) a lot of drawing in the Moscow zoo, honing the ability to understand and summarize characteristics of a living nature, to discard the excess to achieve greater expressiveness. A great influence on him, as on many Soviet sculptors, had school Alexander Matveev. After graduating from College he became a member of Moscow Union of artists, and later a member of Bureau section of sculpture. But he was too closely within the boundaries established for a Soviet artist. Budding animal quickly evolved under the influence of modern Western sculpture, participated in the informal exhibitions. A distinctive feature of his works was an ironic game of allegories, quotations, characters. In 1979 the sculptor left the USSR. In the state Tretyakov gallery collection now includes about 30 works by Sokov. In 1993, the gallery received a gift from the author of the work "Stalin with bear's foot" (1993), and in 1996 the Ministry of culture gave the Tretyakov gallery work Sokov "Toucan" and "Serval" (both 1971). In the early 2000-? received "a Portrait of bureaucracy" (1984) and "Glasses (Glasses for every Soviet person)" (2000, copies of this work, 1976). Finally, in 2014, in the gift of the TG passed a collection of Soviet unofficial art Leonid Talochkin, including works by Leonid Sokov. Until 29.01.17
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 Raphael has arrived in Moscow. A landmark exhibition dedicated to the Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance opened at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts on Sept. 13. “Raphael. The Poetry of the Image” features 11 artworks, including three drawings and eight paintings — among them the artist’s iconic self-portrait. The exhibition, unprecedented in scale and significance, is a milestone cultural collaboration between the Pushkin Museum and the Uffizi Galleries. The unique event is held under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Russia and was envisaged in a signed agreement between Eike Schmidt, director of the Florentine Uffizi Galleries and Marina Loshak, director of the Pushkin Museum, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini. All of the artworks are on loan from Italian museums: eight from the Uffizi Gallery and the Palatine Gallery, the others from the National Gallery of Bologna, the National Gallery of Marche and the Tosio Martinengo Gallery. Raphael’s portraits are praised for their beauty, serenity and harmony of composition. Born in Urbino in 1483, Raphael demonstrated a precocious talent and painted masterfully from a very young age. The qualities of balance that characterize his paintings represent the peak of Renaissance art, referred to as “High Renaissance.” Until 11.12.16
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