Russian Art Events in New York
Oct 6th, 2005, 09:40 AM
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Russian Art Events in New York
Greetings,
There are some interesting Russia-focused art exhibitions in New York which have recently opened.
--The Kolodzei Art Foundation and the International Print Center New York present “Moscow Grafika: Artists Prints 1961 2005-- Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art.” The exhibition will be on view from September 13th-October 22nd, 2005 in IPCNY’s gallery at 526 West 26th Street, Room 824 in Chelsea, New York. Most of the contemporary artists represented in the Guggenheim’s Russia! blockbuster show have works included in Moscow Grafika, including Ilya Kabakov, Leonid Sokov, Oleg Vassiliev, Komar & Melamid, Ernst Neizvestny and Oscar Rabin. Natalia Kolodzei, exhibition curator and co-owner of the pieces, will give two curatorial walkthroughs of “Moscow Grafika” on Saturday, October 8, at 12 Noon and 4 PM, discussing selected works and collecting Russian art and prints in general. For further information visit www.IPCNY.org or www.KolodzeiArt.org
--The Guggenheim’s “Russia!” show is a wonderful overview of the world of Russian fine arts, from icons to the art of today (we took photographs of many of the contemporary artists next to their works during the opening). Although I have seen probably half of the works before, it was quite interesting to see such a selection in one building—and in many cases it was like seeing old friends with whom I lost contact. The show runs through January 11. There will also be several lectures (a recent lecture on American collectors of Russian art was quite interesting) and gallery tours. For further information visit www.Guggenheim.org
There are some interesting Russia-focused art exhibitions in New York which have recently opened.
--The Kolodzei Art Foundation and the International Print Center New York present “Moscow Grafika: Artists Prints 1961 2005-- Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art.” The exhibition will be on view from September 13th-October 22nd, 2005 in IPCNY’s gallery at 526 West 26th Street, Room 824 in Chelsea, New York. Most of the contemporary artists represented in the Guggenheim’s Russia! blockbuster show have works included in Moscow Grafika, including Ilya Kabakov, Leonid Sokov, Oleg Vassiliev, Komar & Melamid, Ernst Neizvestny and Oscar Rabin. Natalia Kolodzei, exhibition curator and co-owner of the pieces, will give two curatorial walkthroughs of “Moscow Grafika” on Saturday, October 8, at 12 Noon and 4 PM, discussing selected works and collecting Russian art and prints in general. For further information visit www.IPCNY.org or www.KolodzeiArt.org
--The Guggenheim’s “Russia!” show is a wonderful overview of the world of Russian fine arts, from icons to the art of today (we took photographs of many of the contemporary artists next to their works during the opening). Although I have seen probably half of the works before, it was quite interesting to see such a selection in one building—and in many cases it was like seeing old friends with whom I lost contact. The show runs through January 11. There will also be several lectures (a recent lecture on American collectors of Russian art was quite interesting) and gallery tours. For further information visit www.Guggenheim.org
Oct 6th, 2005, 01:19 PM
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I thought the Guggenheim show was wonderful, it takes up almost the entire museum.
Lines can be quite long and crowds large; a guard told mt that the place is least crowded on
Fridays between about 4 and 6pm and that weekday mornings are most crowded.
Lines can be quite long and crowds large; a guard told mt that the place is least crowded on
Fridays between about 4 and 6pm and that weekday mornings are most crowded.
Oct 6th, 2005, 07:14 PM
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In addition to the larger Russia! show, a smaller show of Socialist Realism within the Guggenheim (consisting of 25 works from The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis) opened on Wednesday and will be on view till January. Mostly derided in the West as political propaganda, the pieces show that Socialist Realism offered much in the way of variation in style and context.
The exhibition is downstairs in the Sackler Center.
The exhibition is downstairs in the Sackler Center.
Nov 8th, 2005, 12:28 PM
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I wanted to bring this thread back up to the top, as I went to the Guggenheim exhibition yesterday and it was phenomenal!
I brought a group of 8th graders, and they actually really enjoyed it as well. The Guggenheim has a great workshop program for students, so my group actually "created" art work while there, too!
Fabulous experience- if you are in NY or the area, it is a worthwhile trip!!
Even for someone who has seen these works in Russia- seeing them all under one roof was wonderful.
I brought a group of 8th graders, and they actually really enjoyed it as well. The Guggenheim has a great workshop program for students, so my group actually "created" art work while there, too!
Fabulous experience- if you are in NY or the area, it is a worthwhile trip!!
Even for someone who has seen these works in Russia- seeing them all under one roof was wonderful.
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Katya, I hope you were able to pick up a copy of the teacher's guide to the exhibition-it is very well written and quite useful in both creating a lesson plan and guiding a discussion.
Also, I am writing an article for Russia Profile and would love to have a quote or two from you and your group (deadline Wednesday!)-if you are interested please write me privately.
As for what time or day to go, I've been to the exhibition iteself probably 10 times since the opening. You are as likely to see crowding on weekdays as on weekends (because of school groups). One caution: the upper levels of the museum close slightly early so you do want to allow enough time to see the exhibtion in chronological order. The audio guide (and books) are well worth getting. Also the companion lectures are wonderful-on topics from American collectors of Russian art to how the art influenced Western artists.
Also, I am writing an article for Russia Profile and would love to have a quote or two from you and your group (deadline Wednesday!)-if you are interested please write me privately.
As for what time or day to go, I've been to the exhibition iteself probably 10 times since the opening. You are as likely to see crowding on weekdays as on weekends (because of school groups). One caution: the upper levels of the museum close slightly early so you do want to allow enough time to see the exhibtion in chronological order. The audio guide (and books) are well worth getting. Also the companion lectures are wonderful-on topics from American collectors of Russian art to how the art influenced Western artists.
Nov 8th, 2005, 04:04 PM
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Here's another Russian-focused art exhibition:
The Kolodzei Art Foundation is pleased to announce a reception and gallery talk for the exhibition Perestroika + 20: Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art at Columbia University's Harriman Institute. The exhibition, on display till January 5, 2006, is at Columbia University-School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street, 12th Floor. The reception and gallery talk will be on Thursday, November 10 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. No RSVP required.
Perestroika + 20: Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art features works by 21 artists from Russia active from the time of perestroika in the 1980’s to this day. The works selected for the show construct a cultural image of Russia in the last 20 years by presenting work by a wide range of artistic trends. Artists represented in Perestroika +20 include: Komar & Melamid, Eric Bulatov, Oleg Vassiliev, Natalia Nesterova, Tatyana Nazarenko, Eduard Shteinberg, Vladimir Nemukhin, Leonid Borisov, Olga Bulgakova, Marina Karpova, Marina Kolotvina, Valentina Lebedeva, Tatiana Levitskaia, Valerii Pianov, Alexander Sitnikov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Farid Bogdalov, Dimitry Gerrman, Vladimir Kanevsky, Alexander Kozhin, Alexander Ney, and Oleg Slepov. Perestroika + 20 compliments the contemporary offerings at the Guggenheim Museum’s Russia! exhibition.
The Kolodzei Foundation also has on display at the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) Vadim Voinov: The State Hermitage under the Full Moon till February 25, 2006 (http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_...hm4_1_112.html), and at the Central House of Artists (Moscow) Young American Artists of Today till November 27 (http://www.cha.ru/usa_ja.htm).
The Kolodzei Art Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution, organizes exhibitions in museums and cultural centers in the United States, Russia and other countries, utilizing the considerable resources of the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art. The foundation also provides art supplies to Russian artists and organizes Russian-American cultural exchanges. The Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art consists of over 7,000 pieces of art by more than 300 artists from Russia and the former Soviet Union. The Kolodzei Collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints. For additional information about the Kolodzei Art Foundation or the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, visit www.KolodzeiArt.org, or email [email protected].
The Harriman Institute is the oldest and largest academic center of its kind in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the other successor states of the former Soviet Union, East Central Europe, and the Balkans. For further information visit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/HI/
The Kolodzei Art Foundation is pleased to announce a reception and gallery talk for the exhibition Perestroika + 20: Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art at Columbia University's Harriman Institute. The exhibition, on display till January 5, 2006, is at Columbia University-School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street, 12th Floor. The reception and gallery talk will be on Thursday, November 10 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. No RSVP required.
Perestroika + 20: Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art features works by 21 artists from Russia active from the time of perestroika in the 1980’s to this day. The works selected for the show construct a cultural image of Russia in the last 20 years by presenting work by a wide range of artistic trends. Artists represented in Perestroika +20 include: Komar & Melamid, Eric Bulatov, Oleg Vassiliev, Natalia Nesterova, Tatyana Nazarenko, Eduard Shteinberg, Vladimir Nemukhin, Leonid Borisov, Olga Bulgakova, Marina Karpova, Marina Kolotvina, Valentina Lebedeva, Tatiana Levitskaia, Valerii Pianov, Alexander Sitnikov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Farid Bogdalov, Dimitry Gerrman, Vladimir Kanevsky, Alexander Kozhin, Alexander Ney, and Oleg Slepov. Perestroika + 20 compliments the contemporary offerings at the Guggenheim Museum’s Russia! exhibition.
The Kolodzei Foundation also has on display at the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) Vadim Voinov: The State Hermitage under the Full Moon till February 25, 2006 (http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_...hm4_1_112.html), and at the Central House of Artists (Moscow) Young American Artists of Today till November 27 (http://www.cha.ru/usa_ja.htm).
The Kolodzei Art Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution, organizes exhibitions in museums and cultural centers in the United States, Russia and other countries, utilizing the considerable resources of the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art. The foundation also provides art supplies to Russian artists and organizes Russian-American cultural exchanges. The Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art consists of over 7,000 pieces of art by more than 300 artists from Russia and the former Soviet Union. The Kolodzei Collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints. For additional information about the Kolodzei Art Foundation or the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, visit www.KolodzeiArt.org, or email [email protected].
The Harriman Institute is the oldest and largest academic center of its kind in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the other successor states of the former Soviet Union, East Central Europe, and the Balkans. For further information visit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/HI/
Nov 25th, 2005, 01:05 PM
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I co-wrote an article about the Russia! exhibition which will appear next month in Russia Profile, a policy magazine. The article concerns critical reaction to the show as well as how the exhibition possibly helps the perception of Russia in the United States.
http://www.russiaprofile.org/culture...4-351AF12606E0
http://www.russiaprofile.org/culture...4-351AF12606E0
Nov 25th, 2005, 05:18 PM
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Dear Marc David Miller,
Very interesting article. I'm in the Midwest, so no chance to see the show at the Guggenheim. We toured the State Museum of Russian Art in St. Petersburg this May. We were so impressed with the Russian artists that we returned for a second day to see all our favorites again. It must be wonderful to see some of these works come to the US, no matter the controversies about the organization of the showing at the Guggenheim. Thanks for sharing.
SusanEva
Very interesting article. I'm in the Midwest, so no chance to see the show at the Guggenheim. We toured the State Museum of Russian Art in St. Petersburg this May. We were so impressed with the Russian artists that we returned for a second day to see all our favorites again. It must be wonderful to see some of these works come to the US, no matter the controversies about the organization of the showing at the Guggenheim. Thanks for sharing.
SusanEva
Nov 25th, 2005, 05:59 PM
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SusanEva,
If you ever get to Minneapolis, you can visit The Museum of Russian Art (www.TMoRA.org). The Socialist Realism paintings I mentioned in a post above are from that museum's collection. The Museum has a good selection of Socialist Realism paintings as well as interesting special exhibitions.
You might also like the works of Oleg Vassiliev, a Russian artist who now lives in New York. My fiancee edited a book on his work and organized an exhibition at the Tretyakov in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg earlier this year (in the Marble Palace, near the Neva). You can look up the book on Amazon.com. His style is "non-conformist" in that he did not join the official Union of Artists (which meant that he couldn't get commissions for works). He truly is a child of Russian art, creating everything from landscapes to photorealistic to near abstract works.
If you ever get to Minneapolis, you can visit The Museum of Russian Art (www.TMoRA.org). The Socialist Realism paintings I mentioned in a post above are from that museum's collection. The Museum has a good selection of Socialist Realism paintings as well as interesting special exhibitions.
You might also like the works of Oleg Vassiliev, a Russian artist who now lives in New York. My fiancee edited a book on his work and organized an exhibition at the Tretyakov in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg earlier this year (in the Marble Palace, near the Neva). You can look up the book on Amazon.com. His style is "non-conformist" in that he did not join the official Union of Artists (which meant that he couldn't get commissions for works). He truly is a child of Russian art, creating everything from landscapes to photorealistic to near abstract works.
Nov 25th, 2005, 10:09 PM
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SusanEva, go to:
www.guggenheim.com
click on New York
click on Exhibitions
click on Russia
click on Highlights
and you can see a few of the paintings without going to New York. My favorite, which is not shown, was a large format oil painting of the sea with a huge wave about to crash down on some shipwrecked sailors on a raft. The light radiating through the wave was so beautiful. Just unbelievable to me how anyone could make paint look that real - you could almost look through the wave.
Thursdays the museum is closed so we had to go on Saturday morning. There was a long line but it moved in spurts and very quickly. It was crowded inside but not so you couldn't see the paintings. I wished we had bought tickets on-line.
www.guggenheim.com
click on New York
click on Exhibitions
click on Russia
click on Highlights
and you can see a few of the paintings without going to New York. My favorite, which is not shown, was a large format oil painting of the sea with a huge wave about to crash down on some shipwrecked sailors on a raft. The light radiating through the wave was so beautiful. Just unbelievable to me how anyone could make paint look that real - you could almost look through the wave.
Thursdays the museum is closed so we had to go on Saturday morning. There was a long line but it moved in spurts and very quickly. It was crowded inside but not so you couldn't see the paintings. I wished we had bought tickets on-line.
Nov 26th, 2005, 06:25 AM
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Thank you both for these great suggestions.
Ronda, The painting you describe sounds very much like Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave, which we saw in St. Petersburg. We like his work so much we bought a book of his entire collections. Hadn't seen him before and loved his seascapes. Do you know if it was the same? The Guggenheim web site shows a number of paintings that we saw at the Mikhailovsky Palace.
Minneapolis is a destination for us about once year, so it will be fun to check out the Museum of Russian Art, now that we are becoming fans!
Ronda, The painting you describe sounds very much like Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave, which we saw in St. Petersburg. We like his work so much we bought a book of his entire collections. Hadn't seen him before and loved his seascapes. Do you know if it was the same? The Guggenheim web site shows a number of paintings that we saw at the Mikhailovsky Palace.
Minneapolis is a destination for us about once year, so it will be fun to check out the Museum of Russian Art, now that we are becoming fans!
Nov 26th, 2005, 06:36 AM
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SusanEva, you are correct. The Guggenheim's Russia! show has Ivan Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave from the collection of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.
-This supports my comment about the exhibition being, for some, like seeing old friends!
-This supports my comment about the exhibition being, for some, like seeing old friends!
Nov 26th, 2005, 07:35 AM
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Looks like you are correct, SusanEva; Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave:
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/collecti...xix/cd001.html
Actually, that is a nice site. If you wish to view other Russian Paintings go to:
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/collections/paintings/
Be sure to scroll down the page past the writing to the pictures.
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/collecti...xix/cd001.html
Actually, that is a nice site. If you wish to view other Russian Paintings go to:
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/collections/paintings/
Be sure to scroll down the page past the writing to the pictures.
Nov 26th, 2005, 11:22 AM
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And those close to the Canadian border might want to hop over to Toronto where the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is hosting Masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg from October 1st, 2005 to 1st January, 2006. The exhibition of paintings, sculpture, furniture, gems, and decorative arts, includes the dazzling 18th century Coronation Coach of Catherine the Great. Check out the site at ...
http://www.ago.net/navigation/flash/frameset.cfm
http://www.ago.net/navigation/flash/frameset.cfm
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I must concur with Marc David Miller's assessment of the art from the TMORA. I've seen it many times. The museum itself is quite an interesting place as well. The architect did a wonderful job transforming this old church.
I'll have to read your article, MDM.
Thanks for posting this great information!
I'll have to read your article, MDM.
Thanks for posting this great information!
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