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"Amazon Vanguard"
Marina Timasheva, Moscow:
An exhibition "The Avangard" exhibition opened in the Tretyakov Gallery. It presents the works of six Russian artists. The exhibition traveled to Europe and America for a year and a half, it was seen by more than 900 thousand people. The exhibition owes its name a phrase from a book about the Russian avant -garde Benedict Lifshitsa. The exposition presents: still lifes and urban landscapes of Alexandra exter, gospel plots, genre scenes and portraits of Natalia Goncharova, cubstic landscapes, portraits, lifes of Lyubov Popova, theatrical painting of Olga Rozanova, book illustrations and dancing men Varvara Stepanova, spatial men. The compositions of Nadezhda Udaltsova. In total, about 70 works created before 1924, that is, before the emigration of most artists. All these works could be seen before, but in another context. Many paintings were nearby after decades of separation. One of the curators, Professor of the University of California John Bowlet: about the concept of the exhibition:
John Boult:
We also wanted to somehow isolate these artists from the revolution with this exhibition. Usually, especially in the West, there is some kind of automatic association - "avant -garde, which means the October Revolution." The audience itself should solve this issue, but you can’t automatically think that there was some kind of bridge between avant-garde artists in the field of art and avant-garde in the field of politics. Another question is before us: but why only painting? The picturesque picture is still the first criterion for the artist. Another question is why exactly Russian vanguard artists? I think personally that one could tell the history of the avant -garde without men. And secondly, if we look at Europe or America - at the artistic art of the beginning of the century in these countries, then we will not see similar groups of women - only in Russia there really were such strong and amazing women.
Marina Timasheva:
Natalya Goncharova went in men's clothing and lived in a free marriage, but the Russian avant -garde were not feminists. They did not have to prove their equality with men, they were simply equal to him. But the exposition is distinctly feminist nature.
An exhibition "The Avangard" exhibition opened in the Tretyakov Gallery. It presents the works of six Russian artists. The exhibition traveled to Europe and America for a year and a half, it was seen by more than 900 thousand people. The exhibition owes its name a phrase from a book about the Russian avant -garde Benedict Lifshitsa. The exposition presents: still lifes and urban landscapes of Alexandra exter, gospel plots, genre scenes and portraits of Natalia Goncharova, cubstic landscapes, portraits, lifes of Lyubov Popova, theatrical painting of Olga Rozanova, book illustrations and dancing men Varvara Stepanova, spatial men. The compositions of Nadezhda Udaltsova. In total, about 70 works created before 1924, that is, before the emigration of most artists. All these works could be seen before, but in another context. Many paintings were nearby after decades of separation. One of the curators, Professor of the University of California John Bowlet: about the concept of the exhibition:
John Boult:
We also wanted to somehow isolate these artists from the revolution with this exhibition. Usually, especially in the West, there is some kind of automatic association - "avant -garde, which means the October Revolution." The audience itself should solve this issue, but you can’t automatically think that there was some kind of bridge between avant-garde artists in the field of art and avant-garde in the field of politics. Another question is before us: but why only painting? The picturesque picture is still the first criterion for the artist. Another question is why exactly Russian vanguard artists? I think personally that one could tell the history of the avant -garde without men. And secondly, if we look at Europe or America - at the artistic art of the beginning of the century in these countries, then we will not see similar groups of women - only in Russia there really were such strong and amazing women.
Marina Timasheva:
Natalya Goncharova went in men's clothing and lived in a free marriage, but the Russian avant -garde were not feminists. They did not have to prove their equality with men, they were simply equal to him. But the exposition is distinctly feminist nature.