See the work of contemporary artists from the Arkhangelsk region and Karelia

Brusnitsyn, Kozhevny Line, 30

In St. Petersburg, an exhibition of artists of Pomerania opens - the so -called regions near the White Sea, including the Arkhangelsk region and Karelia. “Exhibition of the Pomeranian Community” - these are photographs, graphics, ceramics and other items that reflect the connection of artists with their native places. She will work in the Brusnitsyn cultural quarter from April 22.

“Paper” learned from the curator Victoria Markova what Pomeranian identity is, who represents it in St. Petersburg and how it is associated with contemporary art.

The “Exhibition of Pomeranian Community” was preparing for a whole year. Her curators are Victoria Markova and Kolya Shuvalov. As Victoria told Paper , they arranged an exhibition at their own expense.

“Many Pomeranian artists leave for St. Petersburg, but continue to associate their work with the search for roots, with the motives of the north,” says Victoria Markova. -I would like to show Petersburg that the North is not something far and unknown. These are also a colossal scale of artists who create incredible things and worthy of the level of capitals. ”

Pomeranian motifs, the curator believes, transforms and manifest themselves perfectly in contemporary art. For example, Ulyana Cal created installations in which she used objects of the past-a spinning wheel and a kokoshnik.

Sonya Kislyakova sewed the “dress-plane”, relying on the tradition of local funeral rites.

Some artists whose works are exhibited in Brusnitsyn work in St. Petersburg, someone sews clothes. In Arkhangelsk, some of them are included in the Sand Council association and are engaged in projects at the Center for Social Innovation at the Arctic Museum. Together, they explore local mythology, crafts, their own “ethnic otherness” - cultural and domestic differences from other peoples, largely related to life near the sea.

“Territories along the White Sea are saturated with the desire for freedom, independence and isolation. The “magical” worldview through the mythologization of the forest, islands, houses, seas and ships designated a special path of development of the northern peoples, ”the exhibition curators indicate.

Some works are also dedicated to dual power - a religious worldview, combining elements of Christian and pagan traditions.

At the exhibition, you can see the works of Ulyana Kal, Dmitry Daltonika, Sonya Kislyakova, Oleg Ulrich, Tigran Kostan, Vitaly Severov, Zgora Shelok, Alisa Karelina and other artists. In the exposition-photo, painting, graphics, ceramics, installations, video art and clothing.

On the first day of work, April 22, the exhibition in the Station Hall space will be open from 17:00 to 2:00. On the rest of the days until April 30 - from 13:00 to 22:00. The entrance costs 400 rubles, but you can get a discount of 200 rubles if you make a repost of the posters on Instagram.

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