The
exhibition is devoted to the embodiment of images of representatives
of the world of nature - birds and insects in the Russian art of
the 18th
- beginning of 21th centuries, including the works that are created
by contemporary artists in non-traditional techniques. Exposition
that includes about 200 work is supplemented with video supplement.
Exposition
includes the section that presents the history of Class of Animals
and Birds led by Johann Friedrich Grooth (1717-1801), the German
artist who worked in Russia from 1743 to 1801 and created with his
pupils a lot of paintings depicting birds and animals. The
significant part of these works was created for the pavilion Monbidzu
in Tsarskoe Selo. There are presented the works from the collection
of Russian Museum, State Museum Preserve Tsarskoe Selo State Museum
Preserve, Gatchina State Museum Preserve and Peterhof State Museum
Preserve. This section is supplemented with the stuffed animals and
birds that were used as models for the paintings presenting
animalistic genre, and also the articles of applied art which decorum
includes the motives of birds and insects. The following section
brings together the works of artists of 20th
century and examples of contemporary art. Alongside with the
sculptures by S.Lebedeva there are presented, silhouettes by E.Bem,
book illustrations by G.Narbut, Y.Vasnetsov, V.Ermolayeva, E.Kondiain
that creates the bright and dynamic panorama of mysterious, freakish
or funny life of birds and insects. Alongside with the works by
classics of Russian and Soviet animalistic genre the significant part
in exposition belongs to the works of contemporary artists. The forms
of wild life are regarded by these artists as the instrument of
plastic inspiration and fantasies or the peculiar catalogue of signs,
metaphors or allegories. Many works from this section are presented
from collection of the Russian Museum and private collections from
Moscow and St. Petersburg.
With
the financial support of Magnezit Group
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