In the book "Fascinated by the East" included memories of artists Alexander Volkov and Alexander kedrina, art critic Armen Apresian, as well as biographies and reproductions of works by artists of the exhibition in the gallery ARTSTORY

the Presentation will take place on 6 September at 19:00 in the gallery ARTSTORY (Moscow, staropimenovskiy lane., 14), where until October 9, extended exhibition "Fascinated by the East", devoted to the Turkestan avant-garde — to the most "avant-garde, stopped on the fly, persecuted, accused of formalism, repressed. The exhibition presents works by Alexander Volkov, Alexander Labas, Michael Kurzina, Victor Ufimtseva, Hope Kashina, Nicholas Karahan, Benjamin Kedrin and other artists.

At the same presentation, the audience will show the American film of 2010 "the Desert of forbidden art". A picture present taking part in creating the film artist Alexander Volkov — son of Alexander Nikolaevich Volkov, the most famous artist of the Turkestan avant-garde and the author of "Pomegranate teahouse" (1924. TG).

Organizers report that this film was banned in Uzbekistan, on whose territory is the Museum of Igor Savitsky in Nukus. Sawicki has gathered the avant-garde collection — is now the pride of Central Asia. Gathered, saved from oblivion and museefication in a heavy formalism of the Soviet era, during the rule of socialist realism and ideological foolishness, denying the avant-garde in the right to exist. And came out it's like.

the Curators of the exhibition-издательского of the project was Mikhail Openheim and lyusine Petrosyan. Editor — Armen Apresyan.

the Entrance to the exhibition is free.

Source: art-story.com