"Auction season Petersburg" open summer trades: 1-7 July - the first pre-auction exhibition of "The Magical Art of prints", July 7 - the first auction - "St. Petersburg School Prints"

Today, July 1, 2010, in St. Petersburg launched a cultural project "auction season of Petersburg. The session will open the pre-auction exhibition of collection of graphic works "magic of art prints", the debut auction will be held on July 7. Events will be held in historic interiors French restaurant on the Fontanka, 77, who is one of the general partners of the auction. During the exhibition will be held creative meetings with artists and art historians, will be a concert of small "stars", House of Flowers "Blyumenhauz" will create a floral installation, while well-known Petersburg artist Yuri Shtapakov hold a master class for children on the printed schedule.

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Under the "auction season of Petersburg" will be held on various trades, organized by the Art Explorer, actively collaborating with Scandinavian art market. Referring to the immense cultural potential of Northern capital and the country as a whole, "Seasons" occupy a new niche for Russia auction business as one of the main tools of the art market. Putting the main task of popularizing the artistic life and cultural values, the project promotes the development of professional ethics and culture of the auction business, which serves as a benchmark for the centuries-old history of Western European auction houses. The second auction will be held in September this year, the attention of the public in the restaurant "Kitchen" will be a collection of paintings, combined theatrical themes.

first auction of the project is devoted to the magical art prints. Pre-auction exhibition will open on July 1, last week and will end on July 7 debut trading, "Seasons", entitled "St. Petersburg School of prints. Choosing a theme is not accidental: Petersburg originally known for a good school schedules.

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artistic possibilities prints attracted the attention of the greatest masters of XVIII - XX centuries, often survived printed sheets allow for a fresh look at the works of famous painters and painters of the past. Print enjoys wide popularity among collectors of St. Petersburg - Winners of unique assembly diagrams. For contemporary artists, strongly influenced by the ideas of metaphysical sintetizma proposed Mikhail Shemyakin in 1967. At the core of the collection "The Magical Art prints - of the famous St. Petersburg artists, continue and develop the traditions of this complex and sophisticated direction. Visitors and guests of the auction will be able to see and purchase works of such renowned artists as Mikhail Shemyakin, Victor Wilner, Peter Reyhet, Oleg Yakhnin, Elena Novikova, Yuri Shtapakov Constantine Kalinovich Eugene Tykotsky, Yuri Borovitsky and Aaron Zinshteyn.

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first auction "season in St Petersburg will be held with the participation of distinguished guests - well-known figures of culture and arts, artists and collectors.

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• CONSTANTINE Kalinovich
  Forgotten Melody. 1997. Etching
• CONSTANTINE Kalinovich
  Ratcatcher from Hameln. 1995. Etching

In 1967, Mikhail Shemyakin wrote a manifesto proclaiming a new direction in art, namely, the metaphysical sintetizm (metasintetizm), based on mortgaged processing techniques many previous directions to display the highest spiritual values. The group rallied around the Shemyakin, stated that "acts as a link in the overall process of the artistic movement in Russia - a process that artificially interrupted at some stage and is now slowly beginning to continue its forward motion." Young artists talking about their belonging to the St. Petersburg tradition - from the court portrait XVIII century to such specific events in St. Petersburg as "World of Art», Filonov , and Petrov-Vodkin, - and declared the synthesis of the experience of various domestic and Western European art schools. This remarkable document, the first of its kind in postwar Leningrad, was printed only a few elegantly furnished typewritten copies and could hardly in itself weighty influence on the development of the St art. However, he certainly expressed some important general idea, which is characteristic for the new St. Petersburg art school, which was then at the stage of self-determination.

• YURI SHTAPAKOV Portrait with Icarus. 1990
  Etching, aquatint
• YURI SHTAPAKOV Five Corners. 1987
  Etching, aquatint

main intention, outlined in Tom's manifesto today embodies the first printed graphics - the key to the significance and stylistically recognizable scope of the St. Petersburg art, features of which are sophisticated technical skills and symbolic, sometimes ironic, surreal, thinking. Impressive fantasy patriarch of the St. Petersburg school of graphic arts Victor Vilner and Jewish lyricism Aron Zinshteyna, flawless proficiency Oleg Yakhnin and Constantine Kalinovich inimitable "stilizm Yuri Borovitsky, ingenuity Peter Reyheta and melancholic dreams Elena Novikova, touching sentimentality and absurdist Eugene Tykotskogo opus George Shtapakov - all eloquently presents different facets of the new St. Petersburg art, marked by intellectualism and spirituality, art, calculated on the unhurried contemplation, thoughtful reflection, and sometimes - just the kind smile.

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Dmitry Severyukhin, Doctor of Arts

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second project -" The ballet, theater, muse "- will open in September, pre-auction exhibition and charity auction will end, the means which will be provided material support House Veterans' stage them. M. Savina. The collection will include auction works by famous contemporary artists working in a theatrical theme. All the work's theme - the theater, and each of them will present their own special and distinctive image of this great art.

Cultural Program Exhibition "The Magical Art prints»

July 1, 2010, 19 hours - opening of the Exhibition.

Program open:

- buffet (European wines, luxury spirits);

- floral installations from the House of Flowers "Blyumenhauz»;

- show little "stars". Future stars of the scene give us your honest work. Instrumental Concert.

July 4, 18.00 - Master Class Yuri Shtapakov "Magic Prints» for children from 5 years, and treating for children and wine compliment for their parents from the restaurant "Kitchen».

July 6, 19.00 - Acoustic concert of children's music groups.

7 July, 19.00 - Auction.

Debut bidding auction season - "The Magical Art Prints" will be held on July 7, ending the show. Visitors and guests of the auction will be able to see and buy works by artists such as: Mikhail Shemyakin (1943), Victor Wilner (b. 1925), Oleg Yakhnin (b. 1945) Elena Novikova (b. 1958), Peter Reyhet ( p. 1953), Yuri Borovitsky (b. 1955), Yuri Shtapakov (b. 1958), Konstantin Kalinovich (b. 1959), Aaron Zinshteyn (b. 1947), Eugene Tykotsky (b. 1941)

Entrance to the auction is strictly by invitation only.

you have any questions, please contact the organizers of the project:

Art Director restaurant "Kitchen" - Olga Makeev +7 965 008 3804;

auction organizer, CEO of Art Explorer "- Dmitry Kazantsev +7 921 900 3566;

Art Project Manager - Catherine Sapogov +7 905 274 1692;

curator of the exhibition - Anna Spiridonov + 7921644 36 24.

questions:

Restaurant Kitchen "(the Fontanka River Embankment, 77), 8 (812 ) 300 0689.

Participation in the auction: 8 (812) 900 3566, artexplorer.ru , info@artexplorer.ru.

Source: press release "auction season Petersburg»