The exhibition, which presents rare sculptural works 1930-70-ies, performed in different techniques of ceramics, is in the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val

Shift exhibition of sculpture from the funds of the twentieth century, continues the long-term exhibition project «Tretyakov Gallery opens its store». As is customary here collected rarely displayed and unfamiliar works of outstanding masters of the audience - in this case, made in different techniques of ceramics during 1930-70-ies. Even a small number of works included in the exhibition, provides a measure of style and genre diversity sculpture collection.

elegant, decorative, bright colors in the exhibition on the Crimean Val in the room number 24 indicates the strong potential of the ancient craft of pottery. With centuries of ceramics (the so-called all products of burnt clay) has gained a lot of varieties: porcelain, earthenware, terracotta and majolica. Ceramics Today - organic and important branch of art sculpture.

In the center of the room placed composition Borisa Vorobieva «lying polar bear» (1958, porcelain). Porcelain statues by the same author, for many years worked at the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, refer to the original - Small plastic arts, which is produced from the XVIII century is well-known enterprise. Imitating China and Western Europe, the Imperial Porcelain Factory in addition to dishes produced songs with miniature figures of people or animals, decorated with polychrome painted and gilded. Podhvachennaya the Moscow factories F. Gardner, and A. Popov tradition continued in the twentieth century.

In the twentieth century turned to the largest ceramic sculptures Russia, for example, Vera Vera Mukhina , whose statue «Yuri Dolgoruky» ( 1948) - is a monument in miniature. It is clear example of such properties of porcelain, as svetonosnost and Dazzling whiteness, which laconicism complemented with exquisite painted gold. Some of the same material revealed Sergey Orlov - a master of sculpture of small forms, which entered the history of it as the author of the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky in Moscow. The inherent plasticity of porcelain to achieve finest that the lace, the forms and complex shapes. Buinov growth of unusual colors, whimsical sculpture of fantastic characters characterize the compositions of S. Orlova «Tale» and «Ivanushka skate-Gorbunke» (both - 1944) created in the period of increased interest in national traditions. The large, but the fractional abundance works with baroque detail and desire to pass the motion fine ornamentation enriched colorful paintings.

Such a dynamic and distinguished by color redundancy works Bazhenova , especially in the Majolica technique, performed on Gzhelskom ceramic factory ( «Russian dance», 1949). Like many colleagues, Z. Bazhenova successfully worked in the porcelain, demands the «sensitive» manners of treatment, and faience - the material more porous and less plastic.

Half a century devoted to ceramics Isidore Frih-Har - the original master, owner of all the diversity of formal and technical methods. From 1928 to 1978 he headed the art laboratory Konakovskogo faience factory. To work in ceramics, he has attracted the best artists in Moscow, their works have won success at the World Exhibition of 1937 in Paris. IG Frih-Har easily transferred from the plastic in the spirit of neoprimitivizma ( «Negro by palm», 1929, earthenware) to the genre of portraiture, caricature ( «Pencil (actor Rumiantsev MN)», 1945, earthenware) or colored lyricism animals in porcelain. For the first time to showcase the museum re-erected the unusual work of IG Frih-Hara in majolica - great pair of floor lamps «Elki» (1955-1956), created at the plant in Gzhel. Light bulbs enhances bright overflow icing additives pearl and metal. This monumental ceramic forms in the 1930-50's often used for fountains, subway stations and pavilions VDNKh.

classic porcelain plastic found Alex Sotnikov , from 1931 to 1980's worked at the factory Dulevskom. Lyrical talent evident in the compositions of the master «Motherhood (Переполох)» (1947), «Spring» (1976). The exhibition clearly shows the evolution of style AG Sotnikova - student VE Tatlin . Emphasizing streamlined volumes, revealing the composition of tectonics, AG Sotnikov outplay smooth, shiny surface of porcelain, Otten his noble whiteness gently-blue, pink and light brown tones. A large sculpture «lion in a circus» (1962-1966) on the way conditionality is close carved details of Russian folk architecture.

has its own characteristics in porcelain portrait genre: a small scale is easier to create figures in the growth, adding a line of genre painting. Because of the properties of decorative painting expressive contrast between the images of the theater in the treatment of Ilia Slonim ( «SV Obraztsov», 1948) and Mary Litovchenko ( «KN Laptev as Rigoletto», 1962). Quite different from the portrait statues of Mary Cold «Sculptor IG Frih-Har» (1975). An effort to get away from pomposity earlier era, the author emphasizes the properties of terracotta - a simple technology of ceramics with the natural color of clay, not lacquer, and the diversity of its texture.

Ceramics mid-twentieth century - an emotionally stop calculated in the maze of constant exposition, next to the chronicle of the artistic life of the Soviet Union 1920-50-ies. Suddenly, with the dramatic tension «big style» viewer switches to the warm chamber art. This is particularly noticeable range of artists such as the VI Mukhina and IG Frih-Har, whose monumental work, too, mounted and presented on the Crimean shaft. However, the neighborhood with the most important topics the exhibition «Art of XX century» and theatrical exhibition Set sketches earlier period, which is inherent insolence experiment allows us to see the complexity, contradictions and diversity of the artistic life of the era.

The exhibition is open until 1 Jun, 2009.

Source: mkrf.ru