In Moscow Galeyev Gallery (B. Kozihinsky пер., 19 /6, p. 1) an exhibition of works Vera Vera Mikhailovna Ermolaeva (1893-1938).

Vera Ermolaeva - one of the most neglected figures in Russian art first half of the twentieth century. Unlimited respect thereto on the part of colleagues, contemporaries, recognized and celebrated, many links and references, both in terms of its creativity and its special role in many endeavors Russian avant-garde - all of which until recently was disproportionately its popularity and location, it occupies in the history of this area. Art critic for decades allowed Yermolayev exist only in the space of the text, but not in the area of art. This assessment is an artist, mediated through the text loses the opening - direct contact with her creativity.

The situation changed in 1972 when the efforts of the Leningrad avant-garde Russian researcher Evgeny Kovtun was her first solo exhibition. The Myth of Ermolaeva, prevail within a limited circle of her admirers, is rapidly degenerating into an objective reality, in the axiom: it works - is outstanding.

judge fully the art of Yermolayev we can barely surviving part of its heritage. On what part of it, no one is given to know. A few samples of her beautiful craftsmanship reflect the nature of its plastic laboratory studies, the complex world of inner experiences, metaphysical nature of its expressions and images. There is no doubt that Yermolayev blazed a trail in the painting, it was before, only a dotted line to take. Synthesizing the latest art opening, Ermolaeva made with the original concept. (To complete started, it was not fated: the artist was arrested and subsequently shot in Kazakhstan's camp.)

The other part of her creativity outweighs quantitatively, but not overshadow the main. The gift of the painter-philosopher Yermolayev very useful when working in Detgiz, Leningrad harbor «leftists» in 1925-1932. Vera Mikhailovna signed more than fifty children's books and magazines, in that as it believed the artist a long time. The formal grounds for arrest were illustrative of the theme song for getevskogo «Rayneke-Fox», in which the authorities saw rebellious attitude of the author's opposition to the existing order. These lists are shown at the exhibition, and any viewer can puzzled about the absurdity of our recent past. This view is shared and ally Yermolayev Daniel Kharms. The model of their joint book, you can also see the exhibition.

The exhibition is accompanied by the album-a monograph, which first published materials and illustrations are not included in the Russian edition of the Museum devoted to the personal exhibition of the artist in the Russian Museum in 2008 .

Vera Mikhailovna Ermolaeva Exhibition in Moscow Galeyev Gallery (B. Kozihinsky пер., 19 /6, p. 1) will continue until March 31, 2009.

Source: rusiskusstvo.ru