This evening at the gallery «Elysium» (CHA, CHA New Gallery, Gallery 10) will preview the exhibition «Graphic Society Easel». This exhibition is the first attempt in the history of XX century, show the entire image graphic Easel Heritage Society (1925-1932) in all their diversity of styles and trends, and creative individuality. The exhibition will feature works by famous masters, not only remains, such as Shterenberg , Deineka , P. Williams , Yuri Pimenov Yu , A. Labas , Alexander A. Tyshler , I. Klyun , but also works by artists whose names are still on the still not well known to a wide audience (G. Berendgof, M. Gorshman , M. Dobrokovsky, B. Bulgakov, Vladimir Vasiliev, I. Ivanovsky , M. Granavtseva, etc.).

On display are 242 works - easel graphics, book illustrations, magazine pictures, and theater works from the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Museum of Theater. AA Bakhrushin RGALI and private collections. A large part of them on display for the first time, and many of them become real discovery for the audience.

main Oste was in style, connecting the strict, close to the form of constructive elements, leading to the origin of modernism, with the addition of impressions of German expressionism, as for the numerous theatrical works ostovtsev, they also quite clearly the proximity of to constructivism. Programs remains an image of modernity, it was modern. This goal is consistent with the basic expressive techniques. In the drawings in the manner of mounting a vigorous, with contrasts of black and white, sharp silhouettes of shapes and color stains with a dynamic diagonal compositions and a sharp angle, with the pathos of the scene translated work, sports, political parties and with equal pressure satirical show ugly scenes of everyday life. In society, there were several stylistic variations, a few canons, the same artists in a variety of ways to work in various genres. In addition to vigorous or severe-martial intonations, in the works ostovtsev was a lot of delicate lyrical motifs, sometimes sad music, or even openly tragic sound and dramatic expressionism expression. In addition to «classical» ostovskoy graphics (posters, book illustrations, magazine pictures, theatrical sketches), built on contrasts of black and white, clear-cut silhouette, robust, expressive lines (A. Deineka, M. Dobrokovskogo, V. Lyushina, etc.) was another «graphic» left: watercolor lightness A. Labasa, A. Tyshlera, Nikolai N. Kupreyanova , V. Alfeevskogo, T . Lebedeva, etc. Moreover, it is in the range of artists Osta, we found rare for Russian art works surreal plan (A. Tyshlera or S. Nikritina ). The accuracy of observations mestechkovogo life transferred acute grotesque in the series of lithographs M. Gorshmana, urban motifs vividly captured in the first drawings T. Lebedeva, V. Lyushina. A design of children's books created Nikolai N. Denisovskim , K. Kozlova, E. Grain , M. , F. Kondratova, M. Granavtsevoy, encouraged by the naive freshness, clarity of images and sometimes very sophisticated skill.

In the declarations of society and sounded the word of criticism reviews about contemporary themes and language of realism, urbanism, etc., but this exhibition shows that, in reality, the remaining works of artists and much more on style and range of emotional perception of the world.

The exhibition is accompanied by richly illustrated catalog, which contains a chronicle of the events of artistic life in Moscow 1922-1932 years of the activities of the Company. Excerpts from the art criticism of those years, illustrated by documentary magazine photos, with the value of the original, reflects the strong, complex and contradictory artistic life of his time, provide an opportunity to feel the breath of the epoch, down the artistic struggle, discordance of opinions. For the first time, will be published biographies of 39 artists, in detail ostovsky the period of creativity of each of them, clarified many of the facts of their creative path, a number of valuable information is published for the first time. In addition to exhibits, the exhibition catalog includes more than 100 illustrations to help understand the main trends in the development of graphic art ostovtsev. This book and graphic artists remain, and reproduction of their works in the periodical press 1920-30-ies. Some of the publications in the catalog of materials, including illustration, can serve as a starting point for further art studies.

Exhibition Gallery «Elysium» is open to the public from February 18 to March 16, 2009.

Moscow, Central House of Artists, Krymsky Val, 10, New Central House of Artists Gallery, Gallery 10. Hours: daily, except Mondays, from 11.00 to 19.00.

Source: Press Releases galleries «Elysium»