Today at 16.00 in the Tretyakov Gallery opened an exhibition entitled «Flowers - remains a paradise on earth»

Today, at 16.00 in the Tretyakov Gallery opened an exhibition entitled «Flowers - remains a paradise on earth». This innovative project on the theme of flowers in Russian art, combining five centuries of Russian culture. In a large-scale exhibition, covering the entire space of the Corps, works of religious and secular foundations of the Tretyakov Gallery together with ancient decorative and applied subjects, and finds modern landscape designers and masters of ikebana. The phenomenon of a flower treated many meanings: as a wonderful creation of nature as a source of inspiration the artist as a decorative motif that passes through the era, as well as a symbol and allegory.

onset of spring marks the project has no analogues in the Russian museum practice. It is intended as a celebratory event and in addition to traditional visual arts includes so-associative performances and installations from the fresh flowers. For two months the exhibition prepodnosya public enchanting bouquet in an elegant and extremely diverse exhibit gallery unusual way to mark a number of spring celebrations, particularly popular in Russia: March 8, Easter, Christ, Victory Day.

main content of the exhibition were floralnye motifs in «gold fund» of Russian classics. Emblematic works from the permanent exhibition of TG compared with the little-known and exhibited for the first time. Rare iconography distinguishes ancient exhibits - decorated floriated icons and fragments of frescoes XVI-XVII centuries. Unusual «Portrait of Empress Elizabeth» GI Von Prennera box of flowers and only one in the gallery of male self-portrait on a background color brush PN Orlov .

One theme were linked old painting, secular art XVIII-XIX centuries ( VL Borovikovsky , IF Hrutsky , I. Levitan ); sculpture of the twentieth century ( Nikolay N. Andreev , ST Konenkov , AN Krasulin , DM Shakhovskaya) works by artists of our days NI Nesterova , TG Nazarenko , IA Starzhenetskoy, NE Vatagina, TT Salakhova , SA Shutov .

Hall of graphics incorporated works of masters from different periods FP Tolstoy to NS Goncharova and VI Yakovleva .

exhibition, including a more than 250 exhibits from the collection of completed works of the Russian Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Art: Bead products and ceramics, including «agitfarfor», lacquer miniatures, costumes, textiles, as well as distaffs, zhostovskie trays and furniture. A number of exhibits provided by the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum and private collectors in Moscow.

The exhibition is divided into several thematic areas, in particular «Flowers in the portrait» and «Window painter». The curators sought to discover the countless nuances of «the language of flowers», dating back to antiquity, and talk about life floralnyh motifs in the native culture. On the role of the main «heroines» Project selected particular favorite Russian artists rose and lilac: they are easily found at MA Vrubel , AY Golovin , MF Larionov , KS Petrov-Vodkin , PP Konchalovsky , AM Gerasimova and others gave the project the name of a quotation from works ST. rights. John of Kronstadt refers to the symbolism of flowers in religious art. Allegoriko-philosophical component is important in the work of many authors, including DD Zhilinskii , which included an image-lilies and other flowers in triptych «1937».

Exhibition transform the entire building of the Corps, ranging from the street: there will be available the first installation of plant material, which continues on the facade, in the lobby and stairwells. With this viewer immediately plunge into the atmosphere, formed in a complex combination of sounds, smells, real objects and pictures. Exotic Japanese accent flower brings performance, which shows the artist at вернисаже school «Sogetsu» Tetsunori Kavanagh (he is known in Moscow installation «Spiritual transitions», which was installed in the courtyard of the Tretyakov Gallery in its 150 year anniversary). This designer from Tokyo create and install-on AA Plastov next to his picture «haying», placed in the main hall of the exhibition.

Force T. Kavanagh, teachers and students of the Higher School of landscape architecture and design of the Moscow Architectural Institute in each room will be set up installation. Through this elegant «speaks» Space viewer moves to the works of iconography, painting, sculpture and graphics. An unusual idea to identify with the help of plant material contrast between the classical plane hanging paintings and three-dimensional space, to make plastic architectural volumes and installation work at a particularly acute perception of the museum exhibits.

The exhibition prepared by the educational program: author tours and lectures Methodist - the gallery staff, a cycle of lectures «Gardens of the world», which is read by invited theatrical event for family audiences, as well as a special celebration for orphans and children with disabilities.

During the exhibition, planned social events for the visitors, who will participate in a network of flowers shops «Iris».

The exhibition catalog is prepared, containing articles on the existence of the Gallery staff of floral motifs in different periods of the history of Russian art and extensive illustrative material, including the first publication of many works from the funds of the Tretyakov Gallery.

Vernissage will take place today at 16.00.

Attention! March 9 (Monday) The exhibition is open for visits.

The exhibition is open until 10 May at: Lavrushinsky, 12, Corps of Engineers, 2-3rd floors.

Source: mkrf.ru , tretyakovgallery.ru