The University Ca 'Foscari displays works from the two largest Italian collections of Russian art

at the University Ca 'Foscari in Venice, opened the exhibition "Russia!" Memory. Hoax. Imagination ", which covers the entire twentieth century in Russian art. As the name implies, the exhibition brings together several "Russia", several art worlds are to one another in complex relationships - the vanguard of the early twentieth century, socialist realism, post-war non-conformism and change the contemporary Russian art.

exhibition is replete with famous names: for example, viewers can see the creation Benoit , Chagall , Kandinsky , , Tatlin , , Larionov , Goncharova , , Rodchenko , by Falk ... And for the "non-conformism", among others, met Nemukhin , Masterkova , Sitnikov , Brusilovsky , Sveshnikov , Rabin and Plavinsky . Many works are exhibited for the first time.

All the exhibits are from the collections Sandretti Alberto (Alberto Sandretti) and Alberto Morgante (Alberto Morgante), which are among the largest in Italy, collectors of works of our compatriots. Incidentally, they have provided pictures of Soviet nonconformist artists to the special Venice Biennale in 1977, dedicated to dissent. Collection Sandretti also includes a large number of samples of official art, including the 5000 promotional poster.

Presents the 1990's affect the three main themes - the memory of the Russian Avant-garde, mystification of social realism and the power of imagination underground artists.

The exhibition will run until July 25.

material prepared Yulia Maximova, AI

Sources: russie.it , artinvestment.ru