Today in Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery opens exhibition of paintings by French filmmaker and artist inertia Salem

Today, June 16, the Gallery of Arts Zurab Tsereteli (Prechistenka, 19) presents "Iner Salem. Under the roof of Paris. It is held at the "Year of France in Russia and organized with the support of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Embassy of France in Russia.

Iner Salem has long been known as a film critic and author of films that need serious reviews. His paintings - regular participants and winners of the largest film festivals. This year the French embassy in Russia has chosen the last film of Salem "Under the roofs of Paris" to be shown in 27 cities of Russia.

In Moscow audiences will have the opportunity to see the paintings as producer on the show in the halls Galleries . The exhibition "Under the roof of Paris' was compiled from the works of the last twenty years: from pastels late 1980's, before the paintings of recent months.

Beginning in the Le Monde article about the film" Vodka Lemon " , one French critic has written: "If Marc Chagall to make a film, he would have made this film. For the director inertia Salem this comparison is particularly valuable because just as seriously as a director, he feels himself an artist.

Iner Salem (Hiner Saleem) - director, screenwriter, artist. Lives and works in Paris. The top prize of Venice Film Festival (film "Vodka Lemon", 2003), the Grand Prix Festival in Locarno, Switzerland ("Under the roofs of Paris, 2007), the main prize of the festival" mirror "them. Andrei Tarkovsky ("Under the Roofs of Paris", 2008). Official participant of the competition program at Cannes ("Kilometre Zero" 2005) and Berlin festivals («DOL», 2007). His book "My father's gun" translated into more than 30 languages.

June 16 at 19.30 in the halls of the exhibition will show the movie "Under the roofs of Paris».

exhibition is open on July 11, 2010.

Source: museum.ru