The State Hermitage Museum opened an exhibition showcasing the work of forty authors, whose creative pursuits and ideas embodied in Sevres Ceramics

in the State Hermitage Museum, the Great Hall of the Palace of Menshikov opened the exhibition "Sevres. Modern porcelain ", showing the work of forty authors whose creative pursuits and ideas embodied in Sevres ceramics. The exhibition is organized by the State Hermitage Museum in conjunction with the Sevres - the city of ceramics "(Sèvres National Manufactory) with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture and Communication of France under the" Year of Russia in France and the Year of France in Russia. 2010 ».

Founded around 1740 and never stopped its activities Sèvres factory for many years closely associated with Russia, with the Russian imperial court. Through diplomatic gifts, official orders, acquisition of private individuals - collectors and connoisseurs of china, the Hermitage had the one of the world's finest collections of Sevres porcelain XVIII - early XX century.

In each era its own criteria and evaluation of works of art. Sevres artists and craftsmen have always followed fashion, followed tastes of society. In a variety of porcelain products are embodied numerous creative ideas, technical and scientific achievements. As in previous times, and today, Sevres ceramics - the result of a combination of knowledge and experience of artists and imagination of artists. It is the originality, quality workmanship, bold innovation, as evidenced by about a hundred works, shown at the exhibition - sculpture, vases, table decorations and decor for items included in the dinner sets.

• Louise Bourgeois
  sketch from nature. 2005. Porcelain, gold plating

«Sketch from Nature" Louise Bourgeois, located at the permanent exhibition at the Hermitage and made of blue rubber, appeared at the exhibition in all the splendor of twenty-four carat gold.

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Exceptional white Sevres biscuit (unglazed porcelain) was embodied in the manufacture of life-size porcelain sled work Natalie Talek. Biscuit made and intricate shape "Dragon in the Clouds" Clemens Van Lunen. He assembled from several fragments, made the artist herself.

• Françoise Vergy
  The Triumph of Flora. 2005. Porcelain

The ceramics combining various genres leads to original solutions. A good example - a plate form XVIII century, lying on the neatly made of sponge rocks, grass and frogs. The author - Jose Levy, whose interesting works on the verge of sculpture and decorative arts made in the Sevres in 2007. "Vase with a child" - another example of his creativity.

concocting a variety of forms and decorations, to create vases - an important part of product manufacture - worked the best sculptors and painters. In 1994, Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass created a series of fourteen vases, bearing the names of famous women. The exhibition can be seen "Laura" and "Salome". "Laura" is close to the classical forms, "Salome" has the characteristics of constructivism. All the parts that connect the vase, are mobile. Harmonious combination of porcelain and red glass vase is different "Rabab" by the same author.

Over the past three decades, business card contemporary Sevres were "strange and precious" kettles Adrian Sachs, which in 1985 was invented nine modes of decoration in the technique of "optical illusion". So, kettle «2CV» made in the style of "psevdoderevo».

sets have always been a special pride Sevres. To produce well-designed porcelain ensembles consisting of a multitude of things, to attract the best artists and craftsmen. For many years, Sevres artists invited to work in Russia at the Imperial Porcelain Factory and private factories. At the beginning of the XXI century for the mural in the service of Sevres "Diana", 12 plates of which is represented in the exhibition were drawn sketches of the Russian artist Eric Bulatov . The main feature of this service - plates, not having a side ("Marley"), a form appeared in the beginning of XX century.

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originality of a dinner service "Pleasure harpies, whose decor created Françoise Kuardon, is multicolored paint both sides of plates with absolutely smooth, flat rim. Pink is used in those dishes, which shows the harpies, and green - where the decorations are dominated by foliage. Other colors are intended for food: purple - for the game, white - for fish or cheese, coral shades for lobster soup.

• Françoise P.
  Alice. 2007. Porcelain

table decorations - the Sûreté, often accompanying the service, Compositions Egyptian ruins " Anne and Patrick Poirier, "Constellation" Jaume Plenzy, products, Jim Dean.

Curator - Ian Ervinovich Vilensky, researcher of the Department of Western European Applied Art of the State Hermitage.

exhibition is open until September 12, 2010.

Source : hermitagemuseum.org