In the halls of the House Korbakova "in Vologda exhibits more than 200 works by 36 renowned artists of Moscow, the most active in recent years in the field of art prints

in Vologda museum and the creative center of the People's Artist of Russia Vladimir N. Korbakova (Vologda Kremlin area, 10) opened a representative and diverse exhibition of "Contemporary engraving of Moscow. Her exposition was created as a result of creative cooperation of the regional art gallery, offices of "Moskovsky print" of the Moscow Union of Artists and the National Society of Lovers of bookplates and graphics.

• NICHOLAS KALITA Varlam Shalamov. 1988
  Paper, woodcut. Source: museum.ru

In the halls of the House Korbakova "exhibits more than 200 works by 36 renowned artists of Moscow, the most active in recent years in the field of art prints. All works created over the past quarter century. In addition to the members of the National Society of Lovers of bookplates and graphics, "Most of the authors is a branch of Moscow printmaking, which is now largely continues innovative tradition of etching studio I. Nivinsky , created in Moscow in the early twentieth century.

NICHOLAS KALITA Nikolai Rubtsov. 1988 Paper, woodcut. Source: museum.ru

exhibited in Vologda products cover almost all kinds of themes and plots of printmaking in the performance of several generations of metropolitan artists. This engraving on metal in the form of etchings with traditional scenes: portrait images of Alekseev-Baranovsky, the architectural and natural landscapes and everyday scenes of T. Galaktionov, N. Zolotova, A. Elias, A. Moshkova, W. Soppa, EV Chernysheva -Black, V. Shcherbinina, Y. Yavorika, advanced graphics solutions unusual, sometimes phantasmagoric scenes in the works of Grandma, G. Vanshenkinoy, VI Zlobin, E. Rayevskaya, E. Kryuchkov, O. Keleynikovoy, Y. Nozdrina, K . shads. The exhibition highlighted the woodcut with a classic portrait of Vologda's writers and ex-libris N. Kalita and Y. Kosmynin. Unusual engraving Tiger II Keleynikova combining and tradition and modernity. In this case, even in a traditional Moscow and Vologda technique as woodcut, many authors seek and find new and modern opportunity to express their creative ideas. And the search goes in the direction as a kind of lapidary simplifying the technical capabilities of wood engraving, sometimes almost close to the linocut (print "Calla" M. Konovalova) as well as jewelry and filigree elegance of each line in the works of contemporary classics of our woodcuts M. Verkholantseva more characteristic for engraving on metal.

YURI NOZDRIN Bird of Paradise Alkonost. 2004 paper, etching with watercolor coloring Source: museum.ru

variety of opportunities for art linocuts in the illustration of literary works, the creation of landscape compositions and ex-libris in the works clearly demonstrate E. Babin, Krivosheev, E. Kryuchkov, A. Kulemin, AA Firsov. The Moscow engraving stands out for its extensive capabilities in the transfer of the author's intention in natural lithography technique and hard-genre, landscape products S. Gonkova, N. Devishevoy, O. Koleda, K. shads, Y. Ryzhik. Arouses interest and attracts the attention of various authors the ability to translate into dissimilar graphic techniques fantasy identity of such a traditional, close to the Russian fairy-culture subject, like birds of paradise Sirin, Alkonost and Hamayun in lithographs and etchings Devishevoy N. O. Keleynikovoy and Yu Nozdrina. In this exhibition particularly surprising, forced to admire and reflect on possible new ways of development of the domestic charts the intricate works of Yu Nozdrina. This author, winner of many international competitions, with a real European and world-renowned graphics, is somewhat apart. His works are widely represented in the exhibition may be most clearly traced the path of the Russian artist from the late twentieth century tradition of illustrating ancient manuscripts (a series of engravings "Lay") and Russian popular print XVIII - XIX centuries to cutting-edge subjects of the XXI century, reminding us all that engraving - this phenomenon is very weak, concise and symbolic to all kinds of fine arts.

exhibition "Contemporary engraving of Moscow in the Regional Art Gallery provides a rare opportunity to see the diversity of creative search for contemporary artists easel prints and bookplates of our capital.

exhibition runs until February 4, 2011.

Source: museum.ru