Exhibition of works by Russian artists from the collection of Arina Kovner in Switzerland
ARTinvestment.RU   23 декабря 2011

At the exhibition in Berne Kunstmuzeume featuring the work of Grisha Bruskin, Vladimir Nemukhin, Dmitri Prigov, Timur Novikov, Edik Steinberg and other famous authors

Kunstmuzeum, December 3, 2011 - February 12, 2012
Bern, Switzerland

Bella Matveeva Kallipiga. 1989 Oil on canvas. 110 x 140 From the collection of Arina Kovner Source: artknowledgenews.com

in Berne Kunstmuzeume open exhibition "Passion for art: Russian art in 1970 from the collection of Arina Kovner." At the exhibition, which runs until February 12 next year, features works that are part of a of the largest collections of Russian contemporary art - a collection of Arina Kovno; collection includes more than two hundred of the 48 authors, all works created between 1970 and 2008. In the center of the collection - the art of the era of social and political reforms in Eastern Bloc countries (1984-1996). < /p>

new exhibition was part of a series held over the past decade in Bern expositions of Russian Contemporary Art. perestroika opened the way to Russian art to the West: Exhibition of Soviet artists would be no exaggeration to call the main events of artistic life in the late 1980s - early 1990s. The first exhibition Ilya Kabakov in the West took place at the initiative of the Swiss diplomat Paul Zhollesa (Paul Jolles) in 1984, just in Kunstmuzeume. At some point, Byrne became something of a center of Soviet avant-garde. In 1998, the legendary exhibition held Kunstmuzeume "I live - I saw Moscow artists of the 1980s." A significant event was held In 2005 the exhibition "Avant-garde underground: a collection of Bar-Gera».

< /a> Vladislav Gutsevich Pension. 1989 Oil on canvas. 74 x 93 From the collection of Arina Kovner Source: artknowledgenews.com

Arina Kovner, a Russian collector who lives in Zurich, who personally knew or knew of many artists, whose works are included in her collection. "Buying art is most often associated with personal acquaintance with the artist," - says Kovner. She calls her collection "an excellent means to preserve the memory of the events that had a major impact on the flow of life." The exhibition includes a large number of well-known Soviet nonconformists, such as , Vladimir Nemukhin , < /a> and Edward Steinberg .

Also on show featuring the work of St. Petersburg artists, whose names are well known in his homeland, but are relatively new to the Swiss audience: it Sergey "Africa" ​​Bugaev , Timur Novikov , Vladislav Mamyshev . Besides the works of Russian authors Kunstmuzeum shows and other works from the collection, Kovner - the creation of Alois Lihtshtaynera (Alois Lichtsteiner), Robert Mangold (Robert Mangold), Bruce Nauman (Bruce Nauman), Markus Retz (Markus Raetz) and Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol). < /p>

Vladislav Mamyshev Cat Monroe ( allusion to Stalin). 1991 Hardboard, collage. 62 x 48 From the collection of Arina Kovner Source: artknowledgenews.com

Kunstmuzeum Bern - Switzerland's oldest museum, the collection which includes works of art, created for eight centuries, including works by Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso), Paul Klee (Paul Klee), Ferdinand Hodler (Ferdinand Hodler) Meret Oppenheim and (Meret Oppenheim). Permanent museum collection includes more than three thousand paintings and sculptures, as well as about 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, works of video art and film.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

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